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Phase 4 of the Government's roadmap is due to begin on August 10. (stock image)

Irish News

live Phase 4 Ireland: Pubs will not reopen next Monday in major blow to sector

John McAreavey with his late wife Michaela

Irish News

breaking Police in Mauritius launch new probe into the murder of Irish honeymooner Michaela McAreavey

Almost a decade since she was murdered on the paradise island, a fresh attempt will be made to bring her killers to justice.

In jeopardy: The site of the proposed development outside Banagher, Offaly. Photo: Jeff Harvey

Beef Premium

How a contentious Government decision could scupper Chinese plans for a €40m beef plant in Offaly

Video

Massive explosion rocks Beirut sending shock-wave across city

The HSE is advising we practise 'online sex' to avoid the spread of Covid-19 - but is that really healthy?

Comment Premium

Stella O'Malley Opinion Despite HSE advice to stop Covid, there's much more to sex than 'dial-an-orgasm'

John Hume, MP & MEP, meets Barcelona players prior to the the friendly match between Derry City and Barcelona at the Brandywell Stadium in Derry back in August 2003. Photo: David Maher/Sportsfile

League of Ireland Premium

'He made them melt. This was John's great ability. To be such an ordinary man but to appear to others as one so extraordinary'

Headlines

A general view of the action during the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division match between Shamrock Rovers and Finn Harps at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin last Saturday. The Government has now raised the limit on people attending outdoor games to 500.

GAA

breaking Irish sport gets green light to host crowds of 500 outdoors

The Coombe Hospital. Photo: Collins Photo Agency

Courts

Family who sued maternity hospital over 'very tragic' death of infant son approved €35K payment by High Court

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Coronavirus

Covid-19 Ireland: 45 new cases confirmed and no further deaths

The garda press office said no arrests have been made (stock photo)

News Premium

Gardai rescue men forced to work on Cork farms by criminal gang

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Business

Guinness sales slump in Ireland as Diageo takes global Covid hit

Video

Should pubs reopen on August 10th? Irish public have their say

Treasured memory: A personal photograph from Miriam O’Callaghan taken in 2003 showing her with John Hume and her son Conor, who is now 18 years old

Comment

'Ireland's Greatest' honour was a show of gratitude Hume so richly deserved - Miriam O'Callaghan

Court costs: Michael Fingleton. Photo: Tom Burke

Courts Premium

Fingleton faces €460,000 bill for bid to stop Central Bank probe

Homeplace: John Hume in his native Derry, where he enjoyed huge popularity. PA Photo: Paul Faith

Politics Premium

'We all loved him, he was one of us' - Derry in mourning for legendary son

'Immensely comforting' - John Humes' family urge public to light candles of peace

Premium

Tim Pat Coogan Opinion The night John Hume and I ended up sharing a bed - all in the pursuit of peace

Video John Hume RIP - A life in images

Premium

Kathy Donaghy Opinion Bloody Sunday left John Hume devastated as his hometown made headlines worldwide

Featured

Adventurers’ return: Peter and Vera Quinlan-Owens with their children Ruairí and Lilian after completing their adventure of a lifetime sailing to the Caribbean and back. Photo: Andrew Downes

Irish News

From the Atlas Mountains to a Boiling Lake: Family back home after epic 14-month journey

The shorts Paul Mescal wore in Normal People are up for auction

Irish News

Calling all Normal People fans: Connell's GAA shorts are up for grabs

The GAA shorts that actor Paul Mescal wore when sprinting around the pitch in hit TV series Normal People are due to go up for auction later this month.

Pool sharks: Kathy Donaghy and her sons Dallan (far left) and Oirghiall at the rock pools during low tide at Shroove Beach in Inishowen, Co Donegal. Photo: Lorcan Doherty

Life Premium

Seashore safari: How to discover a treasure trove of animal life in Ireland's rock pools

Fashion feet: newly-elected Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu in her red high-tops outside the Mansion House

Fashion Premium

On message, on trend: dressing for political success

Video

Meghan Markle's 39th birthday: her year in review

Linda Nolan (Yui Mok/PA)

Entertainment

Linda Nolan says cancer treatment with sister Anne was ‘double nightmare’

Coronavirus: In Focus

Minister for Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands, Heather Humphreys, said it was particularly encouraging to see the downward trend (Julien Behal/PA)

Coronavirus

Number on pandemic unemployment payment down 54pc since peak

THERE are now 274,600 people on the pandemic unemployment payment (PUP), a 54pc fall in the number claiming it since the peak.

A health worker carries out a coronavirus test on a man outside a municipal administration building in the southern coastal city of Limassol, Cyprus. AP Photo/Petros Karadjias

Coronavirus

Ireland's Green List set to be cut over spike in cases

The Green List of countries deemed safe for non-essential travel may be reduced due to a spike in coronavirus cases across Europe.

Couples with summer weddings planned are facing bad news, with the Government expected to leave in place strict rules on indoor gatherings. (stock photo)

Coronavirus Premium

exclusive Bad news for summer weddings: Strict rules on indoor gatherings to stay in place as GAA gets go-ahead for bigger crowds

Couples with summer weddings planned are facing bad news, with the Government expected to leave in place strict rules on indoor gatherings.

‘Ridiculous situation’: Owner Tom Cleary outside the Temple Bar pub in Dublin. Photo: Frank McGrath

Coronavirus

'Government keeping bars shut for no reason, it's a folly that pubs are causing the virus'

The owner of one of Ireland's most famous pubs has criticised the Government for creating a "folly" that "pubs cause the virus" during the Covid-19 crisis.

Editor's Choice

Vince Power at Camden Lock in London where he recently bought the Dingwalls venue. Photo: Jonathan Goldberg

Music

'I lost my home, the venues, everything… I lived on a boat on a canal. It was great'

Claire Byrne. Photo: Collins

Irish News Premium

'Late Late Show' spends €20,000 on wardrobe - but Claire Byrne's clothes cost RTÉ nothing

The K club... Kris Jenner and her daughters Kylie, Khloe, Kim, Kourtney and Kendall

Entertainment

Is keeping up getting more difficult for the Kardashians?

'Life coaching is the twin brother of the healing industry. Unregulated, unproven, and unprovable'

Columnists Premium

Joe Brolly Opinion People are being fooled by the wellness business into striving for a life of dumb positivity, self-promotion and narcissism

Transactional: For many Republicans, one problem in the Trump mythology is that there is very little evidence that he is a true conservative

President Trump

Big Read: The Republican rebels aiming to take out Trump

Walker on the North Mayo seacliffs, near Carrowteige. Photo: Gareth McCormack

Ireland

Ireland Unlocks: 10 great things to do in Mayo this summer

Farming Independent

Beef

€40m beef plant now in doubt after Chinese backers refused access to investment scheme

A proposed €40m beef plant expansion in Offaly is now in doubt, leading to claims that the Government is facilitating a "golden circle" of meat processors.

Darragh McCullough pictured on his farm in Stamullen, Co. Meath. Picture credit; Damien Eagers / INM

Sheep Premium

Darragh McCullough: We have a Taylor-made opportunity to halt the shocking decline in wool prices

Hoggets at Ballinasloe Mart

Sheep

Lamb prices plunge below the €5/kg mark

Farming editor Margaret Donnelly

Comment Premium

Margaret Donnelly: Be careful what you wish for before you try to cash in on rural property boom

Convert: Michael Downey pictured on his farm in Windgap, Co Kilkenny. He was an early adapter to robotic milking and now offers independent consultancy to other farmers going down the robotic route.

Dairy Farm Profiles Premium

'A lot of commercial farmers are buying robots and taking out parlours - these guys are not fools'

Sport

Rory McIlroy watches his tee shot on the 18th hole during the first round of the World Golf Championship-FedEx St. Jude Invitational last Thursday in Memphis, Tennessee. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Golf

Brian Keogh Opinion Major drought a worry as mercurial McIlroy must dig deep at PGA Championship

Frank Burns: Hamstring problems. Photo: Sportsfile

Gaelic Football Premium

Pre-season fitness concerns starting to ring true as club injury toll mounts

Sean Tobin of Simonstown Gaels commiserates Niall Finnerty of Skryne after their Meath SFC clash on Sunday. Photo: Sportsfile

Gaelic Football

Meath want to be playing Dublin, we don't think we're too far away - Tobin

Shane Lowry. Photo: Getty Images

Golf

Lowry and Power on the up after encouraging top-10 finishes

Darragh Canavan. Photo: Sportsfile

Gaelic Football

Canavan's broken wrist a serious blow for club and county

Steven Poacher believes many county players will opt out this year for their own safety and that of their families. Photo: Sportsfile

Gaelic Football

'There's nearly a guilt going up to see your parents' – Steven Poacher

Podcasts

Richard Bruton’s abs were compared to those of Russian premier Vladimir Putin and 007 actor Daniel Craig.

The Floating Voter

The Floating Voter: 'Some of the comments on social media were mortifying, but the family think it's fantastic'

Fine Gael parliamentary party chairman Richard Bruton said he felt mortified, rather than objectified, by reaction to his topless appearance in a promotional video for tourism in north Dublin.

The Big Tech Show

The Big Tech Show: The great media paywall debate

Real Health Podcast

The Real Health Podcast: Daniella Moyles on her voyage of self discovery

Opinion & Analysis

16/8/01 Bertie Ahern poses with John Hume before a meeting at Government Buildings. PIC:MARC O'SULLIVAN/COLLINS AGENCY

Comment

Bertie Ahern Opinion My friend John Hume had a very simple view - you have to talk to your enemy

John Hume in his native Derry city. Photo: Photo: Leif Skoogfors/Getty Images

Comment

Taoiseach Micheál Martin Opinion In a very real way, he saved Ireland from a descent into hatred and hopelessness

Man of influence: John Hume and his wife, Pat, greet former US president Bill Clinton at the Beech Hill Hotel, Derry, in 2010. Photo: REUTERS/Paul Faith/Pool/File Photo

Comment Premium

John Downing Opinion Civil rights leader worked hard to change view in the US of Irish conflict

Bloody Sunday left Hume devastated as his hometown made headlines worldwide

Kathy Donaghy

Despite HSE advice to stop Covid, there's much more to sex than 'dial-an-orgasm'

Stella O'Malley

Rain, old friend, it's time to talk

Frank Coughlan

Videos

Well known humpback whale 'boomerang' filmed off Cork coast

Donald Trump argues with reporter over Covid-19 death numbers

Hundreds of young people gather at harbour in Kilkee, Co Clare on bank holiday weekend

Australia's state Victoria bans self-isolators from outdoor exercise

John Hume's 1998 speech to EU after winning Nobel Prize

Life

Steven questions why the HSE will pay €3,600 a month for him to stay in a nursing home but won’t give a one-off grant to help him stay at home

Health & Wellbeing

'The spinal injury staff helped me see that my life was just beginning'

Writer and mother-of-three Sophie White has found support from other mums on social media to be a lifeline. Photo: Frank McGrath

Parenting

'Band of mothers: how Insta-mums saved my soul'

As children navigate childhood and adolesence, they are likely to hit some bumps in the road

Parenting

Dear David Coleman: My 14-year-old has pulled back from her friends. What can I do?

Happy Out Cafe, Bull Island, Co Dublin

Food & Drink Premium

20 Best Shacks, Trucks and Yards in the capital and countrywide

Rachel Allen's Summer Berry Drizzle Cake. Photo: Tony Gavin

Food & Drink Premium

Rachel Allen: Three light cakes to sweeten up your summer

The Irish Naturism Association has been experiencing a surge in new members since the country came out of lockdown Photo: Kyle Tunney

Weekend Magazine Premium

'Naturists in Ireland want to be connected to each other now more than ever'

Style

Sex & Relationships

Dear Mary: How can I help my sister whose cheating husband has no regret?

Billowing: Aoibheann MacNamara and Triona Lillis of the Tweed Project in their limited-edition balloon dress, €490. Photo: Ben Geoghegan

Weekend Magazine

The great Irish linen revival - why popularity of eco-friendly indigenous fabric has soared during the pandemic

Clarins Radiance-Plus Golden Glow Booster

Beauty

The panel: Top holiday-at-home self-tanners

Weekend Magazine

Ruth Griffin: Puttin' on the spritz - a drag-queen hack to prevent make-up meltdown was the inspiration for setting sprays

The Jackie collection by Jacqueline Quinn
Photography by Ashley Bravick

Style Premium

Jackie for a new generation - how an Irish designer used original sketches of designs for Jackie Kennedy as inspiration for new collection

U.S. President Donald Trump. Photo: Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images

President Trump Premium

Mary Trump: My Uncle Donald is a hoax that has been played on us all

Entertainment

The K club... Kris Jenner and her daughters Kylie, Khloe, Kim, Kourtney and Kendall

Entertainment

Is keeping up getting more difficult for the Kardashians?

Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer, K Callan, Chris Evans, Michael Shannon, Riki Lindhome, Ana de Armas, Jaeden Martell, and Katherine Langford in Knives Out

Entertainment

From silly sharks to sublime film festivals - the week's new releases

Vince Power at Camden Lock in London where he recently bought the Dingwalls venue. Photo: Jonathan Goldberg

Music

'I lost my home, the venues, everything… I lived on a boat on a canal. It was great'

New direction: John Boyne has decided to do something different with his latest book, A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom. Photo by Kyran O'Brien

Books

'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas would be difficult to publish today' - John Boyne reflects on how the literary landscape has changed in two decades

'Professional slavery': George Michael at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992, just months before launching his legal action against his label, Sony

Music

A leap after Faith: George Michael and his war with Sony

Fontaines DC. Photo by Ellius Grace

Music Reviews Premium

A Hero's Death review: Time to start believing the hype as Fontaines DC confirm themselves as the real deal

Travel

Family Get-togethers. Photo: Getty Images/Caiaimage

Ireland Premium

Top 25 family walks in Ireland: Get kids of all ages into the outdoors!

Sheep near Portsalon Beach, Co. Donegal. Photo: Getty

Ireland Premium

100 great things to do in Ireland this summer - from secret beaches to flying boats

Afternoon tea at Galway's Hardiman Hotel

Travel Talk Premium

Pól Ó Conghaile Opinion This Irish hotel is dedicating an entire floor to the over-65s

Lahinch. Co. Clare. Photo: Deposit

Ireland Premium

10 staycation deals in Ireland this summer - as an 'availability surge' shows in late August

River life: Conor Power, with his wife Fiona on their cruise boat on the Shannon. Photo: James Connolly

Ireland Premium

Cruising in the time of Covid - what's it like to holiday on Ireland's waterways now?

Cloughoughter Castle, Co Cavan. Photo: Fáilte Ireland

Ireland

Ireland Unlocks: 10 great things to do in Ireland's Hidden Heartlands this summer

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