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Karn Cliffe, Group Lead for Vaccination in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group. As many young people who have queued to received a vaccine at the walk-in vaccination centre in CityWest today. 31/7/2021 Picture by Fergal Phillips

Health

latest Walk-in Covid vaccine centres ‘exceed expectations’ as young people queue up from 6am

The Covid-19 walk-in vaccination clinics have “exceeded expectations” on its first day, the City West centre’s vaccination lead has said.

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Sex & Relationships

Asking for a friend: ‘My summer fling’s been amazing, but I think I’ve developed feelings and now he’s moving abroad. Should I end it?’

Derek 'Del Boy' Hutch was released from prison this morning

Crime

‘Dangerous and volatile’ convicted killer Derek ‘Del Boy’ Hutch released from prison amid high security

Davy Fitzgerald has stepped down as Wexford hurling manager. Photo: Sportsfile

Hurling Premium

After 35 successive years of inter-county hurling, what next for Davy Fitz?

Doireann Garrihy, photographed by Barry McCall

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Doireann Garrihy: ‘I was always the absolute attention seeker. I wanted my sisters to think I was cool’

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South Africa's Lukhanyo Am scores their second try. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Lions Tour

Springboks turn the tide with dominant second-half to send ugly series to a decider

Taoiseach Micheál Martin. Credit: Colin Keegan

Coronavirus

‘Today we edged ahead of our nearest neighbours’ – Ireland overtakes UK in vaccine rollout, says Martin

Neil Montgomery of Waterford scores his side's third goal during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship quarter-final win over Tipperary and Waterford at Pairc Ui Chaoimh. Photo by Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

Hurling

Déise show ‘brilliant heart’ to overcome Tipp and march into All-Ireland semi-finals after Páirc Uí Chaoimh cracker

Celebrity News

‘My heart is bursting’ – former Miss Ireland Aoife Walsh shares new picture of her beautiful baby girl

Matt Damon at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival

Celebrity

exclusive Matt Damon: ‘I had no idea the SuperValu bag would be such a thing, but to be fair, where else do you shop in Dalkey?’

Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds (Yui Mok/PA)

Britain

Carrie and Boris Johnson expecting second baby together after ‘heartbreaking’ miscarriage

Cian Boland of Dublin breaks away from Mark Coleman of Cork at Semple Stadium. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Hurling

All-Ireland SHC: Will Dublin or Cork join Limerick, Kilkenny and Waterford in the semi-finals?

Professor Kingston Mills of Trinity College Dublin

Coronavirus Premium

Anxious parents could slow jabs roll-out over fears for their children

Cryptocurrencies

Personal Finance Premium

Your personal finance questions – Do I need to file a tax return after making some bitcoin gains?

Ms O’Brien is photographed here with her husband Paddy O’Brien, and their children Andie, Ollie, and Paudie.

Irish News

Mother who survived attack by cow raises funds for air ambulance

Videos

'We're just missing a very special link that we'll never get back again, and it's just cruel'

South Africa v British and Irish Lions: Second test match preview

Pay rise offer a ‘big kick in the teeth’, protesting nurses claim

Meet the Dublin terrier famous for getting bike rides around the city

IOC boss praises Simone Biles for speaking up about mental health

Featured

Some 26pc of Irish adults have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more — the definition of obesity. Illustration by Shane Mc Intyre

Health & Wellbeing Premium

Tipping the scales: how did Ireland become so obese?

In the 1950s, Ireland was one of the thinnest countries in Europe and, into the early 1990s, it held its own when it came to the healthy weight stakes. But since the mid-1990s, the average Irish person has, inexorably, become fatter and our children are on course to be the most obese in Europe by 2030.

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Mark Zuckerberg told his M-Team inner-circle at their meeting in July 2018 that he was taking back more control

Life Premium

Facebook on the offensive: Mark Zuckerberg as a ‘wartime leader’

Kildare manager Jack O'Connor celebrates with Neil Flynn after their side's victory over Offaly in the Leinster SFC quarter-final

Gaelic Football Premium

Tomás Ó Sé Opinion No better man than Jack to put pressure on Dubs

Celebrity News

Bob Odenkirk says he is recovering after ‘small’ heart attack

Pictured at The Raven Holiday Home Park, at Curracloe, Co Wexford are Sheena McGinley with husband Mark Linehan and daughters Eva and Lara. Photo: Patrick Browne

Family Features Premium

Hailstone slushies and free-range kids – how one family struck holiday gold in a caravan park

A Monaghan player wears a shirt in honour of the late Brendan Óg Duffy, captain of the Monaghan U20 football team, in the warm-up before the Ulster GAA Football U20 Championship Final against Down. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Gaelic Football

Down prevail in U-20 extra-time thriller but Farney’s ‘Ógie’ remains forever young on night of high emotion

Brendan Hunt, Jason Sudeikis and Nick Mohammed in Ted Lasso

TV Reviews Premium

How moustachioed angel Ted Lasso captured my heart and improved my well-being

Weekend Magazine

Summer Lovin': nine writers on the holiday flings they’ll never forget

Life Premium

Summer lovin’: From flings to flirtations, our writers share their most memorable brief encounters

"Unlike women who Do Summer Well, I can only aim to look vaguely unbothered by the hot weather, and most of the time, I fail at even that."

Life

Tanya Sweeney Opinion ‘While other women enjoy a Hot Girl Summer, I — like a furious, boiled radish — am having my usual Sloth Girl Summer’

Ceviche at Mamó

Food Reviews Premium

Restaurant review: ‘Killian Durkin’s food has only become more assured in the nearly two years since I first visited Mamó, and ours is a faultless meal’

"If you are pregnant, the gap between what you want and what your favourite shops are willing to provide becomes an abyss."

Style Premium

Ellen Coyne Opinion ‘We need to talk about the utter monotony of maternity wear and why style matters when you’re pregnant’

Sculptor Orla de Brí. Photo: Gillian Buckley

Life

Sculptor Orla de Brí: ‘The best piece of advice I’ve ever been given is to have your children early and close together’

The perfect cat-eye flick takes practice, and some people place it in the ‘not for the likes of me’ category

Beauty

The line of beauty: how to perfect your liquid eyeliner

Olympics 2020

Sarah Lavin of Ireland checks the results on the stadium big screen

Olympics

Today in Tokyo: What you may have missed overnight and the Irish schedule for the weekend with five chasing medals

Rory McIlroy, left, and Shane Lowry of Ireland walk to the third tee box

Olympics

Rory McIlroy ‘happy to be proven wrong’ and Shane Lowry’s ‘goosebumps’ – Irish golfers on the medal hunt in Tokyo

Mark English of Ireland, second left, crosses the finish line

Olympics

Mark English and Sarah Lavin ‘gutted’ after bowing out of Olympic Games

Trayvon Bromell wins the 100m in 9.92 during the Track Meet in a World Athletics Continental Tour competition at Crean Lutheran High School in California in May. Photo: Kirby Lee/USA TODAY

Olympics Premium

Trayvon Bromell: The fastest man you’ve never heard of in the race for gold in Tokyo

The Ireland 4x400 mixed relay team, from left, Cillin Greene, Phil Healy, Sophie Becker and Christopher O'Donnell after their heat of the 4x400 metre mixed relay at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Olympics

‘Four seconds off the national record, it’s surreal’

Rhys McClenaghan competing on the Pommel Horse in artistic gymnastics qualification at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre during the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Photo: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Olympics

Nation will hold its breath once again as Rhys McClenaghan goes for gold

Coronavirus

The Taoiseach meets third-class pupils from St Brigid's National School in Glasnevin, Dublin on Wednesday. Photo: Brian Lawless

Coronavirus

Two more dioceses to defy rules on sacraments for children

Two more bishops have said they are preparing to hold communions and confirmations in defiance of public health advice.

Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. Photo: Nick Potts/PA Wire

Coronavirus

GPs may refuse to participate in vaccination of 12 to 15-year-olds due to rise in no-shows

Professor Kingston Mills of Trinity College Dublin

Coronavirus Premium

Anxious parents could slow jabs roll-out over fears for their children

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly. Photo: Julien Behal/PA

Health

‘We’re all just tired’ – Pregnant woman calls for an end to maternity restrictions

Podcasts

The Big Tech Show

The Big Tech Show: Are we living in a simulation?

Paudie Clifford has been a star for Kerry so far in 2021. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

The Throw In

The Throw-In: Kerry's demented hunger, Mayo's relentlessness and Cork and Waterford rising

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Podcasts

InFocus Podcast: Bans, allegations and crises: horse racing’s year of scandals

Real Health Podcast

The Real Health Podcast: The Running Episode with Peter Francis

Opinion & Analysis

After the pandemic kicked off, young people were no longer merely potential vandals or burglars, but possible vectors of disease. Stock image

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Sarah Carey Opinion My suspicious teenagers won’t hesitate to get their vaccine – and they’ve earned it

Skellig Michael in Co Kerry. Holidays at home are making us understand why American tourists were left in awe by our scenery. Photo: Don MacMonagle

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Liz Kearney Opinion My next holiday buy is a ‘Kiss Me, I’m Irish’ T-shirt

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

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Richard Curran Opinion Donohoe’s new rules to finally hold bankers to account are essential – and long overdue

What’s in a name? Well, supposedly €69 if it’s a certain Liverpool star on a young fan’s jersey

Billy Keane

Belarusian tyrant Alexander Lukashenko reaches a new low in his hybrid war with EU

John Downing

A lack of transparency is corrosive to politics

Editorial

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Kinelarty Pods, Co Down

Ireland Premium

It’s not too late! 20 last-minute staycation ideas

Former Bank of Ireland worker Natasha McNicholl says there is still work to be done to wipe harassment from the workplace.

Irish News Premium

‘He was known as the office creep’ – former Bank of Ireland employee tells of repeated harassment

Selfridges creative director Alannah Weston in 2014 at the London store

Analysis Premium

Alannah Weston: the Dublin-born retail heiress preparing for a €4.7bn bonanza pay day

Sarah Cass

Galway Races Premium

‘It’s a bit of escapism’ – Ladies Day heralds long-overdue return of colour and glamour to Galway Races

Farming Independent

Gerard Sherlock

Dairy Advice Premium

Gerard Sherlock: I’m banking on recent rain to get grass growth back on track

No mercy: John Fagan advocates ruthless culling to combat lameness

Advice Premium

John Fagan: Lameness is the bane of my life but there are ways to fight it

Damage: Extreme weather events such as the flooding that destroyed this house on the banks of the river Ahr in Insul, Germany, are predicted to become more common because of climate change. Photo: AP

Environment Premium

5 reasons why farmers should engage with climate action

A particularly strong increase in Irish milk production of 6pc or more is likely this year

News

Average farm income to rise in 2021 as dairy circles new record

Massey Ferguson 35 rebuild

Tractors Premium

Rebuilding classic Massey Ferguson tractors: ‘There was a curiosity to see how something built in 1961 actually worked’

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Legal Advice Premium

Do we have to leave our son anything in our will?

Sport

Shane Lowry of Team Ireland plays his shot from the 16th tee during the second round of the Men's Individual Stroke Play at Kasumigaseki Country Club. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)

Olympics

Can Lowry and McIlroy continue their charge? Tonight's Irish in action and your Tokyo Olympics round-up

Roberto Lopes of Shamrock Rovers celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division match against St Patrick's Athletic at Tallaght Stadium. Photo: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

League of Ireland

Rovers hit stride at perfect time to sink Saints in battle of table-toppers

Up to 40,000 fans will return to Croke Park for the All-Ireland finals with 25,000 expected for Ireland's World Cup qualifiers at the Aviva in September. Picture: Sportsfile.

Sport

Increased crowds of up to 40k to be allowed for All-Ireland finals with 25k for Ireland’s September World Cup qualifiers

Jamie Barron is a key figure in the Waterford team. Photo: Sportsfile

GAA

TV times, odds and verdicts – your complete guide to the GAA weekend

Dublin's Eoghan O'Donnell receives medical attention for an injury before being substituted during their Leinster SHC semi-final victory over Galway at Croke Park. Photo: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

GAA

GAA team news: Eoghan O'Donnell misses out for Dubs as starting line-ups confirmed for All-Ireland quarters

Jazzaway, with Conor McNamara up, right, on their way to winning the Guinness Handicap Hurdle alongside eventual second Western Victory, under Shane Fitzgerald at the Galway Races Summer Festival. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Galway Races

Jazzaway takes another feature for Willie Mullins with victory in Guinness Handicap Hurdle at Galway Races

Life

Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany, pictured at Dunsany Nature Reserve

Life

‘There have been many death threats, but I’ll never stop’ – Randal Plunkett, Baron of Dunsany, on rewilding his family estate

Children can make their own fun when they have to. Picture posed

Parenting Premium

David Coleman: Don’t fill your child’s day with activities, let them get bored — it’s good for them!

We must teach kids the rights and wrongs of the internet. Picture posed

Parenting Premium

Bill Linnane Opinion My 13-year-old son has his own phone — and also his own access to the internet...

Nicola Wall in Dungarvan, Co Waterford, with her children Danny and Sienna. Pic: Dylan Vaughan.

Mental Health Premium

‘I’m a happy mum of two living with schizoaffective disorder’

It's important to talk to your partner if any major issues pop up. Stock image.

Health & Wellbeing Premium

Ask Allison: ‘I love my wife but I miss my old life and have reservations about becoming a parent. Why am I feeling like this?’

Alan Corcoran has taken on some extreme feats of endurance. Evan Doherty Photography.

Fitness

Marathon Man – Why and how I ran 35 marathons in 35 days and will swim the length of Ireland

Style

Concierge Shane Murphy at Brown Thomas on Grafton Street in Dublin. Gareth Chaney

Fashion Premium

Surviving wars, takeovers, floods and fires – the story behind Brown Thomas and Arnotts as the iconic Irish department stores go up for sale

Influencer Lisa McGowan. Picture: Instagram

Style

Influencer Lisa McGowan on her battle against trolls who hounded her online

Matt Damon at the Vico swimming spot in Dalkey in 2020

Celebrity

‘I could move here. I could live here’ – Matt Damon reveals he considered moving to Ireland after lockdown in Dalkey last year

'The thing is, this woman is never very far from my thoughts and at times I find it very hard to forget about her.'

Sex & Relationships

Dear Mary: I’m happily married but keep thinking of another woman I met on a dating app. Should I contact her?

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Sex & Relationships Premium

The Big O and me… ‘I’d regularly get up in the morning and think, do you know what? I fancy an orgasm, and then head back to bed’

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Sex & Relationships

Asking for a friend: ‘I was devastated when my ex ended things last year. Now that he has a new partner, I feel like I should contact him to see if there is any chance for us ’

Entertainment

Bressie by Arthur Carron

Music

‘She has that wild streak in her – and I love that explosive wildness...’ Bressie on his bandmate girlfriend, Generation Rent and ‘McMindfulness’

This year's islanders. Photo: ITV2

Television Premium

Love Island: 10 reasons why it’s not working for us this year

‘When the collective tears died down, I told myself the job was done’: Author and columnist Séamas O’Reilly. Photo by Steve Ryan

Books

Séamas O’Reilly: ‘My best advice for grief: be five’

TV presenter Dáithí Ó Sé. Photo: Suzy McCanny

Life

Dáithí Ó Sé: ‘I’d like to bring Slash from Guns N’ Roses to west Kerry for a pint. I think he’d fit in well there’

Sally Rooney: Razor-sharp on relationship dynamics

Books

The big preview: 37 must-read books arriving in the second half of 2021

Leo McKern in Rumpole of the Bailey

Television Premium

Pat Stacey Opinion Rumpole of the Bailey after a gender swap won’t be Rumpole

Travel

Enjoying Galway City. Photo: Failte Ireland

Ireland Premium

33 great things to do in Galway City - we asked a top tour guide to share his tips

Joey Carbery, Munster and Ireland rugby player and Europcar ambassador, pictured in Kilkee Co. Clare

Travel News

A grand staycation – survey reveals that many of us will spend €1,000 as we holiday at home

More countries have been added to the UK's travel green lists (Steve Parsons/PA)

Travel News

Expansion of UK travel green list ‘fails to go far enough’

Nevin Cody, who runs Kilkenny Guided Walking Tours, at Kilkenny Castle. Photo: Dylan Vaughan

Travel News

Magic trips: Kilkenny walking tour named as best thing to do this year

Ibiza has been added to the green list (Tom Pilgrim/PA)

Travel News

Malta and Spain’s Balearic islands added to UK's travel green list

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Travel insurers won’t pay out if you go to Covid hotspot

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