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Stephen McCullagh who appeared in court charged with the murder of Natalie McNally (right)

Crime

Man charged with murdering Natalie McNally allegedly continued to interact with her family in the weeks after the murder

Latest News

Evening headlines: Manchester United's Mason Greenwood has all criminal charges dropped; Musician claims he made secret tapes of country star during employment row
‘A terrible tragedy’ – Two young men (20s) killed after car collides with truck in Mayo
Ireland call up Munster's Roman Salanoa as injury cover after losing Tadhg Furlong to injury
Jonathan Dowdall appeal: former Sinn Féin councillor must wait until after judgment in Gerry Hutch trial

The scene of last night’s fatal traffic accident on the N60 Balla to Claremorris road, at Facefield.(Pics: Conor McKeown)

News

‘A terrible tragedy’ – Two young men (20s) killed after car collides with truck in Mayo

Keshk on Dublin’s Mespil Road has been a hit with diners since its opening in 2009. Picture: Frank McGrath

Food Reviews Premium

Keshk restaurant review: ‘It’s busy and buzzy but the food at this popular BYOB haunt feels like it’s stuck in a time warp’

AIB chief Colin Hunt. Photograph: Gerry Mooney

Banking

Hundreds of thousands to be hit as AIB hikes rates on all mortgage types

Manchester United's Mason Greenwood

Soccer

Manchester United's Mason Greenwood has all criminal charges against him dropped

Madonna has been ridiculed for touring at her age. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

Comment Premium

Tanya Sweeney Opinion Why is Madonna ‘too old’ to tour when the likes of Elton John and Bruce Springsteen are lauded?

Jojo Moyes with her dogs on Hampstead Heath, London. Photo: Jonathan Goldberg

Life Premium

‘I don’t think we realised the cracks had appeared until it was too late’ – bestselling writer Jojo Moyes on her midlife marriage breakup

Top Stories

Tánaiste Micheál Martin. PA

Politics

Tánaiste Micheál Martin says compensating people for rights breaches must be balanced against obligation to protect State coffers

Video

Shocking video shows Irishman reversing into police officer in London

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has welcomed President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, to Government Buildings in Dublin, during her two-day visit here. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Politics

‘Outrage’ in Europe after murder of Veronica Guerin, Dáil told

Alex Easton's parents Alec and Ann

Politics Premium

‘I will never be the same again’ – Politician opens up about how death of parents in a fire will haunt him forever

Kim Murrin (Pic: Paddy Cummins)

Courts

Dublin teacher who racked up €40k gambling debt and conned SNAs in her school out of thousands avoids jail

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano during their world lightweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden. The rematch will take place in the 3Arena on May 20

Katie Taylor

‘The real issue here is about security costs’ – Croke Park stadium chief explains why Katie Taylor won’t be fighting at GAA HQ

Video

Couple leaves baby at airport check-in to avoid paying more to board Ryanair flight

Fiddle player Matt McGranaghan

Irish News

Musician claims he made secret tapes of country star Michael English during bogus self-employment row

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Courts Premium

Married farm couple win €137,914 tax battle with Revenue over €950,000 sale of land

The High Court liquidated Paul Hourican's former business, Period Door Properties (PDP). Photo: Stock Image

News Premium

Businessman behind collapsed luxury rental firm now director of apartment-letting outfit

Videos

An Irish Goodbye actor reveals Hollywood stars he wants to meet at the Oscars

Ancient ‘lovely buttocks and muscular thighs’ chat-up line aired in the UK's Parliament

Hundreds gather to protest outside Finglas Garda Station

How much could a new government jet cost?

Father films viral video of shark biting son, but is accused of staging everything

Featured

Ronan Keating has very special memories of his mum Marie

Irish News Premium

‘I just felt so helpless when Mum died – but she would be so proud of the cancer foundation in her name,’ says Ronan Keating

Twenty five years ago, on February 2, 1998, Marie Keating died of breast cancer, aged just 51.

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Anthony Stokes in action for Celtic in 2015 (Jeff Holmes/PA)

The Indo Daily

The Indo Daily: The turbulent world of ex-Ireland and Celtic star, Anthony Stokes

Andy Farrell said that Ireland want to experience Cardiff with the roof closed on Saturday. Image: Sportsfile.

Six Nations

‘We want to sample the atmosphere’ – Andy Farrell backs his team as Ireland agree to closed roof in Cardiff

US YouTuber Mr Beast - AKA Jimmy Donaldson - in September 2022. Photo: Getty Images

Entertainment Premium

MrBeast: What the latest row over the world’s biggest YouTuber tells us

Katie Taylor's homecoming is now set to take place in the 3Arena on May 20

Katie Taylor

Katie Taylor’s homecoming fight set for 3Arena on May 20 - and tickets will be expensive

Operation Transformation leader and heart attack survivor Thomas Hynes. Photo: David Cantwell Photography/RTE

Entertainment

‘We need a new mattress’ – Stamina boost for Operation Transformation leader Thomas Hynes has romantic benefits

'Even the kindest boutiques tend to engage in the same kind of psychological pressure that dresses up bald sales tactics with loaded emotion’

Comment Premium

Ellen Coyne Opinion When you’re a bride-to-be, salespeople pile on the pressure to say yes to a dress you don’t even like

Business Magazine

KBC Bank is one of two banks leaving the Irish market. Photograph: Aidan Crawley/Bloomberg

Irish Premium

Non-banks use just 20pc of Bank of Ireland’s €1bn mortgage competition funding

Samsung has launched their new S23 range of phones

Technology

Samsung turns up the heat on its rivals at latest ‘unpacked’ launch

SCSI President Kevin James

Business

Laid-off tech workers should look to property, says top surveyor

Russell Vickers

Irish Premium

The dreaded Irish weather makes Shannon an ideal place to test new car technology

Ukraine and World News

Language solidarity: Nina Mishchenko. Photo by Frank McGrath

Irish News

Ukrainian diary: ‘Ireland knows what it is like for an empire to repress your language’

Russia advances in east Ukraine, strike on apartments kills civilians

FBI search of Biden holiday home may hit US president’s hope to run again in 2024

Gallery Lost radioactive capsule the size of a fingernail is tracked down on 1,400km Australian highway

‘Dances with Wolves’ actor Nathan Chasing Horse arrested in US over sex cult abuse allegations

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Opinion & Analysis

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has published a draft Planning and Development Bill. Picture by Gareth Chaney/Collins

Opinion Premium

Eoin O’Malley Opinion We are building too low and too small — our density problem is inflaming the housing crisis

Catherine Clinch as Cáit in Oscar-nominated Irish-language film 'An Cailín Ciúin'

Comment Premium

Lorraine Courtney Opinion ‘An Cailín Ciúin’ has been a shot in the arm for Gaeilge – even I am brushing up on it

Chaos: Hospital emergency departments continue to be under pressure

Comment Premium

Dr Patrick McGarty Opinion Pandemic’s culture of creativity must be reignited if we want world-class healthcare

February, and its sprouting daffodils, fill me with hope

Roslyn Dee

Video of police beating shows how history casts a long shadow on the troubled streets of Memphis

Gerard O'Regan

‘Banshees’ at the Oscars will not be enough to get Irish tourism back to pre-Covid levels

Richard Curran

Editor's Choice

Councillor Alan Edge is fundraising for three Irish-based support and advocacy charities

Dublin News

Enoch Burke fines to be matched and donated to LGBTQ+ charities

Police swooped after the ‘paedophile hunters’ confronted Adrian Robinson at Enniskillen bus station

Courts Premium

Gardaí seize computer after judge frees man who sent photos of his genitalia to 11-year-old girl

Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson doesn’t have to worry about the consequences of Brexit. Photo: Phil Noble

Comment Premium

Ian O'Doherty Opinion It saddens me to say it, but even Brexiteers must now admit they’ve been sold a pup

Deirdre O'Kane looks on as Eve Hewson (right) greets Eva Birthistle at the launch in Ballsbridge. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Entertainment

Eve Hewson: ‘I moved to the US to be a star – but now I’m back home in Killiney with the family’

Farming Independent

Happy in his work: Luke Murphy, manager of Ardsallagh Goat’s Cheese in Woodstock, Carrigtohill, Co. Cork. Photos: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision

Agri-Business Premium

Why this Corkman sold his stock to build his farm business

Thought-provoking: nominated An Cailín Ciúin is mostly set on a dairy farm in Waterford in the 1980s

Comment Premium

Angus Woods Opinion An Cailín Ciúin has a lesson all farmers must heed

Beneficial: Hedge-laying ensures the preservation of thick species-rich hedgerows that provide food and shelter for wildlife. Photo: Anna Allen

Forestry Premium

Joe Barry: Why you should lay your hedges and improve these ‘networks for nature’

Former IFA president Padraig Walshe

Farming

‘Fearless defender of farmers’ – tributes as former IFA president Padraig Walshe dies suddenly

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Courts Premium

Married farm couple win €137,914 tax battle with Revenue over €950,000 sale of land

Most of us grew up knowing how to hold a shovel since we were kids. Photo: Picture posed

Comment Premium

Darragh McCullough Opinion I never thought I’d see the day when we’d have to teach youngsters how to hold a shovel

Sport

Head coach Andy Farrell during Ireland rugby squad training at The Campus in Quinta da Lago, Portugal. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Six Nations Premium

Coming out from under the shadow of Joe Schmidt – How Ireland have become ‘gold standard’ under Andy Farrell

Ireland captain Johnny Sexton during a press conference. Photo: Sportsfile

Six Nations

‘I’m not playing against Warren Gatland, I’m playing Wales’ – Johnny Sexton focused on now, not Lions snub

Caelan Doris during Ireland media conference at the Campus in Quinta da Lago, Portugal. Photo: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Six Nations Premium

Cian Tracey Opinion Caelan Doris key to Andy Farrell’s high-tempo game-plan

Chelsea's Hakim Ziyech

Soccer

Why PSG will think twice about dealing with Chelsea’s ‘Class A circus’ again

Stuart McCloskey of Ireland

Six Nations

Andy Farrell to keep Stuart McCloskey on centre stage for clash with Wales

Ciaráin Murtagh celebrates after scoring a goal for Roscommon against Tyrone. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Gaelic Football

Tyrone need to shake the malaise that dogged their All-Ireland defence

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Local News

Podcasts

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The Big Tech Show

The Big Tech Show: Hooked - behind the algorithms that keep us scrolling

TV presenter Dáithí Ó Sé. Photo: Ray Ryan

Real Health Podcast

The Real Health Podcast: 'I'm still on the way up' - life lessons with Dáithí Ó Sé

Electronic voting was a failure

New Articles

The Indo Daily: The Fall of the Machines — Ireland's €55m e-voting controversy

Warren Gatland is looking to spring a Six Nations surprise against Ireland on Saturday. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

The Left Wing

The Left Wing: Irish expectations, the number 12 'debate' and the Warren Gatland wildcard

Entertainment

Bright, fluid storytelling: Salman Rushdie. Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images

Book Reviews

Review of Victory City: Is Salman Rushdie’s new novel an ‘Asian Game of Thrones’?

James Cameron ‘would not change a frame’ of Titanic 25 years after first release (Ian West/PA)

Movies

James Cameron ‘would not change a frame’ of Titanic 25 years after first release

Dancing with the Stars, which leaves those of us with no interest in such contests cold, has been a massive ratings hit for RTÉ

Television Premium

Pat Stacey Opinion If my preference for British TV over RTÉ’s output makes me sound like a West Brit then so be it

Sharp stage presence: David Gilna. Photo by Louis Maxwell

Theatre & Arts

A Bolt From D’Blue theatre review: Seeking the universal in the personal story

File photo of Beyonce Knowles

Music News

Beyoncé announces world tour –but Irish fans will have to travel if they want to see the singer

Suzanne Jackson with her Dance Partner Michael Danilczuk during Dancing With The Stars Series 6 .Photo: Kyran O’Brien/kobpix

Entertainment

Suzanne Jackson: I almost quit DWTS before hypnotist session

Style

Andrea Gilligan

News

‘It’s definitely got worse in the last two years’ – Newstalk’s Andrea Gilligan on ‘horrible, nasty online comments’

Princess Diana

Britain

‘I am on my knees’ – unseen letters reveal Princess Diana feared that her phone was bugged by royal family

Model Sheila O’Callaghan wearing an Alex Perry dress at the launch of Brown Thomas’s new spring-summer collection. Photo: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland

Fashion

Vibrant colours are back on the rack at Brown Thomas as spring-summer collection hits the runway in Dublin

Pamela Anderson was subjected to a level of exploitation in her younger years that would not be deemed acceptable today. Photo: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images

Comment Premium

Deirdre Molumby Opinion More than a sex symbol, Pamela Anderson is a survivor and a true feminist icon

Sarah Magliocco says there are lots of bargains to be found in secondhand shops

Dublin

‘I got a €300 Brown Thomas jacket for a fiver’, says thrift shop bargain hunter

Sam Smith's latest music video features dancing in corsets, suspenders and nipple tassels. Photo: Universal Music

Entertainment Premium

Tanya Sweeney Opinion If Sam Smith wasn't plus size and non-binary, no one would be appalled by them being half naked in a music video

Life

Alpine's A110R

Motor Reviews

Philip Hedderman Opinion First drive: Alpine is coming to Ireland – and epic A110R shows it is right on track

A Cambridge academic has claimed that it is morally wrong to offer advice to family or friends. Photo: Stock image

Comment Premium

Mary Kenny Opinion Never give advice – it infringes upon others’ autonomy, and you’ll be blamed anyway

If a French child refuses food, the plate is taken away and no substitute is offered. Stock image

Comment Premium

Sinead Ryan Opinion We could learn lessons on parenting from the French

A heated steering wheel is one of the silliest things you can have in a car. Photo: Getty Images

Motoring

Are we all that pampered? Why I think heated steering wheels are silly and a waste of energy

Shop around for car finance options as not everything needs to be bought on PCP

Motoring

Make sure to check out interest rates before doing new-car deal or you face paying over the odds

Director Anna Newell with babies Lochlann Mulkerrins (11 months, left) from Tallaght and Abby Boland, (6 months, right) from Saggart. Photo: Maxwells

Life Premium

‘I make theatre and shows for babies – they are an extraordinary audience to work with’

Travel

Hong Kong will give away air tickets and vouchers to woo tourists back to the international financial hub, racing to catch up with other popular travel destinations in a fierce regional competition (Sean Pavone/Alamy/PA)

Travel News

Hong Kong woos tourists with 500,000 free air tickets

Kerry Condon in 'The Banshees of Inisherin'. Photo: Jonathan Hession/Searchlight Pictures

Travel News

New Aer Lingus flight from Ireland West to London another ‘Banshees of Inisherin’ boost

Yosemite 'firefall'. Photo: Deposit

World/USA

Firefall is back: How and where to see Yosemite’s breath-taking natural phenomenon

A bonded travel agent is the safest, as you are covered if the company goes bust. Photo: Jordan Siemens/Getty Images

Personal Finance Premium

How to find the best value for your summer holidays

The Abbeyglen Castle Hotel in Connemara, Co Galway, has a recipe for romance

Staycations

10 best Valentine’s week love nests in Ireland

Lough Tay, Co Wicklow. Photo: Brian Morrison / Fáilte Ireland

Travel Talk

Pól Ó Conghaile Opinion The ‘say-do gap’ in travel is one reason you’re unlikely to read this story