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The ordeal is over: Ellen Glynn (17), one of the paddleboarders rescued in Galway Bay, recovers in hospital

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exclusive ‘We screamed at the helicopter but it just missed us’ - teen rescued after 15 hours in open sea

A day that began with the most unspeakable fear ended in unbridled joy and gratitude.

UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: A man waits to usher in the next person to be tested at the Covid-19 testing station at St Conleth’s Community College in Newbridge. Photo: Fergal Phillips.

News

Ireland 'sleep-walking' toward major coronavirus outbreak unless there's a radical strategy change - expert warns

IRELAND is "sleep-walking" towards a major Covid-19 outbreak next autumn unless a radical change in national strategy is adopted.

Refused bail: Cornelius Price

Crime Premium

Gangland murder suspects arrested in England over alleged kidnap plot

Galgorm Spa & Golf Resort

Golf

2020 Irish Open moved to Northern Ireland's Galgorm Castle due to Republic's Covid travel restrictions

All set for a caravan holiday... Photo: Deposit

Ireland Premium

Three-point turns, water tanks and gazebos - what's it really like to staycation in a caravan?

Move: The $10m Santa Barbara mansion bought by Prince Harry and wife Meghan

Celebrity News

In Pictures: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s new $10m mansion in A-list ‘American Riviera’

Headlines

American Pit-bull (Getty Stock)

News

Man (98) left 'covered in blood' after pit bull attack

British PM Boris Johnson has insisted there will be a bridge between Northern Ireland and Britain. Photo: Matthew Horwood/PA Wire

Politics

Boris Johnson: 'Over my dead body' will there be a border in the Irish Sea

(stock photo)

News

€3.1m overpaid to staff and some will never be recovered - Garda audit

Checkpoint: Gardaí on the approach to Naas, Co Kildare, this week

Coronavirus Premium

Trying to flatten the curve: Will there be more local lockdowns, and is ‘living with the virus’ the best strategy to take

The late Gary Dineen RIP

Irish News

Homeless man who recently died warned that he was 'forgotten about' and 'few cared' about the homeless

Video

Life sentence for teenager who murdered teaching assistant & placed body in bin

A health worker transfers drawn blood into a tube for a Covid-19 test. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Coronavirus

Almost half of new Covid-19 cases have come from outbreaks in workplaces

World News Video

Donald Trump addresses 'very serious' theories about Kamala Harris's eligibility to be VP

Adrian Donohoe Murder Trial

Respected: Michael O’Higgins SC, defence counsel in the Aaron Brady trial for the murder of Garda Adrian Donohoe. Photo: Collins Courts

Courts Premium

The legal teams at the heart of the longest and 'most difficult' trial in Irish history

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Tom Brady Opinion Aaron Brady's conviction shows intimidation tactics do not work

Premium

Adrian Donohoe murder trial: Who are the other suspects and will they be prosecuted?

Gardaí hope to charge two accomplices with robbery involvement

Video Aaron Brady was ‘driving an Audi and living a nice life’ in New York, says former NYPD detective

Featured

Michelle Obama (Hau Dinh/AP)

Health Features

'It was like a furnace in my core - Michelle Obama opens up about menopause

Licence to thrill: Pierce Brosnan had charm and charisma

Movies Premium

Perfectly cast: Why Pierce Brosnan was one of the best Bonds

Was Pierce Brosnan the best James Bond? Not according to a recent Radio Times poll which invited 14,000 Bond fans to vote for their favourite cinematic portrayal of Ian Fleming's legendary secret agent.

Kenneth Egan will be in Eric Donovan’s corner tonight

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From Labi Siffre to the Wolfe Tones, meditation and reading: Donovan's calm before the storm

Barman Ethan Miles, maitre d’ Mateo Saina and waitress Alice Marr on First Dates Ireland

Television

Hugging and kissing banned in upcoming First Dates series

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend are expecting their third child (Ian West/PA)

Celebrity News

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend announce they are expecting third child in music video

Zach of all trades: Zach Tuohy of the Geelong Cats pictured at the GMHBA Stadium in Geelong. Photo: Sportsfile

Other Sports Premium

'I didn't enjoy it, to be honest. I made myself come back'

Coronavirus: In Focus

Dr Ronan Glynn acting Chief Medical Officer Department of Health. Photo: Gareth Chaney, Collins

Coronavirus

Chief medic urges a 'united approach' to cut spread of disease

Kildare, Laois and Offaly need to "hold firm" in their fight to suppress the spread of Covid-19, acting chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn has said.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

World News

New Zealand reports more COVID-19 cases ahead of lockdown decision

New Zealand's first coronavirus outbreak in three months has spread further, officials reported on Friday, just hours before Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is due to announce whether a lockdown in the country's biggest city will be extended.

Assistance: Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys. Photo: Gareth Chaney, Collins

Coronavirus

Grant worth €1,000 to support 'white-van man', taxi drivers and plumbers

Sole traders and tradesmen affected by Covid-19 can avail of a new €1,000 one-off grant for related expenses.

A closed pub in Belfast. Photo: REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff/File Photo

Comment Premium

Zero-Covid - and how we can achieve it together

Experts in several countries, including Ireland, are pressing for a "zero-Covid strategy". But what does that mean?

Editor's Choice

One of the two women rescued in Galway Bay wave as they taken off the Coast Guard helicopter at UCHG. Photograph by Aengus McMahon

Irish News

Exclusive: 'I’m so happy. I had given up' – father of rescued paddle boarder on moment cousins found alive off Galway coast

Aaron Brady, of Monog Road, Crossmaglen, Co Armagh. A jury found him guilty of capital murder of Adrian Donohoe on 12th August 2020. Pic: Collins Courts

Courts Premium

Adrian Donohoe murder trial: Who are the other suspects and will they be prosecuted?

After an enforced spell on the sidelines due to a hip injury, Seán O’Brien is looking forward to lining out in the English Premiership with his new London Irish team-mates. Photo: Sportsfile

Rugby

'If the rule wasn't there, would I love to play for Ireland? Of course, I would'

Up close and personal: The new book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle offers insight into the early stages of their romance, their struggles within the royal family and their relationships with those close to them. PHOTO: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/Getty Images

Celebrity Premium

Fights, fall outs and announcing her pregnancy at Princess Eugenie's wedding - 13 things we learn about Meghan and Harry in royal tell-all book

Sport

Ian Madigan’s last season with Bristol was hugely frustrating as he was nudged out of the picture, but the out-half is looking at his move to Ulster as a fresh start. Photo: Sportsfile

Rugby

It was always my ambition to come back and play for Ireland - Madigan

Munster are due to take on Leinster at the Aviva Stadium tomorrow week, but it now remains to be seen if that game will go ahead after a further six of the province’s players were also forced to self-isolate (stock photo)

Rugby

Fears for Irish rugby's restart after Munster Covid case

Nicholas Roche will be taking part in a unique virtual event that will take place on the Zwift online cycling platform to celebrate the 2020 Tour de France.

Cycling

Ride the Irish Independent Zwift special event with Nicholas Roche on August 20

Podcasts

The Big Tech Show

The Big Tech Show: Why email fraudsters deliberately use bad grammar and dodgy spellings

Real Health Podcast

The Real Health Podcast: Why you’ll never be healthy if you don’t learn to breathe properly

TD Michael Healy-Rae. Photo: Tom Burke

The Floating Voter

The Floating Voter: Michael Healy-Rae won’t make customers wear masks in his shop

Opinion & Analysis

Fisherman Patrick Oliver with his son Morgan. Photo: Ray Ryan

Editorial

Editorial Opinion Dramatic tale of survival and rescue off coast of Galway lifts us all

Elbow bumps: Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Boris Johnson meet at Hillsborough Castle. Photo: Brian Lawless/Pool via Reuters

Comment Premium

Philip Ryan Opinion Brexit, Covid-19 and centenary all on table over lunch and a stroll

Stock image

Comment Premium

Government aid for home desposit is equity stake in property

Hume's legacy not just the peace process of yesterday, but a shared island of tomorrow

Patriotism isn't hating the Brits - it's loving Ireland and being willing to share its beauty

Pronouncing Kamala right is basic respect

Videos

Man (20s) dies after stabbing incident at house in Clontarf

Micheál Martin meets Boris Johnson for first time as Taoiseach

Heart-stopping moment wheelchair user is pulled from tracks as oncoming train approaches

Paul Williams: The murder of Adrian Donohue

Explainer: The colour-code system for Covid-19 outbreaks

Life

Owen and Julie McLoughlin of JANDO designs. Photo: Emily Quinn

Irish News

A sense of place... Jando designer Owen McLoughlin pens a tribute to Ireland and the landmarks we love

Rosecliff, Newport, RI

World/USA

How the grandiose mansions of Newport, Rhode Island provided backdrop to Muriel Bolger's historical novel

Keeping it local: Auriel Robinson runs Seatrails at Streedagh Beach in Co Sligo. Photo: James Connolly

Ireland Premium

Welcome to my patch: Meet the locals-turned-tour guides unlocking hidden gems for tourists

We don’t think that face mask will cut it

Sex & Relationships Premium

You can try telling people how to have sex in a pandemic, but they won't listen

One of the best ways to keep children safe from Covid-19 is to simply encourage regular handwashing

Parenting

A September like no other: How to help your kids settle back in to life at school

Blades of glory: Daniela Sinnott and her daughter Molly in Father Collins Park in Clongriffin, Dublin. Picture: Arthur Carr

Health & Wellbeing

Skater girls: Why rollerblading is this summer's hot trend

Style

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend are expecting their third child (Ian West/PA)

Celebrity News

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend announce they are expecting third child in music video

A new design by Fiona Heaney of FeeG

Business Premium

Bairbre Power: More casual, more digital, less throw-away: fashion industry is being redesigned by lockdown

Harry and Meghan have moved to Santa Barbara with son Archie (Toby Melville/PA)

Celebrity

Meghan and Harry buy plush €12m Santa Barbara mansion with home theatre and spa

Fashion Premium

How this H&M dress became the summer's big hit

Up close and personal: The new book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle offers insight into the early stages of their romance, their struggles within the royal family and their relationships with those close to them. PHOTO: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/Getty Images

Celebrity Premium

Fights, fall outs and announcing her pregnancy at Princess Eugenie's wedding - 13 things we learn about Meghan and Harry in royal tell-all book

Photo: Getty Images

Celebrity News

Baby joy for Ed Sheeran and his wife Cherry

Entertainment

Licence to thrill: Pierce Brosnan had charm and charisma

Movies Premium

Perfectly cast: Why Pierce Brosnan was one of the best Bonds

Federico Ielapi as the wooden boy

Movie Reviews Premium

Pinocchio review: Classic Italian tale returns to the dark side

Apocalypse now: Preppers and bunker-makers are banking on the next Chernobyl, which is said to be bouncing back with endangered species making a return1

Book Reviews

Bunker: Building for the End Times review: Chilling look at the bunker-builders preparing to survive the apocalypse

Barman Ethan Miles, maitre d’ Mateo Saina and waitress Alice Marr on First Dates Ireland

Television

Hugging and kissing banned in upcoming First Dates series

Bewley’s Theatre are taking their production of Roman Fever outdoors to St Stephen’s Green

Theatre & Arts Premium

The show must go on: Theatres revive an ancient tradition of outdoor plays

Brenda Fricker, My Left Foot

Books Premium

Martyr, mockery, mammy: How the iconisation of the mother has stereotyped women - but 'Irish Mammies' are finally finding their voice

Travel

If you go down to the woods...: A lodge at Cabü by the Lakes

Ireland Premium

Forget Center Parcs - Ireland's newest forest retreat gives cabin fever a whole new meaning

Limerick: Dolores O’Riordan of The Cranberries featured in an overlay mural near King John’s Castle. Mural: AchesDub Photo: Pól Ó Conghaile

Ireland

Ireland Unlocks: 10 great reasons to visit Limerick this summer

Family Get-togethers. Photo: Getty Images/Caiaimage

Ireland Premium

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

Park life: Journalist Orla Neligan and husband Alan with their children, twins Ruby and Martha (8) and Flynn (7) having a temperature check at Tayto Park. Photo: Mark Condren

Ireland Premium

Staycation Nation: What's it like to visit Ireland's museums, theme parks and attractions in the 'new normal'?

A cruise ship drops anchor. Stock Photo: Getty

Cruise

Cruising is still cancelled, but here's what holidaymakers can expect when it returns

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

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