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Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen and Taoiseach Micheál Martin. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Irish News Premium

Cowen garda record dispute: Martin made aware of claims

Taoiseach Micheál Martin was told 10 days ago about the details which have led a Cabinet minister to now deny that he tried to "evade" a garda when he was caught drink-driving.

Concerns: Dermot O’Leary of the NBRU. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Coronavirus

Confusion on who will enforce masks on buses, trains

Commuters risk a €2,500 fine or six months in jail for not wearing a face mask on public transport from today - but the new law is mired in confusion over how it will be enforced.

Former Ireland manager Jack Charlton, who passed away on Friday night. Photo: Sportsfile

International Soccer Premium

'He brought all of Ireland together - we all joined Jack's Army'

Grainne Rowe with her daughters Fiona Rowe, Sarah Rowe and Lorna O’Shea. Photo: Jar Finnegan

Fitness Premium

'Now that my daughters are older I can focus on my fitness'

Determined: Sandra’s brothers Patrick and David at the pier where she disappeared almost 20 years ago. Photo: Keith Heneghan

Irish News Premium

'Someone knows Sandra's fate - I pray they don't take the secret to their grave'

Video

Twelfth of July: Bonfires lit across Northern Ireland

Headlines

'The EU's Court of Justice are seeking to overturn an EU Commission decision in 2016 that Apple got preferential treatment from Ireland and owed €13bn in back taxes.' Stock photo: Philip Toscano/PA

Courts

Fears of a 'lose-lose' verdict in €13bn Apple tax case

Ireland manager Jack Charlton speaks to his players prior to the penalty shoot-out against Romania during the 1990 World Cup Round of 16 clash at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa. Photo: Sportsfile

International Soccer Premium

David Kelly Opinion Giant of lost age brought unity to nation in time of division

Charles Haughey

Comment Premium

Eoghan Harris Opinion Hawks v Doves: 50 years on, Arms Crisis still stirs controversy

'There has been a recent increase in Garda resources by secondment of officers to the Department of Social Protection’s Special Investigation Unit.' (stock photo)

Crime Premium

Man arrested in €200,000 welfare fraud case amid crackdown

Back to work: Compliance officer John Gaskin puts up Covid-19 social distancing signs on a building site in Dublin city centre during lockdown. PHOTO: GARETH CHANEY/COLLINS

Irish

Building activity surged in June as sites reopened after the lockdown

Video

Donald Trump wears mask in public for first time

Doors open: Guests wear masks as required to attend the official reopening of the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida on Saturday.
Photo: Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP

Coronavirus

Florida sets grim record of 15,299 cases in a day as fatalities also rise

Odds on: Claire Byrne is the bookies’ favourite to land the ‘Today’ job. Photo: Collins

Irish News

A 'shoo-in': Byrne described as frontrunner to replace O'Rourke on 'Today' programme

Coronavirus: In Focus

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New Articles

No new deaths, 17 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland

There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) today.

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Coronavirus Premium

Revealed: 'Grief and devastation' of the care homes hit by Covid-19

Four private nursing homes had to wait almost four weeks to get the results of Covid-19 tests for residents during the height of the pandemic.

Gardai on patrol in Dublin city centre on Friday night

Coronavirus

Friday night on the town is 'just not the same' anymore in post-lockdown Ireland

It was not your typical Friday night in the pubs of Dublin.

Stock image

Comment Premium

Stella O'Malley Opinion Re-entry anxiety: Negotiating the minefield of a post-lockdown world

Lockdown was safe; we knew what to do - no unnecessary journeys, no socialising, stay home.

Ireland's best walks

Walking on Slieve Beagh. Pic: Monaghan Tourism

Travel Premium

Top 25 summer walks in Ireland - from coastal paths to summit tombs

Here, you’ll find 25 one-day hikes chosen from the country’s most famous long-distance trails or way-marked ways by guidebook writer Helen Fairbairn.

Rozanna Purcell

Travel

Roz Purcell on why her favourite hike is Coumshingaun in Co Waterford

Joseph O'Connor

Travel

Joseph O’Connor on a favourite walk - 'I feel very blessed that it's part of my life'

Sonya Lennon. Photo: Frank McGrath

Walks

Sonya Lennon: 'I love big walks but now my daily walk is ingrained, I have to do it'

Family Get-togethers. Photo: Getty Images/Caiaimage

Ireland Premium

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

Sport

Mattie Donnelly is looking forward to playing in his first senior inter-county knockout championship. Photo: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

Joe Brolly Premium

Joe Brolly Opinion No more going through the motions, this will be proper do-or-die football

Tiffany Lopez delivers her victim impact statement to Larry Nassar: 'It became a compelling spectacle, the previously powerless growing in power as they spoke, the previously powerful visibly shrinking into powerlessness as he listened.' Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Athletics

Tommy Conlon Opinion No darkness should ever shadow the innocence of children at play

Civil Service hurler, 73-year-old Liam Myles: 'I don't see this as a gaisce (great achievement). I do it because I enjoy it. I am not doing it for medals.' Photo: Mark Condren

Hurling Premium

Myles on the clock: Meet the 73-year-old who can still be found pucking around with junior hurlers

Manchester United's Paul Pogba take a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Photo: Clive Brunskill/NMC Pool/PA Wire

Premier League Premium

Eamonn Sweeney Opinion Choose your bandwagon carefully

Jack Charlton, left, and captain Mick McCarthy as they were brought by open top bus from Dublin Airport to College Green in Dublin city centre on their arrival home for a homecoming reception after the 1990 World Cup Finals in Italy. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile

International Soccer Premium

Eamonn Sweeney Opinion Jack Charlton was very English but you felt he knew what it was like to be Irish

GAA president John Horan. Photo: Sportsfile

Gaelic Football Premium

Colm O'Rourke Opinion We can't expect to keep players involved with clubs unless we give them games to play

Editor's Choice

Retired detectives Tony Hickey and John O’Mahony in Dublin’s Phoenix Park last week. Photo: Mark Condren

Irish News Premium

Revealed: how gardai caught up with killer Malcolm MacArthur

A few weeks ago, retired detective Denis Donegan got a call out of the blue from an old acquaintance - a former prisoner he had investigated many years earlier. "He told me he had been in Shelton Abbey [the open prison] with Malcolm MacArthur," said Donegan. "And he [MacArthur] was anxious to meet myself and Tony Hickey."

HURT: Lynn Paul at the gates of Roselawn Crematorium in Belfast yesterday
with a picture of her mother, Evelyn. Photo: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye

Coronavirus Premium

'Mummy had to be cremated alone... we were told this was the rule' - bereaved families' pain as furore over Bobby Storey funeral continues

Lynn Paul, a nurse from Belfast, had to watch from outside the gates of the city's Roselawn Crematorium as the hearse carrying the remains of her 78-year-old mother, Evelyn McMullen, made its way in. It was 12pm on Tuesday, June 30.

Jack Charlton talks tactics with Paul McGrath before Ireland's 1994 win over Germany in Stuttgart. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Soccer Premium

Paul McGrath Opinion It wasn't all lamping the ball forward and closing down - Jack could do tactics with the best of them

One thing people often ask me about Jack Charlton is whether I was ever frustrated by his 'put 'em under pressure' tactics.

The Marker's roof terrace

Weekend Magazine Premium

30 of the best al fresco venues for dining around Ireland

From Michelin-starred dishes with a sea view to urban terraces perfect for people-watching, Katy McGuinness finds the top outdoor dining spots around Ireland

Podcasts

The Big Tech Show

The Big Tech Show: The Cork lads who went straight to the source for €15m

Real Health Podcast

The Real Health Podcast: How to stop your late-night snacking

The Big Tech Show

The Big Tech Show: 'I came within hours of selling it for $1bn'

Featured

Cloughoughter Castle, Co Cavan. Photo: Fáilte Ireland

Ireland

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

Channelling through a lock gate along the River Shannon, freshwater thunders through the sluices, as if the next chapter of your staycation is being uploaded.

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

You’ve heard of supermarkets and parks allotting priority hours for older people. But what about hotels?

A woman walks past Irish artist Emmeline Blake's mural of singer Sinead O'Connor near the site of the old Bernard Shaw pub in Dublin. Photo: Philip Lawless

Life Premium

From boozing to up-down planks: The ultimate guide to the way we live now

Mackerel Nicoise. Photo: Tony Gavin

Food & Drink Premium

Rachel Allen Opinion The secret to Nicoise salad is a good, gutsy French dressing, and the best red, ripe tomatoes

Nicola Peltz has called Brooklyn Beckham ‘the love of my life’ in a post marking her boyfriend’s 21st birthday (Ian West/PA)

Entertainment

Wedding bells: Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz to have two weddings in 2021

Chris O'Donnell and Minnie Driver in the film Circle of Friends

Celebrity Premium

'It paved the way for Normal People' - The enduring appeal of Maeve Binchy's Circle of Friends

Opinion & Analysis

First foray into EU-land: Taoiseach Micheál Martin (centre) faces a vital meeting with fellow EU leaders.
PHOTO: JULIEN BEHAL/PA WIRE

Comment Premium

John Downing Opinion Martin will swap the domestic political frying pan for the white heat of the EU fire

Change: Yes voters celebrate as the result of the referendum on the Eighth Amendment is declared at Dublin Castle on May 26, 2018. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

Comment Premium

Patricia Casey Opinion Silence from politicians over the increase in abortions is as concerning as the rise itself

Queues at the re opening of Penneys Store on Mary Street
Photo: Steve Humphreys

Comment Premium

John Daly Opinion You'll meet new Ireland at Penneys

Leo must have booby-trapped the office on the way out

Brendan O'Connor

To hug or not to hug, that is the question ...

Let's buckle up and banish our reckless driving habits

Geraldine Herbert

Videos

Former Ireland manager Jack Charlton has died aged 85

A session with Dubliners legend John Sheahan as he shares poetry, tunes and a tribute to the late Luke Kelly

Waterford's €400m North Quays development is greenlit after four years of negotiations

Meat plant workers claim employers 'had not done enough to prioritise safety' amid Covid-19 outbreak

Gardaí urging motorcyclists to 'ease off the throttle' for July and August

Life

Niamh Kane continued therapy with her psychiatrist and counsellor online during lockdown. Photo: Gerry Mooney

Health & Wellbeing

Online therapy got me through lockdown - and it can work for you too

Natalie on a date with Elvis Presley

Life

'The truth is that she was alone when she died' - Natalie Woods' daughter lays her mother's ghost to rest 40 years after her mysterious death

Toilet-training can begin sooner or later, depending on the child

Parenting

Dear David Coleman: How can I get my daughter toilet- trained in time for Montessori?

Luxury soaps mean bars are no longer hard on your skin

Life

Best bar none: The fresh new appeal of old-school soap

Denise Carr from Raheny with her VW camper van. Photo: Steve Humphreys

Travel Premium

Happy campers: Why van fans have Covid holidays cracked

It will take time for children to adapt to normal activities again

Parenting Premium

Dear David Coleman: My daughter is anxious about activities re-starting

Style

Style

The loves of my life: Lauren Oliver on launching her sustainable clothing brand and the joy of being a twin

Time to reflect: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Photo: REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo

Celebrity News

From TV projects to a face-off with the tabloid press - how Harry and Meghan have negotiated Megxit

Fashion

Meadhbh McGrath Opinion From the Front Row to your front room: I'm missing the buzz as fashion week goes digital

Yasmin Benoit

Sex & Relationships Premium

'Many don't know much about asexuality but there are still stereotypes attached to it' - Meet the men and women living asexual lives

Picture posed

Sex & Relationships

Ask Allison: 'My husband lost his job but is still trying to keep up with his wealthy siblings'

Sarah and Matthew Billingham with their two children, Logan and Darcie, on their wedding day last month. Photo: Emma May Loughran

Irish Weddings

Bride and Zoom: Why we've fallen for tiny weddings

Entertainment

Michelle McNamara

Television Premium

Manhunter: One woman's quest to catch the elusive Golden State Killer

Robert Sheehan

Television

'I'm lucky, I can pay my rent. A lot of actors are on the dole'

Jack Monroe has criticised David Walliams' books. Photo: Patricia Niven/PA

Comment Premium

Katie Byrne Opinion Walliams' books are far from perfect - but they're certainly not racist

Covid-19 health and safety measures are going to make filming TV series a slow and laborious process

Television

Pat Stacey Opinion TV production is resuming but things will never be the same again

Cate Blanchett as Phyllis Schlafly

TV Reviews

Mrs America is a star-spangled treat and terrifically entertaining television

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Coronavirus Premium

Bad TV and 80s music: our quirky lockdown obsessions

Travel

Walking on the grounds at Parknasilla, Co Kerry

Travel Premium

The Staycation Q&A: What's still available? Will I get ripped-off? What should I pack?

Hook lighthouse

Ireland Premium

Ireland Unlocks: 10 great things to do in Wexford this summer

Screengrab: Ryanair / YouTube

Travel Talk Premium

Foreign Travel Q&A: What are the chances of a sun holiday this year? Why hasn't Ireland reopened?

Inside the Subtropical Swimming Paradise at Center Parcs Longford Forest.

Travel News

Center Parcs Ireland announces reopening date and prices for summer

The Lorum Old Rectory

Travel Premium

The Irish B&B reboots: How will the ceád míle fáilte survive Covid-19?

Lost Cottages, Glenbeigh, Co Kerry

Ireland Premium

The Fab 50: Ireland's 50 best places to stay in 2020

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