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Siobhán Kearney's sisters Aisling, Caroline, Brighid and Niamh at a vigil for her in 2006. Photo: Collins

News

‘He murdered Siobhán, then gave their son (3) Coco Pops and left him wandering the house alone’- family’s horror as killer eligible for parole

The sisters of Siobhán Kearney, who was murdered by her husband almost 17 years ago, have spoken of their horror at the fact that he is now eligible for parole.

The cheating allegations in Irish dancing made headlines globally.

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Irish dancing group CLRG hires private eye to probe salacious claims against its top brass

The world’s biggest Irish dancing organisation has hired a private investigator to look into salacious allegations made against some of its current and former senior members.

Wild Youth on The Late Late. Photo: Andres Poveda

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Kirsty Blake Knox Opinion RTÉ has spent almost €1m on the Eurovision since 2018 and we haven't qualified. Something needs to change

Daniel Moore says there is help out there for people with addiction issuers. Photo: Gerry Mooney

Life Premium

'How I turned my life around after prison and drug addiction. I'm now in UCD and helping people with their recovery’

Brighid McLaughlin, whose sister Siobhan was murdered, at the offices of the Minister for Justice in 2019. Photo: Mark Condren

The Indo Daily

The Indo Daily: Family of murder victim, Siobhán Kearney: "He finished her off and staged it to look like suicide - now he's up for parole"

Txiki Begiristain, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Ferran Soriano and Pep Guardiola celebrate Manchester City's 2021-'22 Premier League title success. Photo: Michael Regan/Getty Images

Premier League Premium

Tom Morgan Opinion Sanctions City could face if guilty of 115 rule breaches

Top Stories

Rescuers carry out a young survivor from a collapsed building in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir. Photo: Sertac Kayar/Reuters

Middle East

Death toll in Turkey and Syria earthquakes could exceed 20,000: ‘We thought it was the apocalypse’

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Courts Premium

Married farm couple win €137,914 tax battle with Revenue over €950,000 sale of land

Gardai outside Midleton, Co Cork where partial skeletal remains were found on the new Midleton to Youghal Greenway in January 2021. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire

News

Bone tests may hold key to mystery of woman’s skeleton found near Cork railway line

The State Examinations Commission argues that rescheduling the exams to the first week of the Easter holidays will limit teacher absences from schools, therefore minimising disruption to learning. Photo: Getty Images

Education

Teachers overseeing oral exams expected to receive between €1,600 to €2,600 over Easter holidays

Injury blow: Cian Healy has a hamstring problem.

Six Nations

Andy Farrell likely to stick with winning formula but triple injury blow dents squad depth for French test

On the outside: Dubbed the ‘grey divide’, those without digital skills or access to digital technology have never faced as many barriers to services and information that affects their daily lives. Photo: Getty

Farming Premium

The real forgotten farmers: how the older cohort are being left behind in the internet age

Environment Minister Eamon Ryan. Photo: Julien Behal

Politics

Government faces sparking rural backlash over plan to relax wind turbine rules

New wind farms will have taller, more powerful turbines. Photo: Getty Images

Environment Premium

From Dundalk and Drogheda to Dalkey, Bray and Wicklow – the seaside locations with wind turbines on the horizon

Pro-refugee supporters take part in a rally on O’Connell Street in Dublin city centre. Photo: Steve Humphreys

News

Simon Harris warns of ‘intimidatory behaviour dressed up as protest'

The site of the new National Children's Hospital in Dublin. Photo: PA

Health Premium

New children's hospital to use €85m system not compatible with other hospitals treating same patients

Videos

Anti-immigration protesters march through Dublin on bank holiday

Only in Ireland, you go on a blind date and end up sitting opposite your neighbour

Pro-refugee demo countering far right held in Dublin on bank holiday

Fair City’s Bryan Murray opens up to Tommy Tiernan about being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease

65th Grammy Awards - incredible red carpet looks

Featured

One common cause of consistent tiredness is a dietary issue. Picture: Getty

Health Features Premium

Sleep hygiene, stress and phones - why am I so tired all the time?

Feeling sleepy throughout the day can be frustrating. Maybe your eyes won’t stop drooping as you stare at your screen. Or maybe you find it almost impossible to muster the energy to tear yourself out of bed in the morning. You might even struggle to get through the whole day without the urge to take a nap.

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A Dublin-themed sketch, by designer Paul Costelloe, featuring the Poolbeg chimneys in the background

Fashion Premium

Paul Costelloe showcases his love of Dublin in London Fashion Week collection

I’m getting a similar sensation to when I was worried about my Leaving Cert history exam. Photo: Picture posed

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Jim O'Brien Opinion It’s time to shorten the bucket list when ministers are young enough to be your child

Colm O'Rourke: "The timing of the Sigerson is all wrong, we have six players tied up in it and we had to take off five of them today." Photo: Sportsfile

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Donnchadh Boyle Opinion Too many games, too little time – the congested fixture list the split season can’t solve

Seamus O'Hara and James Martin in the Oscar-nominated short film 'An Irish Goodbye'

Irish News

‘A mad surprise’ – crew of Oscar-nominated Irish movie short on cloud nine ahead of awards ceremony

Light at the end of the tunnel: 'There seems to be a growing openness about mental health issues in the farming community'. Photo: Getty

Farming Premium

Peter Hynes Opinion If you’re struggling, you’re not the only one – I’ve been there, and here’s what you can do

Glyn administering a dose

Rural Life Premium

How extending his sheds helps this Kerry farmer lamb 750 ewes

Ukraine and World News

Toddler Raghad Ismail chews on a piece of bread after being rescued from the ruins of her home in the Syrian city of Azaz yesterday. Photo: Mahmoud Hassano/Reuters

Middle East

Gallery ‘Miracle’ as toddler is rescued unhurt from the rubble of her home

What caused earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria and why was it so catastrophic?

Leader of Wagner mercenary group in bizarre dogfight challenge to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky for control of Bakhmut

France first to demand proof of age to access online porn using new digital certificate

Russian church leader ‘was Cold War KGB spy’

Farming Independent

25pc of farmers over 65 years old don’t use the internet. Photo: Picture posed

News Premium

Older farmers shut out of business as supports move to online

Pick of the bunch: Doina Seiceanu, one of the pickers in Darragh McCullough’s daffodil fields

Comment Premium

It’s getting harder and harder to attract workers

Big money: This prize-winning Belgian Blue cross heifer, weighing 818kg and born in October 2020, sold for €3,610 at Carnew mart. Photo: Roger Jones

Cattle Mart Trade Premium

‘We’ve never seen prices so strong’ –numbers in Cashel mart are twice what they were 12 months ago as trade booms

John Fagan

Advice Premium

John Fagan: It’s disillusioning to realise I’d be better off selling my flock and renting out my land

Happy in his work: Luke Murphy, manager of Ardsallagh Goat’s Cheese in Woodstock, Carrigtohill, Co. Cork. Photos: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision

Agri-Business Premium

Why this Corkman sold his stock to build his farm business

Performance: The Opel Combo-E has a 136hp motor powered by a 50kw/h battery pack

Motoring Premium

Electric van review: Opel Combo-E does everything you’d want of a farm van but range is a concern

Opinion & Analysis

Gabriel LaBelle as a young Steven Spielberg in 'The Fabelmans'

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Frank Coughlan Opinion Spielberg’s latest release triggers magical movie memories

Omagh bomb campaigners Michael Gallagher (left) and Stanley McCombe on Campsie Street, Omagh, close to the site of the 1998 bombing. Photo: Oliver McVeigh/PA Wire

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Suzanne Breen Opinion No more hogwash for Omagh families as bomb inquiry should bring the truth to light

George Orwell argued that much societal rot can begin with lack of care with, or abuse of, language

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John Downing Opinion The war on words: how language battles are shaping up to leave us all tongue-tied

Natural disasters like the quakes in Turkey and Syria open our eyes to the fragility of life

Editorial

Why US president Joe Biden should retire the tedious State of the Union address

David Von Drehle

One day we’ll look back on the war on drugs and ask did we learn nothing from Prohibition in the US

Lorraine Courtney

Propelled by half-truths and evasions, Liz Truss is desperate for an encore

Sean O’Grady

In casting about for a first mate in life, a good sense of humour is essential

John Daly

Brexit shows us how a country can go very wrong, very quickly

Declan Lynch

Messy Marie Kondo has the right idea – there’s more to life than housework

Julia Molony

Ireland's strategy for rugby success can teach us how to organise the country

Conor Skehan

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‘I generally tend to be a bit kind of nervous when things are going very well,’ says O’Leary. Photo: Corbis via Getty Images

Irish Premium

What’s eating Michael O’Leary? Profits are booming, passengers are flocking but all the Ryanair boss can talk about is ‘black swans’

Brian Mahony with wife Ciara Mahony

Crime Premium

The luxury home of drugs boss Brian Mahony stripped of furniture and empty despite wife's attempt to lay claim

The tweet from the Meath GAA Twitter account which was then deleted. source: Twitter

Hurling

Meath GAA apologise to Down after offensive tweet from official Twitter account calling McKenna Park a ‘kip’

Healthy relationships of all types require you to be able to identify what a dealbreaker is for you. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Health Features Premium

Ask Allison: We’ve all been friends since we were teenagers. Why am I the only one not asked to be a bridesmaid?

Sport

Manchester City were charged with breaking financial rules by the Premier League. Photo: Reuters

Premier League

Manchester City facing threat of being kicked out of the Premier League

Uini Atonio

Six Nations Premium

Cian Tracey Opinion The French tanks aiming to scuttle the Irish scrum in crucial battle at the Aviva

Finlay Bealham proved a reassuring presence in Cardiff in the absence of Tadhg Furlong. Photo: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Six Nations

Finlay Bealham ‘won’t get carried away’ after earning the right to be top dog

Leinster prop Vakhtang Abdaladze has been capped by Georgia. Photo by Gerry Mooney

Rugby

‘If you gave me the decision again, I’d make the same one 10 times out of 10’ – Leinster prop Vakhtang Abdaladze on playing for Georgia

Sergio Aguero wheels away in celebration after scoring his iconic goal against QPR which won the Premier League for Manchester City in 2012

Premier League

‘Sergio Aguero moment’ forever tainted if allegations are proven

Supporters on the terrace during the Allianz Football League Division 2 match between Meath and Clare at Páirc Tailteann in Navan. Photo by Daire Brennan/Sportsfile

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Colm Keys Opinion Compete and they will come – Bumper weekend crowds show value of strong league programme

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Podcasts

Best of the Indo Daily: Chairs, repairs, and a restoration row - How a Late Late Show scandal ended up in court

Anthony Stokes in action for Celtic in 2015 (Jeff Holmes/PA)

The Indo Daily

The Indo Daily: The turbulent world of ex-Ireland and Celtic star, Anthony Stokes

Poster of Kinahan cartel leaders produced by US official

The Indo Daily

The Indo Daily: Submarines and secret planes – How the Kinahans and other cartels are smuggling drugs

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The Big Tech Show

The Big Tech Show: Hooked - behind the algorithms that keep us scrolling

Entertainment

Lizzo accepts the Record Of The Year award for "About Damn Time" during the 65th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Entertainment

Grammys 2023 in pictures: Red carpet, performances and awards

Kim Petras and Sam Smith accept their award (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Music News

Grammys 2023: Sam Smith collaborator Kim Petras makes history with transgender win

Video

Irish Influencer Kayleigh Trappe re-enacts hilarious moment between Ryan Tubridy and Miriam Margolyes on the Late Late show

Podcaster PJ Kirby at Heartbreak Social Club on Drury St, Dublin. Picture: Frank McGrath

Theatre & Arts Premium

Podcaster PJ Kirby: ‘I thought everyone was looking at me — now I feel free because I realise no one is’

The Stunning will be playing at festivals and at Dublin’s 3Olympia

News

Steve Wall reveals how The Stunning played a private gig for Vicky Phelan before she died

Video

Performance at Irish-Iraqi wedding goes viral

Style

A tired model naps during hair and make-up for the ‘One Night Only’ Giorgio Armani fashion show for his spring/summer 2007 collection during London Fashion Week. Photo: Tom Stoddart

Fashion Premium

From feeling like Carrie Bradshaw at Vogue to behind the scenes at London Fashion Week — here’s what it’s really like

Rory Cowan. Picture: Damien Eagers

Celebrity

Former Mrs Brown’s Boys star Rory Cowan: ‘I’d tell my 18-year-old self not to waste your time pretending you’re straight’

Lou Brennan’s ‘Riamh’ silk and modal scarf from her Crochet Collage collection, €225. Picture: Music.Earth

Fashion

Style notes: Lou Brennan’s new scarves are laced with history, and The Suss Edit gives old clothes new life

Vanessa Feltz and ex fiance Ben Ofoedu

TV News

Vanessa Feltz ‘disappointed and shocked’ after ending 16-year relationship

Jojo Moyes with her dogs on Hampstead Heath, London. Photo: Jonathan Goldberg

Life Premium

‘I don’t think we realised the cracks had appeared until it was too late’ – bestselling writer Jojo Moyes on her midlife marriage breakup

A marriage sabbatical can give either person a breather to come back to the relationship with renewed energy. Photo: Picture posed

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Could a marriage sabbatical energise your relationship?

Life

Paul and Siobhan Byrne, owners of BodyByrne, in the open-plan kitchen of their unusual home, which is a combination of a century-old cottage and a five-bedroom new build. The kitchen units are from Kitchen Elegance and there’s an extra-large limed-oak island as they wanted to sit at it with their two girls for meals. The worktops are Calacatta marble and the splashback over the hob — glimpsed behind the couple — has an antiqued mirror effect. Photo: Tony Gavin

Interiors Premium

My Favourite Room: ‘I told the interior designer, “Make everything the colour of Armand, my dog”’

"Check on your friends who have a toddler. Do it right now. No, really. Pick up the phone and tell them you love them and are thinking about them. I guarantee you they need to hear it. Because living with a toddler is not only physically taxing, it is an emotional maelstrom."

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Sophie White Opinion Compared to toddlers, newborns are a cinch. Toddlers are the Antichrist. I should know, I’m living with one

"This banana bread, which also has sweet golden syrup and spicy ground ginger added, is probably my favourite banana bread recipe of all." Photo: Tony Gavin

Recipes Premium

Go bananas with Rachel Allen’s brilliant recipes for the sweet, creamy fruit — there’s even a banana curry in the mix!

Floral inspiration from April and The bear

Interiors

Flower power: spring forward with floral furniture and accessories

A pair of bronze and gilt French decorated busts of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses and goddess Isis

Interiors

In the salerooms: Pharaoh Ramses and goddess Isis plus a 19th-century North American double-ended ‘peapod’ canoe

Ria Coady. Picture: Patrick Browne

Life Premium

Five volunteers on how giving back has changed them: ‘It gives you a massive amount of insight into your own life’

Travel

Claire Scott at the Uyuni Salt Flats in Bolivia

Travel Premium

Why more Irish women are travelling solo – ‘The memories I’ve made make the risks seem minuscule’

The final Boeing 747 lands at Paine Field following a test flight (Jennifer Buchanan/The Seattle Times/AP)

Travel News

Farewell to the jumbo jet as final Boeing 747 takes to the skies

Hong Kong will give away air tickets and vouchers to woo tourists back to the international financial hub, racing to catch up with other popular travel destinations in a fierce regional competition (Sean Pavone/Alamy/PA)

Travel News

Hong Kong woos tourists with 500,000 free air tickets

Kerry Condon in 'The Banshees of Inisherin'. Photo: Jonathan Hession/Searchlight Pictures

Travel News

New Aer Lingus flight from Ireland West to London another ‘Banshees of Inisherin’ boost

Yosemite 'firefall'. Photo: Deposit

World/USA

Firefall is back: How and where to see Yosemite’s breath-taking natural phenomenon

A bonded travel agent is the safest, as you are covered if the company goes bust. Photo: Jordan Siemens/Getty Images

Personal Finance Premium

How to find the best value for your summer holidays