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Coronavirus Premium

Communion and confirmation parties and travel across Border fuel Covid surge, expert warns

A surge in virus cases has been linked to communion and confirmation parties, a health expert warned as another county faced into tighter Covid restrictions.

Latest News

Restrictions: Taoiseach Micheál Martin and community activist Liz O’Connor during a visit to the Oliver Bond complex in Dublin’s city centre, which was the scene of a highly criticised party last week. Photo: Gareth Chaney, Collins

Coronavirus Premium

Localised lockdowns: Which counties in virus danger zone could face same fate as Dublin and Donegal

An aerial view of the property which overlooks Blessington

Homes

A modern take on an old Irish 'clachan' in Wicklow on the market for €640,000

Video

Map shows areas with highest Covid cases per 100k in Dublin

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Comment Premium

Philip Ryan Opinion Why are church crowds different to pub crowds?

Top Stories

Tragic: Azzam Raguragui’s parents Abdul Raguragui and Hajiba Elouaddaf. Photo: Steve Humphreys

Courts Premium

'Bringing a knife with you and stabbing someone five times is not self-defence'

‘Misleading’: The late Adrian Hardiman criticised alterations to laws. Photo: Arthur Carron/Collins

Courts

Chaotic drink-driving laws set for overhaul to reduce number of appeals and legal challenges

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Courts

Couple agree to leave a house they built in breach of planning laws in two years’ time

Actor Ryan Reynolds

World News

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney 'deadly serious' about shock takeover of non-league football club

Clean-up: A staff member disinfects Terminal 2 in Dublin Airport yesterday, using an electrostatic gun. Photo: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Coronavirus

'You won't go on holidays if there's something hanging over you that could change' - Tourism chiefs alarmed as Green List to be slashed to just four European countries

Landmark: Athlone’s Sean’s Bar, billed as Ireland’s oldest pub, will be part of the test case next month

Courts Premium

Explosive affair anticipated as court battle between publicans and FBD looms

Outrage: A man is arrested during protests in Louisville, Kentucky. PHOTO: REUTERS

North America

American cities on high alert as protests over Breonna Taylor's death turn violent

KBC Bank Ireland was fined €18.3m yesterday, the biggest available to regulators, over its part in the tracker mortgage scandal.

Irish Premium

€18m fine not the end of KBC tracker mortgage scandal, says bank campaigner Kissane

Featured

Paul Hickey, pictured here with fundraiser Jacqui Dunleavy, dressed up for the children

Irish News

‘When that child smiles at you, you can sense that you’re doing something right’ - LauraLynn volunteers open up about working with terminally-ill children

Unhappy campers: Tom Hollander plays a man whose wife wants to leave him in the BBC drama Us

Television

No more sports cars: How TV and film are taking a more realistic view of the male midlife crisis

TV and film have long depicted man troubles as funny sports-car-buying capers... until now.

Sitting pretty: Jonny Cooper in Parnell Park yesterday as AIG launched the 2020 county season with a tribute to club volunteers. Photo: Sportsfile

GAA

'There's no margin for error this year' - Jonny Cooper

Fear: There are concerns hospitals will not be able to keep pace with high infection rates this winter. Stock image

Comment Premium

Eilish O'Regan Opinion Medical professionals warn HSE winter plan will struggle because of shortages among consultants, GPs, nurses - and for beds

Saracens head coach Mark McCall has overseen a revolution at the London club which could, once again, end the season as European kingpins. Photo: Sportsfile

Rugby Premium

Ireland's most successful club coach leaves tainted legacy

Millie Bobby Brown as Enola is taught how to use a bow and arrow by mum Eudoria (Helena Bonham Carter)

Movie Reviews Premium

Enola Holmes review: Millie Bobby Brown is terrific as famous sleuth's tearaway younger sibling in winning family adventure

Coronavirus: In Focus

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People wearing face masks on Grafton Street during the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic in Dublin's city centre .
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Coronavirus

Revealed – the region with the highest Covid rate in the country, and why Donegal is set for new level of restrictions

A border region in Donegal has the highest Covid-19 incidence rate in the country, new localised data on the spread of the virus reveals

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Coronavirus

Hidden victims of Covid-19 have been revealed in HSE's €600m winter plan

The hidden health cost of Covid-19 in delayed care for cancer patients and hundreds of thousands of people now on public waiting lists was revealed in the HSE's €600m winter plan yesterday

‘Duty of care’: Minister Simon Harris says PPE will improve. Photo: Gareth Chaney, Collins

Coronavirus

Research under way to improve face masks and PPE

The Government is funding new research investigating how to reduce skin damage caused by wearing face masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE)

The modifications will be rolled out to more than 1,500 crossings before Christmas, at €200 a pop, and each crossing will have one button on either side of the road.

Coronavirus

Sensors on pedestrian crossings will cost €600,000

Dublin City Council has spent at least €600,000 on contactless pedestrian button modifications for traffic lights in its latest step to combat the spread of Covid-19

New Irish Writing

Joseph O'Connor

New Irish Writing

'Last of the Mohicans' by Joseph O’Connor

New Irish Writing, the competition that has fostered generations of leading Irish authors, returns to the Irish Independent tomorrow, Saturday, September 26.

New Irish Writing

‘Grow a Mermaid’ by Marina Carr

Henrietta McKervey

New Irish Writing

'The Dead of Winter’ by Henrietta McKervey

John O'Donnell

New Irish Writing

'Promise' by John O'Donnell

Sara Baume

New Irish Writing

'Dancing, or Beginning to Dance' by Sara Baume

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Irish News

Revealed: The most and least law-abiding counties in Ireland

Returning to his roots: Ray D'Arcy's Saturday chat show has done little to showcase his talents, but he has a long history of excelling in the host role. Photo: Andres Poveda

Comment Premium

Pat Stacey Opinion Has Ray D'Arcy been subjected to the RTÉ equivalent of death by a thousand cuts?

Gerry Adams (Niall Carson/PA)

Politics Premium

Explosive new tell-all book reveals what Gerry Adams, Arlene Foster and Rev Ian Paisley were like away from cameras

Campaign: Gail O'Rorke. Photo: Gerry Mooney

Irish News Premium

'My friend Bernadette had to die alone' - Gail O'Rorke pushing for new laws five years after she was acquitted of assisting a suicide

Sport

Joy Neville

International Rugby

More history for Irish referee Joy Neville as officials revealed for autumn internationals

Dublin’s Darren Daly has retired

Gaelic Football Premium

'There was never any flair with me... I didn't have any flair to begin with' - Dubs star Daly reflects on glittering career

Eir Sport and TG4 will continue to show live games, while Premier Sports will be available for viewers in the North (stock image)

PRO14

Explainer: Everything you need to know as Pro14 reveal their early season plan

One that got away: Trevor Giles kicks his penalty wide in the 2001 All-Ireland SFC final loss to Galway. Photo: Sportsfile

Gaelic Football

'It would have been better to go into the final with an edge'

Paul Dunne. Photo: Sportsfile

Golf

Sharvin and Dunne hoping home rule will help them beat bubble blues

Burnley's Josh Benson (left) and Millwall's Troy Parrott battle for the ball

Soccer

Troy Parrott's Millwall debut lasts just 45 minutes in defeat against Burnley

Podcasts

Real Health Podcast

The Real Health Podcast: Healthy cooking that’s not boring or time-consuming with the Wonky Spatula

Since the Covid lockdown have you been one of the many, many people who have taken up bread making and are spending more and more time in the kitchen?

Leinster's 25-game unbeaten run came to an end against Saracens. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

The Left Wing

The Left Wing: Where Leinster went wrong, Ireland's forgotten nine and the start of Monday Night Rugby

Going to College

Going to College 2020 podcast: Making the most out of your college years

Opinion & Analysis

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Comment Premium

Philip Ryan Opinion Why are church crowds different to pub crowds?

'€18m is big relative to the small size of KBC’s Irish bank'. Photo: AFP

Irish Premium

Donal O'Donovan Opinion Who's to blame? Mr Nobody strikes again at KBC

Online abuse: Denise Chaila, the musician and spoken-word artist from Limerick who appeared on The Late Late Show last Friday. Photo: Don Moloney

Comment Premium

John Connell Opinion Racism starts in small corners and if not challenged can grow into unspeakable acts

Americans have still to decide between Trump's division and Biden's unity

Robert Schmuhl

Councils are straight from the Wizard of Oz - it is all show and nothing ever gets done

Let’s talk about casual sex: Flings in the age of Covid-19

Videos

'Vote him out!' – Donald Trump booed while paying respects to Ginsburg

Moment taxi driver helps Belarusian protester escape riot police

Trump again refuses to commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses election

Rest of country catching up to Dublin's covid numbers – Professor Philip Nolan

Covid needs a three to seven year plan: Infectious disease specialist

Life

Three-storey dream: The exterior of the house at Tivoli Terrace East in Dun Laoghaire which is one of the oldest homes in the area

Homes

Seaside Victoriana restored: A 200-year-old town house revived with an atrium-lit modern kitchen

The windowless lock-up at 1a FitzGibbon lane

Homes

Fix it up: A lock-up mews at the back of Mountjoy Square, D1

President Higgins with his dogs Bród and Síoda, who recently passed away

Life

Barbara Scully Opinion Saying farewell to the family pet: Dealing with the huge gap in our home, hearts and lives

Ciara Rose says she feels she has lost a closeness with her friends since the pandemic hit. Photo: Steve Humphreys

Coronavirus

Long time, no see: Why we're facing a friendship recession

The way they were: Ben Foden and his first wife Una Healy in 2016

Celebrity Premium

'Remember while the marriage is over, the family is not' - The Dos and Don'ts of Divorce Etiquette

News team: Aisling Moloney and Mícheál Ó Scannáil of news2day, RTÉ’s news programme designed specifically for children

Life Premium

'In covering the pandemic, we talked a lot about how things can be made better' - meet the journalists who deliver the news to kids

Style

Rozanna Purcell

Celebrity

'It's been falling out in chunks' - Roz Purcell opens up about her hair loss battle

Paul Mescal
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Celebrity

'I found this the hardest' - Paul Mescal admits he has struggled being separated from family during lockdown and rise to fame

Vogue and Spencer

Celebrity News

'I’ve never seen someone’s face drop so hard' - Vogue Williams reveals conflict with Spencer over her decision to travel for work

Bird’s-eye view: Fashion graduate Una Curran, flanked by models wearing her winning designs. Photo: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland.

Fashion News

High flyer: Student is top of the class with style influenced by the flight patterns of Brent Geese

Designer Richard Malone

Fashion News

Two Irish designers get slice of €500,000

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Celebrity

Prince Harry tells Americans to ‘reject hate speech’ as he urges them to vote

Entertainment

Returning to his roots: Ray D'Arcy's Saturday chat show has done little to showcase his talents, but he has a long history of excelling in the host role. Photo: Andres Poveda

Comment Premium

Pat Stacey Opinion Has Ray D'Arcy been subjected to the RTÉ equivalent of death by a thousand cuts?

'Here's the Story: A Memoir' by Mary McAleese, published by Penguin Ireland

Books Premium

Royal visits, Egyptian mummies and the Empire of misogyny – Mary McAleese's book records her path through a rapidly changing Ireland

Paul Mescal on the Sky Arts show (Sky Arts/PA)

Entertainment

Paul Mescal and James Nesbitt to be painted for Portrait Artist of the Year

Members of the Goat House include some of the country’s biggest social media influencers

Comment Premium

Emma Kelly Opinion We had Tiger King, banana bread and staycations - now we're at stage 'sure TikTokers will flatten the curve'

TV News

'Go on, ya good thing!' – After a break of 10 years, The Den is returning to our television screens

A-listers: At an Eternals event were Keoghan, co-star Richard Madden,
and Jolie. Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney

Movies

Marvel film Eternals starring Dublin's Barry Keoghan postponed to next February

Travel

Basking sharks swimming in Keem Bay, Achill Island

Video

'Gentle Giants' - 30-foot basking sharks filmed swimming off Achill Island

Make the time: Kinesale is magical - Charles Fort

Entertainment

From ports to forts: Some enchanted evenings in Kinsale

Sheen Falls Lodge, Co. Kerry

Travel Talk Premium

Five-star steals: 10 best luxury hotel deals around Ireland this autumn

Doonmore, Inishbofin. Photo: Conor Power

Ireland Premium

Inishbofin: An Atlantic adventure that defies comparison with other islands

Travelling solo can bring rich rewards. solo traveller. Photo: PA Photo/iStock.

Travel

How to solo travel the world (when it's safe to travel again)

Passengers at Heathrow Airport (Aaron Chown/PA)

Travel News

Travellers in Czech Republic and Switzerland rush to beat UK quarantine measures

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