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Micheal Martin (Brian Lawless/PA)

Irish News

live 'Solidarity is strength' - Taoiseach says Ireland is behind Kildare, Laois and Offaly as lockdown restrictions announced

The O’Brien Fine Foods plant in Timahoe Co KIldare where cases of Covid-19 were confirmed. Photo by Steve Humphreys. 7th August 2020

Irish News

breaking Six more staff test positive for Covid-19 at Kildare factory as 98 new cases reported nationwide

Another six employees have tested positive for Covid-19 at a food factory in Kildare.

‘A single shift can be 24 hours’: Dr Tom McEnery. Picture by Arthur Carron

Irish News Premium

Healthcare crisis: Understaffing, 90-hour working weeks and burnout - the challenges facing Irish doctors

Michelle Campion, Director of Sales and Marketing at The Westgrove Hotel in Clane Co Kildare. Photo by Steve Humphreys, 7th August 2020

Irish News

latest 'The calls started at 8am this morning' - Guests rush to cancel bookings at Kildare hotel as cases spike in county

Journalist Clifford Coonan recently went on holiday to the Greek Islands

Irish News Premium

What it's like to go on a sun holiday during the pandemic: 'The lack of American voices at tourist sites is noticeable'

Entertainment Video

A stunning Friday session with Brian Kennedy from his home

Headlines

Arlene Foster. Picture: PA

Politics

latest Arlene Foster says Micheál Martin's comments that Britain may get 'turned off' NI are 'disappointing'

A general view the Kildare GAA Hawkfield Centre Of Excellence in Newbridge, Kildare. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Coronavirus

breaking All matches in Kildare, Laois and Offaly cancelled for two weeks

Gardai at Powerscourt Waterfall, Co Wicklow. Picture: Colin Keegan

Irish News

'Everyone was doing everything they could,' says witness to boy's fatal fall at Powerscourt waterfall

The FAI's headquarters in Abbotstown, Dublin. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Soccer

latest FAI's union staff call for harmony within its ranks to avoid 'massive' job losses

Big issues: Micheál Martin says he wants to pass laws that help people. Photo by Steve Humphreys

Politics Premium

exclusive Big Interview: 'There are no saints around here' - Taoiseach Micheál Martin

RTE (stock photo)

Irish News

RTÉ's finances 'not sustainable' and are 'undermining its capacity to stay relevant'

Priorities: A long list of issues faces Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, each one more pressing than the next. Photo: Collins Photos

Health Premium

8 challenges facing the health service from the implementation of the Winter Plan to provision of abortion services

World News Video

US election: Trump trailing Biden by five points

Featured

Point taken: Andy Farrell speaks with Conor Murray and Johnny Sexton before the game against England in February. Photo: Sportsfile

International Rugby Premium

David Kelly Opinion Adaptability will be key to Farrell's 2020 vision as Ireland move away from Schmidt era

Howard Ashman wrote some of Disney’s greatest hits

Movie Reviews

Howard review: Moving documentary on Disney song-writing genius who died far too young

Absorbing documentary charts the brief life and great work of composer Howard Ashman, whose songs would long outlast him

Maria Ines Dawnay in her library. The sculpture of the horse is just one of many equine motifs in the house because of Hugh’s passion for polo. “He once offered me a horse and I asked, ‘Do you really want me to ride?’ He said, ‘Yes’, so I said, ‘Give me your best horse’. He never mentioned it again,” she says

Home & Garden

My favourite room: From Buenos Aires to Waterford, how life and love have inspired Maria Ines Dawney's interior design choices

Paschal Hurley at the drive-in bingo on Castletownbere Pier, West Cork

Life

'I dress up and have my hair done, it's the greatest thing ever' - the rise of drive-in bingo

Entertainment Video

Irish Youtuber plays VR horror games for 24 hours straight in bizarre experiment

Amy Lynch says being a weekend writer has gone from being a hobby to an obsession. Photo: Mark Condren

Life Premium

Amy Lynch Opinion Imposter syndrome: The secret life of a weekend writer

Coronavirus: In Focus

People wearing face coverings in Athy, Co Kildare (Niall Carson/PA)

Coronavirus

'Everyone is afraid of a local lockdown in Kildare, Offaly and Laois'

Kildare is living in the “fear” of a lockdown, along with Offaly and Laois, a chamber of commerce representative has stated as he urged the need for Government assistance.

Stalled: The site for the new National Children’s Hospital in Dublin. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Irish News Premium

Funding expected to be used on Children's Hospital diverted to Covid-19 response

Funding expected to be used for the new National Children's Hospital (NCH) has been diverted to cover the cost of Covid-19-related projects.

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Health

Number of STDs expected to drop due to lockdown

LOCKDOWN may have had a positive impact on the rates of sexually transmitted diseases, health officials have said.

Pub stock (Yui Mok/PA)

Irish News Premium

Battle of the bar: drink firms join push to reopen as some publicans consider legal action

Four major drinks suppliers are joining bars in the fight to reopen, as publicans consider taking legal action over the Government's refusal to allow them to trade.

Editor's Choice

'Life coaching is the twin brother of the healing industry. Unregulated, unproven, and unprovable'

Columnists Premium

Joe Brolly Opinion People are being fooled by the wellness business into striving for a life of dumb positivity, self-promotion and narcissism

Ellen has gone from hero to zero in just a few months

Comment Premium

Katie Byrne Opinion As a powerful woman, the Ellen backlash was inevitable

A huge mushroom cloud after the port explosion that reduced much of the city to rubble

Middle East

'Of all the people in the radius, we were the luckiest' - Irish newlyweds reveal miraculous escape from Beirut blast

Ciara Kelly

Style

Ciara Kelly says she has felt 'physically sick' over disgusting messages sent to her from online trolls

Sport

FAI independent chairperson Roy Barrett. Photo: Sportsfile

Soccer Premium

Aidan Fitzmaurice Opinion Scars in this 'broken marriage' will go on public view at FAI meeting in Dublin

Shane Lowry had a nice opening round at the PGA Championship - but viewers could only see one shot. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Golf

The TV snub: Is it really too much to ask to see more than five seconds of Shane Lowry?

An aerial view of the state-of-the-art Connacht GAA Air Dome in Bekan, Co Mayo. Photo: INPHO

GAA

Fact-finding in Finland, Slovenian engineering and the GAA - how the world's biggest air dome came to Connacht

A player in Meath has tested positive for Covid-19

GAA

Club player in Meath tests positive for Covid-19

Johnny Sexton. Photo: Sportsfile

Six Nations

Andy Farrell: No guarantees for Sexton to remain Ireland captain

Leinster scrum coach Robin McBryde reports that Dan Leavy is close to a full return from his long-term injury and could make his comeback this month. Photo: Sportsfile

Leinster Rugby

'We shared quite a bit of information with them' - How Leinster are learning from one of rugby's greatest teams

Podcasts

Real Health Podcast

The Real Health Podcast: What if you had a second chance at life? Brian Pennie’s tips for living life on your terms

Richard Bruton’s abs were compared to those of Russian premier Vladimir Putin and 007 actor Daniel Craig.

The Floating Voter

The Floating Voter: 'Some of the comments on social media were mortifying, but the family think it's fantastic'

Fine Gael parliamentary party chairman Richard Bruton said he felt mortified, rather than objectified, by reaction to his topless appearance in a promotional video for tourism in north Dublin.

The Big Tech Show

The Big Tech Show: The great media paywall debate

Opinion & Analysis

Susie Long

Comment

Brendan O'Shea Opinion We deserve better than the ingrained inertia on show in flailing healthcare system

Colourless: ‘Technocratic leadership is very patriotic - just not very inspiring.' Photo: Stephen Collins

Comment Premium

Jason O'Mahony Opinion I'm starting to worry that Martin has no real plan beyond him becoming Taoiseach

The ad used the format of a talk show to discuss tampons

Life Premium

Amanda Brunker Opinion Why I'm bucking the trend and want Tampax to be banned

A village without a pub is a dead village - so who will replace us when we're gone?

Billy Keane

As we remember Hume and his work, we must respect his vision of a Shared Island

Sean Farren

Our hospitality and retail sectors are in shock - but just how bad could things get?

Dan O'Brien

Videos

Beirut residents protest against country's leaders

'It inspires confidence' - Public have their say on face masks

Trump defends claim children 'virtually immune' to coronavirus

Irish public give their thoughts on the reopening of pubs

Survivors mark 75th anniversary of Hiroshima bomb

Life

Chrissie Russell breastfeeds her son Tom

Life

From mountaintops to trains: The highs and lows of my breastfeeding journey

Brian Ormond and Robbie Keane went to Adare Manor with their families

Life

Break from the norm: How to staycation like an Irish celebrity

A tablescape from Orla Neligan

Life Premium

Fine dining: How to perfect the art of the tablescape

Bottoms up: Karl Deery from Roe & Co with Celine
Assany

Food & Drink Premium

From seaweed walks to oyster shucking, hands-on foodie adventures are on the rise

Tipping tip: If you don’t have cash on you, you can ask for cash back at the time that you pay the bill, which you can then leave as a tip

Food & Drink Premium

Tipping point: Why cash is still king when saying 'thanks' for good service

Back off: Telling your friend to keep their distance can be awkward

Coronavirus Premium

Mind your manners: Etiquette rules for pandemic socialising

Style

Left the picture: The Sussexes, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, now live in the US and say their wedding generated £1bn for the UK. Photo: PA

Britain

Prince Harry says social media stoking 'crisis of hate'

Suicide: Caroline Flack, pictured in 2015, feared press intrusion, a London coroner said yesterday. Photo: Ian West/PA Wire

Britain

Caroline Flack took her own life after discovering that she would face assault trial, coroner rules

This file photo taken on September 29, 2016 shows (From L) Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Kris Jenner and Corey Gamble as they attend the Off-white 2017 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection fashion show, in Paris.

Entertainment

The Big Read: Is there a place for celebrity culture queens The Kardashians in the new normal?

Ellen has gone from hero to zero in just a few months

Comment Premium

Katie Byrne Opinion As a powerful woman, the Ellen backlash was inevitable

Beyonce in the crystal-encrusted catsuit by d.bleu.dazzled

Fashion Premium

Fashion feast: Beyoncé's new album is a gift to fashionistas

Ryan Reynolds has apologised for holding his wedding with Blake Lively at a former slave plantation (Dennis Van Tine/PA)

Celebrity

'We'll always regret it' - Ryan Reynolds 'apologises unreservedly' for wedding at former slave plantation

Entertainment

Idris Elba came to prominence after starring in The Wire (Ian West/PA)

Television

'Hackney had some amazing characters back in the early 1980s - we used to go to a very Irish pub' - Idris Elba

Fourth novel: Catherine Ryan Howard

Book Reviews Premium

The Nothing Man: An intelligent thriller where true crime becomes fiction

Daisy Edgar-Jones as Marianne and Paul Mescal as Connell

Irish News

€30,000 clip to lure 'Normal People' fans to Ireland

Freedom is a Land I Cannot See

Books

Fresh perspectives on life and death across the century

Moving and philosophical: Aaron Monaghan and Clare Monnelly in Ryan Murphy's Ragnarok

Theatre & Arts Premium

Innovation and evolution: 10 playlets for lockdown theatre

Critically acclaimed: Colum McCann is in the running for the €55,000 cheque that accompanies the Booker Prize after his most recent novel, ‘Apeirogon’, was nominated for the prestigious award. Photo: Conor McCabe.

Book News Premium

Booker Prize nominee Colum McCann focused on breaking down barriers - one word at a time

Travel

Family Get-togethers. Photo: Getty Images/Caiaimage

Ireland Premium

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

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

Afternoon tea at Galway's Hardiman Hotel

Travel Talk Premium

Pól Ó Conghaile Opinion This Irish hotel is dedicating an entire floor to the over-65s

Lahinch. Co. Clare. Photo: Deposit

Ireland Premium

10 staycation deals in Ireland this summer - as an 'availability surge' shows in late August

River life: Conor Power, with his wife Fiona on their cruise boat on the Shannon. Photo: James Connolly

Ireland Premium

Cruising in the time of Covid - what's it like to holiday on Ireland's waterways now?

Cloughoughter Castle, Co Cavan. Photo: Fáilte Ireland

Ireland

Ireland Unlocks: 10 great things to do in Ireland's Hidden Heartlands this summer

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