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Property & Mortgages Premium

Funds now spending €53m on homes here every week

Anastasia 'Ana' Kriegel

Courts

Parents can once again name tragic children as law changes

A law that stopped parents from publicly commemorating children killed in violent circumstances has been abolished

Hazel, Rachel, Fern and Darina Allen with Yasmin Hyde at Ballymaloe House. Photo: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision

Courts Premium

Ballymaloe culinary empire daughter Fern Allen and her husband get debt write-offs worth €1.6m and €1.9m

Patrick Hever. Photo: Gerry Mooney

Property & Mortgages

‘It’s capitalism on steroids – I want to buy a house in Maynooth, not rent one from an investment firm’

The State apparatus needs to become a machine for generating homes. Photo: Stock

Comment Premium

Donal O'Donavan Opinion The real problem is ministers don’t actually believe there is a crisis

'Warren Gatland too will not risk the whole Test series on the vagaries of some lunar alignment in Finn Russell’s head'

Lions Tour Premium

Neil Francis Opinion Scottish players in Lions squad are not good enough to play in the Test team

Top Stories

Photo showing marquee after the wedding party in Longford

News

I’m more than sorry, says marquee owner after 120 attend Longford wedding party

Ivy-fronted Treetops (bottom left) spans 3,658 sq ft

Homes

Former attorney general Harry Whelehan’s 1920s seaside villa in Howth on the market for €1.8m

Lions head coach Warren Gatland. Image credit: Sportsfile.

Lions Tour

‘Some really bizarre decisions, and some contradictory ones’ – Luke Fitzgerald gives his verdict on Lions squad

Alcohol in moderation may help the heart by calming stress signals. Photo: Stock.

Health & Wellbeing

Having ‘one or two alcoholic drinks’ a day may prevent heart disease, scientists say

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News

Government TDs get figures revealing the true cost of alcohol after price rises are imposed

Paddy Power is launching a €500,000 crowdfunding campaign

Irish

Paddy Power to launch sports exchange where players and teams can be ‘traded’

Charlene Smyth holds a painting of herself with her father Charlie McGrillen who was killed by the UFF in 1988. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Irish News

‘We’re being told my sister’s life is not worth an investigation’ – Families react to plans to end prosecutions from The Troubles

The majority of regional price caps in “cheap”’ homes plan are above average house prices. Photo: Aidan Crawley

Property & Mortgages

Majority of regional price caps higher than average house prices

Videos

Mystery hero dives into the sea to rescue child after horror car crash

Mary Lou McDonald and Micheál Martin clash over wholesale purchase of Maynooth housing estate

SpaceX launches Starship in first successful flight

Trinity College researchers tag basking shark to learn more about Ireland's gentle giants

Harry and Meghan to celebrate as son Archie turns two

Featured

The living room of No8 St Vincent Street North has high-quality laminate that covers the original wooden floorboards, which could be restored by new owners

Homes

Restore, resell, relocate: Remote-working revolution brings rapid turnaround for a D7 red-brick

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Dr Serena Whelan, who beat ovarian cancer, works at NUI Galway. Photo: Ray Ryan.

Health & Wellbeing Premium

‘I went to a fertility clinic hoping to start my family and learned I had metastatic ovarian cancer’

The open-plan living room, dining area and kitchen of No4 Prospect House in Blackrock, Co Dublin

Homes

A rare duo for ‘rightsizers’: Two quality downtrader apartments in South Dublin are for sale

Old hat and off-trend: many of the things that Millennials hold dear are dismissed as ‘cheugy’ by Gen Z

Life

Confused by Gen Z putdown ‘cheugy’? You’re probably too old to get it – or just too basic

Lights out: Michael B Jordan in one of the many combat scenes conducted in near-darkness in Without Remorse

Movie Reviews Premium

Without Remorse review: Michael B Jordan on the rocky road to vengeance in by-numbers Tom Clancy conspiracy thriller

Over to you: Lele Pons, host of Spotify’s Best Kept Secrets podcast, where ordinary people tell extraordinary stories

Entertainment

Normal people spilling their deepest, darkest secrets: why we love confessional podcasts

Tablescape from Helen James' Considered range for Dunnes Stores

Interiors

Setting the standard: A new generation of Irish designers has revived the art of decorating tables

Coronavirus: In Focus

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Irish News

Pharmaceutical companies urge Government to oppose waiver on vaccine patents

Ireland’s largest drug companies have asked the Government to oppose a decision by the US administration to support a proposal to waive patents on Covid-19 vaccines

A woman reacts as a healthcare worker takes a nasal-swab sample for a Covid-19 test at a government-run hospital in India. Photo: Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri

Irish News Premium

Explainer: From antigen testing to PCRs and Lamp - how reliable are Covid testing options?

Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan. Photo: Colin Keegan

Health

Department of Health advises against using DIY supermarket Covid tests

A man, whose father is in hospital with Covid-19, and his mother on board an auto rickshaw ambulance for people suffering from the disease and their relatives in New Delhi yesterday. Photo: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Coronavirus

Top Indian court orders government to provide more oxygen to hospitals

Podcasts

Real Health Podcast

The Real Health Podcast: Five ways to maximize your potential as we exit lockdown with Ireland’s leading performance coach Gerry Hussey

Ireland

InFocus: The insider's guide to 2021 staycations, from pre-booking pool slots to packing coins

The Big Tech Show

The Big Tech Show: An Irish class action suit against Facebook grows

Cultural gulf: The annual procession of the Orangemen in Belfast in 1922, a year after partition

Centenary Poll

100 Years on from partition: 'It was a shocking experience having men in uniform toting rifles come into your house'

Editor's Choice

Photo showing marquee after the wedding party in Longford

News

I’m more than sorry, says marquee owner after 120 attend Longford wedding party

Fiona Cassim feels the Government’s response to the housing situation is pushing her generation backwards. Photo: Steve Humphreys

Comment Premium

‘You’ve won. I’m resigned to a degree, a job and a lifetime of house-hopping’

A woman reacts as a healthcare worker takes a nasal-swab sample for a Covid-19 test at a government-run hospital in India. Photo: Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri

Irish News Premium

Explainer: From antigen testing to PCRs and Lamp - how reliable are Covid testing options?

South William Street and Dame Court will be partly pedestrianised. Pic: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Irish News

These four Dublin streets are to be pedestrianised to make way for outdoor summer

Opinion & Analysis

From today, many children who could not be identified in media reports can now be named.

Comment Premium

Shane Phelan Opinion Law on naming of child victims may have changed but mystery remains as to why judges feel need to impose additional court orders

Chief medical officer Tony Holohan warned that even “the dogs on the street” could see there were examples of people not complying with the Covid-19 guidelines in Donegal. Photo: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Comment Premium

Kathy Donaghy Opinion Are we not all in this together? Calling out Donegal alone just feels like a punishment

Actor Stephen Rea performing in 'Kicking a Dead Horse'.

Comment Premium

John Connell Opinion All borderlands are haunted by the past and only poets can make sense of them

British ‘breach of trust’ would ensure North’s scars never heal

Irish Independent

I cannot wait to get all dressed up and put on my face . . .

Emma Kelly

Gunboats to the Channel Isles and amnesty for North’s army ‘vets' – yes it’s election day

John Downing

Sport

Lions head coach Warren Gatland has made some big selection calls in his squad for South Africa. Image credit: Sportsfile.

Lions Tour Premium

Lions Squad winners and losers: The durability issue, Bundee the bolter and the Tuilagi omission

The Irish Olympic team will be vaccinated ahead of the Games

Olympics

Irish Olympic team to be vaccinated ahead of Games

Dublin manager Dessie Farrell. Image credit: Sportsfile.

GAA

Dublin footballers to begin Leinster campaign on July 4 in Aughrim or Wexford

Johnny Sexton has missed out on the Lions

Lions Tour

'We didn't have confidence Johnny could get through a tough, physical tour' - Gatland gives verdict on Sexton omission

John Mullane expects Cork and Dublin to bounce back in 2021. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile

The Throw In

John Mullane picks out three teams to watch in National Hurling League

US golfer Phil Mickelson, left, has purportedly been offered $100m to be “the de facto head of the rebels". Photo: PA Wire

Golf Premium

Super Golf League plan: Who’s behind it and why it looks unlikely to succeed

Farming Independent

Dairy expansion has increased the demand for fulltime farm workers

Finance Premium

Why taking on a farm employee is more than paying a wage

Green meadows near Dingle, Co Kerry: Farmers in Kerry, Donegal and Connacht could be big winners if full convergence is implemented

Schemes

New research shows impact of 85% convergence on those with less than €10k payments

Crunch decision: Brothers Sean and Martin Clinton with potatoes that they make their Clinton Crisps from, on the family farm near Skerries, Co Dublin. Photos: Frank McGrath

Agri Food Premium

Crunch decision: How these brothers plan to make a packet after branching into crisps

Ballycuggaran House near Killaloe in Co Clare has a complex of buildings with accommodation and other tourism potential

Farm Property

Big rural tourism potential for €625,000 on the shores of ‘Ireland’s Lake Como’

Not updating a will can have serious consequences as what seemed sensible and appropriate in the past may no longer be so

Legal Advice Premium

Succession planning: Eight essential issues to consider when making – or contesting – a will

Checklist: Walk ground to check for fencing posts or other objects before allowing machinery in

Machinery Premium

8 steps to making cheaper silage this year

Life

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Health Features Premium

Has your child developed a lockdown eating disorder?

My son may be going into sex ed classes with some mild misinformation, but at least we have the dialogue open. Photo: Deposit

Parenting Premium

Bill Linnane Opinion Despite my awkwardness, I’m here if my son needs to talk about sex

Anita Flynn (front), secretary of Edenderry Women's Shed in Co Offaly, with some of the members. Photo: Mark Condren

Life Premium

From car maintenance to perimenopause courses: Inside Ireland's women’s sheds

There have been very rare cases of blood clots after people have had the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine

Health & Wellbeing

Ask the doctor: Should I be concerned about the Covid vaccine due to a past blood issue when pregnant?

Cora Kearney at her home in Dungarvan. Photo: Mary Browne.

Health & Wellbeing Premium

I set up a platform to connect people with disabilities to employers. If you want diversity in your workforce – come to me

Gina and Karol Daly in the cosy TV area off the kitchen, which looks out on the garden. The sofa is from Trim Furniture and the wall art was made by friends and fellow Instagrammers. Gina got the sign saying ‘Gaff’ from furniture artist Joanne Condon, who had an event called Round Our Gaff. The copper lampshade and standard lamp were made by Emmet Bosonnet of Kopper Kreation who repurposes old materials. Photo: Tony Gavin

Interiors Premium

My Favourite Room: The Daly Dish’s Gina and Karol show us around their revamped home

Style

Billie Eilish attends The BRIT Awards 2020. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Comment Premium

Katie Byrne Opinion Billie Eilish’s Vogue cover sparks debate over shapewear, body size and personal choice

Leigh-Anne Pinnock (right) and Andre Gray (Ian West/PA)

Music

Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock expecting first child with Andre Gray

Kate Middleton and Prince William on the day of their graduation ceremony at St Andrew's University on June 23, 2005.

Sex & Relationships Premium

Dear William and Kate: Welcome to marriage’s Dangerous Decade

Who really needs mountains of clothes? Picture by Sergey Tryapitsyn

Fashion

Naoise Dolan Opinion Don’t turn Planet Earth into the ultimate fashion victim

Imelda May

Music News

‘We were afraid we wouldn’t see her again’ – Imelda May admits fears over not seeing her mother during lockdown

Ellie Goulding and Caspar Jopling (Peter Byrne/PA)

Celebrity

Ellie Goulding welcomes the birth of her first child with husband Caspar Jopling

Entertainment

Captain Hocken (Alan North) pours Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) a coffee in a fake freeze-frame from the hilarious Police Squad!

Television Premium

Pat Stacey Opinion Police Squad!: A spurned comedy gem that rose from the dead

The fictional Flying Squad of TV’s The Sweeney, with John Thaw and Dennis Waterman, was nothing like the grubby reality

Television Premium

Pat Stacey Opinion Line of Duty’s bittersweet ending is far more honest than the infallible TV cops of the past

Sophie Toscan du Plantier was murdered in 1996

Television

Director Jim Sheridan on what drove him to revisit the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier for a new Sky series

Amy De Bhrun Photo: David Conachy

Television

Irish Line of Duty star keen to avoid Wild Mountain Thyme blunder with Liverpool accent

Doireann Garrihy (Picture: Gerry Mooney)

Radio

2FM bosses stage more than a dozen auditions in search for Doireann Garrihy's new sidekick

Ted Hastings

Television Premium

Line of Duty: Jesus, Mary and Joseph, nobody would have guessed the identity of ‘the fourth man’

Travel

Scooter (Aidan Mannion) and Skipper (Colin Hughes) at Tayto Park, Co Meath, which boasts a variety of attractions for all age groups. Photo: Karen Morgan

Ireland Premium

From the attractions of Tayto Park to the wonder of Imaginosity – break free from lockdown in the best locations for all the family

Joe Walsh helped introduce the Irish public to package holidays in sunny countries. Photo: Tono Balaguer

Travel News

Joe Walsh Tours ceases trading after 60 years in business

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New Articles

Business class bounce: future flyers will pay to sit up front as a treat and Covid refuge

St Paul's Bay, Rhodes

Travel News

'People want to travel' - Greece is reopening, but paradise remains under curfew

Pleasure island: Playa Blanca in Lanzarote

Travel Talk Premium

A 'Super League' for summer holidays - the ten countries we might travel to first

Passengers drinking on board. Photo: Deposit

Travel News

Vaccinated travellers should still avoid eating and drinking on planes, these experts say

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