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Social welfare queue. Pic Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision

News Premium

Revealed: the jobless blackspots crippled by the coronavirus crisis

The economic devastation caused by Covid-19 has been laid bare with new figures revealing that in some counties more than 40pc of the workforce is on State income supports.

Latest News

Suzanne Harrington is back on the road to recovery after suffering a relapse

Health & Wellbeing Premium

‘Lockdown broke me: After 15 years of sobriety, I drank. Secretly, alone. Nobody knew – I made sure of that’

Maura Higgins

Celebrity

‘England is definitely home for me now’ – Maura Higgins on lockdown, missing Ireland and Love Island

The young stars of Russell T Davies’s It’s a Sin, clockwise from top-left: Omari Douglas, Nathaniel Curtis, Callum Scott-Howell, Lydia West and Olly Alexander

TV Reviews Premium

‘It’s a Sin’ review: Russell T Davies’ heartbreaking 80s Aids drama may just be his masterpiece

Conor Murray. Photo: Sportsfile

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Tony Ward Opinion Silent derby brings positives but Munster’s Hail Mary box-kick routine hasn’t got a prayer

Top Stories

World champion Irish dancer Jamie Hodges, who is suing An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha for defamation in the High Court in Dublin

Courts Premium

Irish dancing champ sues governing body in row linked to ‘explicit video’ claims

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Irish News

‘Cocaine crisis’ looms as more are turning to drugs to deal with job losses and mental health issues, experts say

Dublin airport

Irish News

Government is under pressure to impose more restrictions on travelling here

Adrian Donohoe with fellow garda Darren Kirwan

Irish News Premium

‘Nothing will ever make up for Adrian’s murder. We would give anything to have him back’

Annie Lynch, the first person to receive the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in Ireland

Irish News

More than three-quarters of people say they will get Covid vaccine, survey finds

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Courts

Traveller bride-to-be awarded €15,000 after hotel found to have discriminated against her

Resilient: House prices have remained firm and demand has bounced back strongly, the report says. Photo: Mike Watson

Irish

Recovery in consumer spending will be ‘swift’

Gridlock: President Joe Biden speaks on his response to the economic crisis in Washington. Photo: Ken Cedeno

North America

Fight over the rules grinds the Senate to a halt, imperiling Biden’s legislative agenda

HSE boss Paul Reid

Health

‘It’s unpredictable’ - HSE’s Paul Reid says knockbacks from vaccine suppliers likely

A child makes a snow angel in Dublin after people in many parts of the country woke to a covering of snow yesterday. Photo: Mark Condren

Weather

Angel delight: Wind and rain to replace snow and ice as mild Atlantic weather front on way

Videos

Video of horses loose in Limerick City raises animal welfare concerns

Conor McGregor reacts after 'heartbreaking' loss to Dustin Poirier

Covid-19 deaths and cases in Ireland for the last 10 days

Bernie Sanders' mittens image becomes viral meme

Protesters clash with police across Russia after detaining of Alexei Navalny

Featured

Sarah Ann Behan started the slow carb regime following surgery. PHOTO: GERRY MOONEY

Healthy Eating Premium

“I dropped two dress sizes by going ‘slow carb’... I have so much more energy and I sleep better”

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Health & Wellbeing Premium

Ask Allison: ‘My husband and I split and I am having fun dating a much younger man. He wants us to move in together because of lockdown. What should I do?’

A job well done: Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with Paul Pogba after the match as Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp leaves the pitch after the game. Photo: Reuters

Liverpool Premium

Eamonn Sweeney Opinion United crown perfect week by twisting knife in manner which illustrates significant change to balance of power

Bláthnaid Treacy presents a two-hour bilingual show on RTÉ’s 2fm called StaidAir.

Irish News

‘Doing exams in a pandemic must be so hard’ – radio host Bláthnaid Treacy

Fitness expert Siobhan Byrne

Fitness Premium

Set your exercise habit for 2021: how to build a home workout

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Health & Wellbeing

Ask the doctor: What remedies are available to help my daughter with excessive sweating?

Coronavirus: In Focus

Carnage: Over 1,500 more people have died from Covid on the island of Ireland in less than 11 months than died during the entire 30 years of the Troubles

Comment Premium

Alan Shatter Opinion Politics have been prioritised over people’s health

Monaghan GP Illona Duffy slammed the continuation of travel with no mandatory quarantining. Photo: David Conachy

Irish News Premium

With highest infection rate, Monaghan is paying the price for conflicting restrictions

Ireland’s highest infection rate of Covid-19 has been in Co Monaghan for the last three weeks, but this stark statistic is no surprise to the health professionals who warned it would happen.

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Irish News

Irish experts back role of Vitamin D to prevent virus

History in the making: Michael Collins leaving 10 Downing Street after Anglo-Irish Treaty talks in 1921. Photo: Hulton Archive

Comment Premium

John Downing Opinion These Covid times offer a chance to think about our past and show some generosity

Podcasts

The Big Tech Show

The Big Tech Show: Tech unions in Ireland?

This month, a small group of employees in Google's US headquarters joined a union. Even though it was a relatively tiny number - just 400 out of 125,000 employed worldwide - it caused a stir.

Real Health Podcast

The Real Health Podcast: Improve your financial health with these tips from Eoin McGee

Emer Currie contracted Covid-19 back in October and had to stay away from her two daughters while she self-isolated in her bedroom. Photo: Gerry Mooney

Coronavirus

FG Senator opens up on impact of Covid-19 diagnosis on family

Editor's Choice

ALBUM: Colm O’Brien’s best man was a Michael Byrne who ‘went missing’ some time after the wedding. He believes his best man has ‘strikingly similar features’ to the Michael Byrne known as Old Man Belfield.

Irish News Premium

'He is very like my missing best man' - Two people come forward with information on the identity of ‘Old Man Belfield'

UNBEARABLE LOSS: Milly Tuomey died by suicide aged just 11.

Comment

'Dear Marie: We haven't met but we share a pain so deep that it connects us - our beautiful daughters died by suicide'

‘Macauley led the revival, capping it with an immortal piece of individual heroism.’ Photo: Sportsfile

Gaelic Football Premium

Joe Brolly Opinion He left his boots at home and played basketball the night before - but Macauley drove Dublin's deliverance

Alexandra Heminsley. Photograph: Emma Croman

Life Premium

‘I had chosen to marry an unconventional man, but not a woman’

Sport

What’s another year: Brian Cody walks down the sideline during the closing stages of Kilkenny’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final loss to Waterford. Photo: Sportsfile

GAA Premium

As Brian Cody prepares to match Sean Boylan's record, who are the other longest serving managers in GAA history?

Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United scores the winner past Alisson Becker in the Liverpool goal. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

Other Soccer

Super-sub Bruno lands knockout blow on Liverpool to send Man United through in Cup cracker

Trainer Charles Byrnes. Photo: Racing Post

Horse Racing Premium

Paul Kimmage Opinion What do cycling and horse racing have in common? Let's talk about omerta

Everton's Dominic Calvert-Lewin celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates. Action Images via Reuters/Molly Darlington

Soccer

James Rodriguez pulls the strings as Everton ease past Sheffield Wednesday

Burnley's Kevin Long celebrates scoring their third goal with Phil Bardsley Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra

Soccer

Kevin Long on scoresheet as Burnley brush Fulham aside in FA Cup

Alex Wootton of Connacht is tackled into touch by Owen Watkin of Ospreys, and his try attempt was subsequently disallowed, during the PRO14 clash at The Sportsground in Galway. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

PRO14

Connacht's Sportsground woes continue after second-half collapse hands bonus point win to Ospreys

Opinion & Analysis

New regime: Ireland needs to work with US President Biden to build the tech transatlantic partnership. Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Technology

David McCourt Opinion Ireland benefits if Biden stops regulating the past and fixes transatlantic rift

18 May 2019; Raise the Roof Rally. O'Connell Street, Dublin. Picture: Caroline Quinn

Comment Premium

Lorraine Courtney Opinion Covid may drive wealthy from cities but I still dream of a home in concrete jungle

One of Ireland’s greatest seafarers, Tim Severin

Comment Premium

John Daly Opinion Life lessons from sailing legends

These Covid times offer a chance to think about our past and show some generosity

John Downing

It may go down a bomb with lawyers - but apoplexy is not an argument

Shane Ross

Endless trade-off between lives and livelihoods won't win war on Covid

Colm McCarthy

Life

Alexandra Heminsley. Photograph: Emma Croman

Life Premium

‘I had chosen to marry an unconventional man, but not a woman’

Rules governing importing a car from Britain have changed significantly since Brexit, and both Vat and 10pc customs duty may be due on some imported cars

Motoring

Can I still import a used car?

Kampai: Japanese revellers raise their glasses to toast good health at a bar in Tokyo

Food & Drink

Salty snacks, karaoke and a soak in the bath: how the Japanese do drinking

Caoimhe and Owen on their wedding day last month

Life

‘Super kind people’- recycling centre workers comb 40ft skip to help reunite couple with missing wedding ring

Working it out: Anne Helen Petersen’s new book explores millennial burnout

Life Premium

Overwhelmed, overworked and plagued by doubt: Why are so many millennials succumbing to burnout?

Jonathan Adler Petal Mirror

Interiors

Pizza ovens and anti-odour furniture: The biggest interiors trends for 2021

Style

LOOKING THE PART: Louis Copeland wearing a ‘swacket’, which he predicts will be ‘the big trend’ when offices reopen. Photo: Steve Humphreys

Style Premium

'Business is down 90pc, but you have to keep moving and adapt' - tailor Louis Copeland

Roz Purcell, founder of The Hike Life. Photograph: Zach Desmond

Life Premium

Roz Purcell: ‘I realised that, for me, staying sane had a lot to do with things like hiking in the woods’

Outgoing US president Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. Photo: Pete Marovich / Pool/Getty Images

Comment Premium

Larissa Nolan Opinion Melania was most interesting first lady ever but she was never given a chance

Ciara O'Connor

Life

TBH: A bath, a peaceful environment and a doomscroll until 3 am. Ciara O'Connor's sleep routine

It's important to look after your lips

Makeup Premium

Louise McSharry: Nature can be balm for the soul, but don’t forget one for your lips when you’re in the great outdoors

David and Victoria Beckham have paid themselves big dividends. (Ian West/PA)

Celebrity News

Beckhams pay themselves £21m despite fashion losses

Entertainment

Lisa Lawlor with her son Lennon in 2018. Photo by: Damien Eagers

Books

‘I somewhat blame him for not staying out for me’ - Lisa Lawlor on losing her parents in the Stardust fire

British film critic Iris Barry, who helped champion cinema as a semi-respectable art.

Movies Premium

Star ratings: in defence of the film critic

Phil Spector in the 1960s

Music

Phil Spector: the music that will outlive the monster

American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol

Life Premium

‘Poetry is our version of the Paris riots’: How a new generation of poets is finding its voice

The excellent Ralph Fiennes in The Dig

Movie Reviews Premium

The Dig review: An absorbing war over ancient history in 1930s England

RuPaul's Drag Race with Ginny Lemon, centre, and members of the Brit Crew during a Wimbledon-inspired photoshoot on the show. Photo by Guy Levy

TV Reviews

Eoghan Rice’s Week on TV: Leave the celebrity skating on ice — let’s lip-sync our way to world peace

Travel

Tipi Adventures has wilderness experiences for all ages

Europe Premium

30 dream Trips to plan for 2021

Irish people flocked to local beaches during the summer and are likely to do so again. Photo: David Conachy

Travel News

Seaside resorts book up as virus dashes hopes of holiday abroad

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Travel Talk

Why good manners are more important than ever during pandemic travel

A self-catering eco-cabin at Ard Nahoo, Co Leitrim

Travel

Staycation 2021 Q&A: Is anyone booking summer holidays yet? Will self-catering sell out?

Saga's 'Spirit of Adventure' joined its fleet in Autumn 2020

Cruise

Over-50s cruise line says it will only accept vaccinated travellers this year

Francis and John Brennan at The Park Hotel, Kenmare. Photo: Don MacMonagle

Travel News

Brennan brothers aim to ‘fill an old hotel with new life’ in The Lansdowne rebranding

Farming Independent

The house and yards at Eyrefield sit on 160ac of land at The Curragh

Leinster Farm Sales Premium

Pictures: See inside the ‘Lucky’ Curragh stud that recently sold for €4m

Taoiseach Micheal Martin. Julien Behal/PA

Beef

Taoiseach calls on Chinese premier to lift Irish beef ban

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News

Man dies in workplace accident after a wall collapsed in Clare

Price trends: The volume of land sales declined in 2020, but prices remained strong and this 45ac farm at Fordstown, Rathmolyon, Co Meath sold for €470,000 exceeding its guide by €120,000.

Leinster Farm Sales Premium

Auctioneers’ phones ‘hopping’ with calls from land-hungry dairy farmers

Difficult times: Family law situations in a farming family can be particularly worrying

Legal Advice Premium

'My sister-in-law claims she's entitled to half of my land in her divorce'

Stephen Roche and his wife Marion on their dairy farm near Grenagh, Co Cork PHOTOS: CLARE KEOGH

Dairy Farm Profiles Premium

How this Cork farm went from seven to 170 high yielding cows

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