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Taoiseach Micheál Martin pictured in his office in Government Buildings. Picture by Gerry Mooney

Politics

No going back to lockdown, says Taoiseach

Covid certificate ‘crackdown’ is on cards

Science versus politics

Health Premium

Science and politics clash as Covid restrictions ease

It was Wednesday, October 6 when the trajectory of Covid-19 in Ireland began to deteriorate. The test positivity rate was up substantially on the previous week, the downward trend in new cases of the virus reversed.

Taoiseach Micheal Martin pictured in the Taoiseach's office in Government buildings

Politics Premium

exclusive Micheál Martin interview: Reflecting on a year in office, ruthlessness in politics and 'not being out of the woods yet'

Keith Earls photographed by Sean Curtin / True Media

Rugby

Munster and Ireland star Keith Earls: ‘I wanted to walk away from rugby, to make the pain stop’

'We moved in together at the start of the pandemic to see how we clicked. That was my worst life choice to date. I felt trapped'

Sex & Relationships

Dear Mary: My ex-girlfriend threatens suicide every time I try to leave her

UK Brexit negotiator David Frost. Picture by PA

Comment Premium

Joe Brolly Opinion Drowning in magnificent lies and bull

Top Stories

Child abuser John McClean. Photo: Collins Courts.

Irish News Premium

Paedophile McClean quizzed by gardaí about new allegations

Brian Kennedy recalls being beaten at school for being effeminate. Picture by Steve Humphreys

Music

Brian Kennedy: ‘I’ve had three Cs – cancer, cardiac arrest and now Covid. What else can I bloody get?’

Diarmuid Barron of Munster, right, celebrates with Jack O'Donoghue after scoring his side's second try during the United Rugby Championship match between Munster and Connacht at Thomond Park in Limerick. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

United Rugby Championship

Last-gasp Carbery spares his blushes as Munster beat Connacht in dramatic fashion

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris. Picture by Liam McBurney

Irish News Premium

Gardaí used WhatsApp to discuss how to ‘circumvent’ emergency 999 calls

Larry Murphy

Irish News Premium

Larry Murphy ‘capable of unspeakable acts of violence’

Dublin City Council boss Owen Keegan

Politics

City council boss hits back at critics of his tent comments

Former Irish and Munster rugby player, Peter Stringer.

Irish Premium

Peter Stringer limbers up for new business fitness venture

Castletown Cox, Kilkenny. Picture by Knight Frank

Courts Premium

Former owner of Kilkenny mansion and estate now ‘homeless’ and survives on state pension

Sinn Féin Northern leader Michelle O’Neill. Photo: Liam McBurney

Politics Premium

Michelle O’Neill and Jeffrey Donaldson demand cross-Border help from Government

Oliver Callan reckons there will be a few calls to Joe Duffy’s ‘Liveline’ about his new show. Picture by David Conachy

Irish News

No kidding — despite his success, comic Callan found it hard to get a mortgage

Videos

Finbar Furey and John Sheahan give stunning musical tribute to Paddy Moloney

TikTok video shows officer pointing a gun in a Dublin station

Keith Earls opens up about Bipolar 2 diagnosis on Late Late Show

'Unvaccinated now as vulnerable as ever' – Dr Ronan Glynn gives update on Covid-19

Paul Williams: Gilligan - The mob boss who changed the face of organised crime

Featured

Hotelier John Brennan says young people are battered by society’s expectations. Picture by Valerie O’Sullivan

Television

Hotelier John Brennan: ‘Living with cancer will affect my life expectancy but I wouldn’t lose sleep over that’

Most Read

Brian O'Donovan doesn't return home until December but a number of colleagues have asked him for advice as RTÉ seeks a new Washington correspondent

Politics

RTÉ Washington correspondent? You need an understanding spouse

Rita and Paddy sit together and share a laugh in Co Wicklow in June 1973. Picture by Susan Wood/Getty

Music News

My neighbour Paddy was a superstar, but you’d never know it when you’d bump into him at the shops

The Killers perform at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2019. Picture by Aaron Chown

Life Premium

Brendan O’Connor’s Mid-Life Crisis: ‘She texted me the next day and she used the immortal words, “Will we ever get sense?” Not now, I said, it’s too late.’

Paul Howard and Gordon D'Arcy horsing around in the garden at the Mansion House in Dublin. Picture by Frank McGrath

Books

Tag rugby: Gordon’s Game gets the kids laughing

Áine Lawlor should have had unionist guests on 'The Week in Politics' to explain their view on the Northern Ireland protocol

TV Reviews Premium

TV reviews: How can we know what Northern unionists think if we don’t listen to what they say?

Angela Merkel, seen here in 2004, a year before she rose to become Chancellor of Germany. Picture by Thomas Lohnes

Book Reviews

Angela Merkel remains an enigma in flawed biography

Life Magazine

Model Kuba Odum in Glen Edward McGuinness's winning look, designed to complement the headpiece by Paul Mac Special. Photo by: Ruth Medjber

Television

Glow Up Ireland’s Glen Edward McGuinness on the heavenly inspiration behind his semi-final winning look

Stefanie Preissner

Comment Premium

Stefanie Preissner Opinion The medium texted me to cancel our reading. What if she had a vision so traumatic she couldn’t face me?

I wanted crystal balls. I wanted tea leaves. I wanted scarves and draped layers of (ideally velvet) clothing. I wanted thick-rimmed glasses, a mop of curly, unkempt hair and the faint smell of patchouli or incense sticks. That is what I signed up for when I texted a stranger in September, hoping she would be a conduit for a conversation between me and dead people.

The magnificent hallway is home to furniture dating from the 19th century and paintings by Andrea’s grandmother — artist Joan Jameson. “There’s a crack in one of the bannisters where you’d always tear your clothes when sliding down. You learned how to tighten your tummy muscles as you came to it.” Photo: Tony Gavin

Interiors Premium

My Favourite Room: A stunning period home in Co Waterford with plenty to inspire its artist owner Andrea Jameson

Chef Alex Greene (left) and chef/owner Michael Deane from Deanes EIPIC

Food Reviews Premium

Taste of more: Lucinda O’Sullivan lists buzzing Belfast’s 10 hottest restaurants

Breaking News

Comment Premium

Sophie White Opinion Having children is incredibly taxing physically and painful — though not in the ways you might have expected

Podcasts

The Big Tech Show

The Big Tech Show: Will Bitcoin survive China's ban?

RG Snyman could miss the rest of the season with a knee injury. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

The Left Wing

The Left Wing: Munster's injury misery, the state of Ulster rugby and the problem with a Club World Cup

Copies of the Budget 2022 at Government Buildings (Julien Behal/PA)

The Indo Daily

The Indo Daily: Three for a Fiver – the Budget and you

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The Indo Daily

The Indo Daily: Construction versus culture - are new hotels killing Dublin?

Opinion & Analysis

More than 93pc of women feel unsafe walking home at night. (Picture posed by models)

Comment Premium

Eilis O’Hanlon Opinion Culture change is needed to end women’s terror of attack

Stock image posed by model

Comment Premium

Colin Murphy Opinion We might be resilient, but we should be roaring our discontent this winter

Sally Rooney. Picture by Tony Gavin

Comment Premium

Alan Shatter Opinion Sally Rooney's wrongful labelling of Israel as ‘an apartheid state’ lacks awareness

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael need to start getting strategic in preparing for the next election and stop copying Sinn Féin

Eoin O'Malley

Mother of all dilemmas for women considering a baby

Julia Molony

Will politicians and media ever see gambling as a scourge? Don’t bet on it

Declan Lynch

Sport

It will be a while yet before Newcastle are back challenging for titles, like they were in the 1990's. Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images

Premier League

Jamie Carragher Opinion I would be amazed if Newcastle won the league before 2030

Jack O'Connor

Gaelic Football Premium

Are the Kingdom still stuck at the crossroads?

Ballinamore manager Dom Corrigan. Photo: Sportsfile

Gaelic Football

‘If those games were in Leitrim, people would be talking about how poor the football was’ – Dom Corrigan

Mossy Lawler and Cullie Tucker will be aiming to put one over on their native Munster when Connacht visit Thomond Park this evening. Photo: Ray Ryan

United Rugby Championship Premium

Lawler and Tucker – The Limerick cousins driving Connacht on

Ireland goalkeeper Caoimhín Kelleher in action during the international friendly againt Qatar during the week. Photo: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Premier League

Liverpool keeper Caoimhín Kelleher must not fall into Darren Randolph trap and let his career stagnate

Enda McGinley

Gaelic Football

Time to grasp the nettle with Proposal B for football minnows – Antrim boss Enda McGinley

Editor's Choice

Simon Cox, centre, with former FAI CEO John Delaney, right, and team-mate Darren O'Dea. Photo: Sportsfile

Soccer Premium

'I said to John Delaney, 'if you do that again, I'm going to lay you out'

Limerick hurling legend Ciaran Carey. Credit: Mark Condren

GAA

‘Cocaine is in GAA every club, it’s frightening’ – Limerick legend Ciarán Carey

Like a storyline from the TV show Billions, at one point there was no limit on the amount an individual could earn and claim relief

Irish Premium

Over 1,500 high fliers shared €38m write-off on tax and private schools

Keith Earls is Ireland's second-highest try scorer after Brian O'Driscoll. Image credit: Sportsfile.

Rugby

'I was delighted to get the diagnosis, I was genuinely losing my mind' - Keith Earls reveals mental health battle

Farming Independent

The organic farm at Lanespark, Ballynonty near Thurles is built around this five-bedroom period house

Munster Farm Sales Premium

76ac organic farm in Tipperary with period house on the market for €830,000

'Parents are generally the glue that holds a family together and achieving consensus can be far easier when they are alive than when they are gone'. Image: Deposit

Finance Premium

Martin O’Sullivan: How to avoid family conflict where there’s no obvious successor to take over the farm

Veronica Mannion with son Richard Jnr, husband Richard and daughter Caroline on their farm in Devlin, Louisburgh, Co Mayo. Photo: Conor McKeown

Agri-Business Premium

How an eco-friendly Airbnb can complement a traditional farm

The important message is that facing into family law proceedings without the input of an agricultural expert would be very unwise

Legal Advice Premium

How to secure your fair share of the farm's 'pot' after marriage breakdown

We analyse the figures to see if a 70-cow enterprise would represent a viable unit.

Dairy Premium

Facts and figures: How much does it really cost to switch to dairy farming

The relationship has ended recently and my parents want to transfer the farm to me now.

Legal Advice Premium

Can my ex-partner make a claim for maintenance on our family farm even though I don't own it?

Style

It’s easier to wonder ‘what if’ rather than know a harsh truth that hurts us, says Dr West

Sex & Relationships

Asking for a friend: ‘I’ve had a crush on my bisexual friend for years but she has limited experience with women. I want to tell her how I feel but I’m scared of being rejected’

Sylvester Stallone (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Celebrity Premium

Frank Mitchell Opinion ‘I wasn’t about to pass up the opportunity of a dander through Dublin with Sylvester Stallone’

Stable of Ireland co-founders Sonia Reynolds and Francie Duff. Photo: Melanie Mullan

Fashion

‘We both have a really forward, positive-thinking attitude... we are not egotistical, and when you are both like that, it works’

'I’m working towards making peace with that and, in the meantime, I’m going to be smart when it comes to my make-up.'

Makeup

Louise McSharry: ‘Some women manage to fight off the pressures to appear eternally youthful. I am not one of them...’

Vogue Williams

Celebrity

‘It scared the crap out of me’ – Vogue Williams opens up on ‘abduction’ attempt in London

Brian Kennedy

Music News

‘Am I going to die tonight?’ – Brian Kennedy ‘grateful to be alive’ after health scare

Entertainment

'Eschewing the standard uniform of a black tuxedo, Chalamet is seldom seen in conventional attire'

Movies Premium

How critical acclaim, a Gen Z outlook and a daring dress sense made Timothée Chalamet the new prince of Hollywood

Evanna Lynch. Photos: Brian Rankin

Life Premium

Evanna Lynch: ‘I was living a double life of the troll on the internet and also being the creator in front of the screen’

Keeping watch: The guards in Squid Game

Comment Premium

Squid Game: should kids as young as 11 be watching this gorefest with ghoulish abandon?

Chris Hemsworth as the superhero Thor

Movies

As sci-fi fans eagerly await Dune’s release, we count down the 12 best big screen remakes and second outings

Dónall Ó Héalaí and Peter Coonan in Tomás Ó Súilleabháin's Arracht. Photo by Macalla Teo

Movies

Dónall Ó Héalai: ‘Losing four stone helped me imagine what the famine was like’

Demi Moore features as a corporate executive whose personal life is hindered by a sexless relationship in Dirty Diana

Entertainment

Dirty Diana: female fantasies go beyond Shades of Grey

Travel

Glamping Under the Stars, Co Laois

Travel Premium

25 best mid-term breaks - from Connemara to the Canary Islands over the school holidays

The Pond Suites at Marlfield House, Co Wexford

Hotel Reviews

Hotel Review: Marlfield House 'Pond Suites' are the Insta-friendly future of country house stays

St Peter's Tin Church in autumn. Credit: Sky Lark Fotos

Ireland Premium

The story of a tin church built for love, almost lost, and saved by locals in Laragh

Francis and John Brennan at The Park Kenmare

Travel News

Ireland's pub of the year and best hotels named at Georgina Campbell awards

A family bunk room at Galway's Connacht Hotel

Travel

35 hotel rooms in Ireland that sleep families of five, six or more

Frank the shipping container in Co Donegal

Travel Premium

The Fab 50: Ireland's 50 best places to stay in 2021

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