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New line up: Sinn Fein TDs (from left) Pearse Doherty, Eoin Ó Broin, Matt Carthy and Louise O’Reilly. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Politics Premium

Sinn Féin's preference is for 'left-led coalition with Fianna Fáil'

Sinn Féin's negotiators have told other parties it wants to form a coalition government with Fianna Fáil in private talks held in recent days.

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Innocent victims: Teresa Doyle with her daughters Stephanie and Laura and partner Noel Small. Photo: Frank McGrath

Irish News Premium

'I thought I'd come home to five bodies' - mother whose house was petrol-bombed

Moss Keane of Ireland (centre left) in action during the Five Nations rugby union match between England and Ireland at Twickenham in London on 16th February 1974. Ireland won 26-21. (Photo by Chris Smith/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

Six Nations Premium

'We didn't win the Triple Crown so it wasn't rated' - How Ireland's 1974 Five Nations triumph was forgotten

Keane Mulready-Woods (17) was murdered and dismembered

Irish News

Two men arrested as part of Keane Mulready-Woods murder investigation

Vogue Williams with her baby son Theodore. Picture: Instagram

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Vogue Williams: 'I worry about Theodore growing up in the world of social media'

LOSS: Johnny and Elaine Downey with a photograph of their son Jack who died in August after taking ecstasy/MDMA. Picture: Dylan Vaughan

Irish News

Tipperary student died at Indiependence music festival from ingestion of Ecstasy and morphine, Coroner's inquest finds

Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Ireland

Irish News

Tourism Ireland staff working in China sent home amid coronavirus fears

Police officers secure an area after a shooting in Hanau near Frankfurt, Germany. Photo: REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

World News

latest Germany shooting: suspect found dead at home after nine killed

More than 15,000 people may be due substantial compensation after the State’s biggest financial credit rating body admitted mixing up sensitive credit scores during a data breach.

Irish News Premium

Credit-score scandal fear as 15,000 given wrong rating during data breach

A TEENAGE girl was killed and a teenage boy is fighting for his life after an horrific collision in Cork.

Irish News

Teenage girl killed and two injured in single-vehicle crash in Cork

Tech crackdown: Irish Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon has said that issuing a fine will be an ‘inevitability’ at some stage

Technology

Data Protection Commissioner signals blockbuster fines for multinationals on the way

Featured

Models on stage during the RIXO Presentation held at the Kimpton Fitzroy Hotel as part of London Fashion Week February 2020

Style Talk

The top 10 moments of London Fashion Week - from a front row insider

London Fashion Week came to a close on Tuesday, wrapping up five days of shows where established and emerging names grappled with Brexit, Instagram vitality and calls for greater sustainability. Here, we count down the 10 standout moments.

This could be a great opportunity for your daughter to add to her self-confidence

Parenting Premium

Dear David Coleman: Should we let our daughter go on holiday with her friend's family?

Q My 12-year-old daughter has been invited to go away with a friend's family on their holiday to Orlando for two weeks this summer. She has never been away from us for that length of time before and it feels like it is too far away. I know she'll be gutted if we say no, though. What do you think we should do?

Max Deegan, packing down for a scrum against Wales, will be keen to get game-time this weekend. Photo: Sportsfile

Columnists Premium

Opinion Neil Francis: There are weaknesses in England's scrum to be exploited but a few key ingredients will decide Ireland's fate

The Nighttime Lights at Hogwarts Castle.... Universal Orlando

World/USA

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter can conjure a grown-up holiday, too...

Happy couple, Catherine Martin and Noel Francis Duffy at Leinster House.
Pic:Mark Condren
19.2.2020

Politics Premium

Green power: Dáil's newest husband and wife team hope to set eco-friendly agenda

High hopes: Samsung Mobile UK and Ireland boss Conor Pierce with a new folding handset

News Premium

Samsung pins hopes on punters giving a Flip about folding phones

Podcasts

The Triple Crown is on the line as Ireland take on England at Twickenham. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

The Left Wing

The Left Wing: Twickenham showdown, vulnerable England and Ben Foden on his New York adventure

Davy Fitzgerald's Wexford have a strong recent record against Kilkenny. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile

The Throw In

The Throw-In: How Wexford are transforming hurling, weather woe and the wild world of Division Two

(Steven Senne/AP)

The Big Tech Show

The Big Tech Show - TV or not TV: Netflix, Disney Plus, Amazon Prime Video and the great switchover

Opinion & Analysis

Building boom: Whoever forms the next government will have the wind at their backs when it comes to housing. Photo: Bloomberg

Comment Premium

Opinion Dan O'Brien: Prospect of political limbo for a period fails to damage optimism for the economy

Talks: Michael and Danny Healy-Rae after meeting with Sinn Féin. Photo: PA

Comment Premium

Opinion Philip Ryan: Parties shirk their responsibilities - and the voters become more disillusioned

'The idea was to spend a few weeks in Venice, both working and playing' (stock photo)

Comment Premium

Opinion Roslyn Dee : Off to Venice with dachshund Dudley - somehow

Taoiseach will make late dash to defend Irish farm and rural EU grant funds

John Downing

Survey might quieten calls for a Border poll - but key data will offer hope to republicans

Jon Tonge

'City tax' will not scare off rich tourists

Sinead Ryan

Business Week

Disruption: Spread of the coronavirus caused a slump in China’s manufacturing. Photo: REUTERS

Irish

Companies warned they must disclose risks they face from coronavirus crisis

Companies are being told they must report risks to their businesses from the coronavirus outbreak including significant disruptions to supply chains.

Climate crisis: Extreme weather events are a side effect of global warming. Photo: PA

Irish

State should leverage the finance industry for green new deal - report

Leap of faith: Former RTÉ journalist Mark Little was willing to take a risk when he left to form his Storyful venture

Irish Premium

This Working Life: 'If I have one skill, it is knowing what's coming round the corner'

Pressure: Regional airline Flybe sought a rescue package from the UK government

World

Airlines eye Flybe routes as carrier's owners continue efforts to secure UK rescue package

Overcoming clichés: Hollywood film ‘Wall Street’ gave Investec’s Aisling Dodgson misconceptions about the finance industry

Brexit

Volatility the new reality in FX markets with Brexit only one part of the story

Videos

Caroline Flack’s family share unpublished Instagram post she wrote before she died

77-year-old man fights off robber who attacked him at cash machine

UCD students hold rally against decision to increase campus accommodation rates

Leo Varadkar: Fine Gael preparing to go into opposition

Storm Dennis lifts trampoline into neighbour's garden in Kildare