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Education

Race on to give vaccines to teens before schools reopen

Sharon O'Reilly became insolvent following the collapse of the construction sector in the mid-2000s

Courts Premium

Businesswoman gets court deal to wipe out debts of over €14m

A businesswoman who became insolvent following the collapse of the construction sector in the mid-2000s has had the vast majority of her €14.3m debt written off under a personal insolvency arrangement (PIA).

The grave of Dean Maguire at Newlands Cemetery, Dublin. Floral tributes included depictions of burglary tools

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Ian O’Doherty Opinion There’s a world of difference between the honest working classes and career criminals

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Crime

Investigation launched after alleged rape of female Defence Forces member at mandatory quarantine hotel

Young people can meet new friends through online gaming. Picture posed

Parenting Premium

How to tell if your child’s online gaming is turning into an addiction

Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, Fiona Murtagh and Emily Hegarty

Olympics

Overnight in Tokyo: Ireland looking to win first medals of Olympic Games

Top Stories

Ireland rowers, from left, Emily Hegarty, Fiona Murtagh, Eimear Lambe and Aifric Keogh celebrate after finishing 3rd place in the Women's Four final

Olympics

Bronze medal for Ireland in the women's four at Tokyo Olympics

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Irish News

Police launch murder investigation following the death of a child in Belfast

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Health

Hospital cancels out-patient and elective procedures for three days

Dublin footballers have had to contend with plenty of issues this season, including the decision by Eric Lowndes, in action above against Galway on May 30, to leave the panel. Photo: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Gaelic Football Premium

Martin Breheny Opinion Shedding favourites’ tag will help Dubs’ drive for seven

PIAB chief executive Rosalind Carroll

Courts

‘Environment is ripe for premium reductions’ says PIAB after 16pc drop in claims

Ireland rowers, from left, Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, Fiona Murtagh and Emily Hegarty celebrate after finishing 3rd place in the Women's Four final at the Sea Forest Waterway during the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games

Olympics Premium

Four-star heroes: Meet Ireland's latest Olympic Games medalists

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Irish News

My life at college was made hell by Marmion, says ex-pupil

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Irish Premium

New law will give greater powers to punish bad bankers

Eimear Smyth, Annie McAllister and Claudine O'Neill attended day two of the Galway Races festival. Photo: Ray Ryan

Galway Races Premium

Despite paltry size of the crowds, Galway is hot to trot and obsession with the annual racing fest lives on

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North America

Biden plans tough new rules on cars to reduce pollution

Videos

Brides-to-be march to Government Buildings to urge allowance of 100 wedding guests

Terrifying chemical explosion in Germany captured in video as one dead and more missing

Boris Johnson discusses dog’s ‘romantic urges’ on police visit

Macron sinks under flower garlands in French Polynesia

Indoor dining available again in Ireland's pubs and restaurants

Olympics 2020

Mona McSharry before the women's 100 metre breaststroke final at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Photo by Ian MacNicol/Sportsfile

Olympics Premium

McSharry proves she belongs at the top table with solid final performance

If there was one thing these last few days taught Mona McSharry, it’s that she belongs here – in amongst the elite of her event, operating at the very highest reaches of her sport. To learn that, to truly know that, at the age of 20 says much about the path she’s taken and even more about what lies ahead.

Sean Waddilove, left, and Robert Dickson in action during the 49er Men at the Enoshima Yacht Harbour. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Olympics

Dickson and Waddilove’s opening joy

If only Rob Dickson and Dean Waddilove could have the rest of their first Olympic Sailing Regatta run as well as their opening race.

Sanita Puspure: No room for error. Photo: Sportsfile

Olympics

Puspure breaks new ground in her bid for final place

Ireland’s Sanita Puspure will race against her Russian rival Hanna Prakatsen in adjoining lanes in tomorrow’s single sculls semi-final at the Olympic regatta in Tokyo.

Simone Biles: "I freaked out in a high-stress situation."

Olympics

‘I just didn’t want to go on,’ reveals Biles after dramatic exit

A tearful Simone Biles revealed last night how “I just didn’t want to go on” after her dramatic “freak out” led to her withdrawing from the team gymnastics event.

Lowry driven by the dream of bringing a medal home to Ireland

Daughter of ex-Ireland star Mark Kinsella claims Olympic bronze medal in gymnastics for Great Britain

Featured

Children can make their own fun when they have to. Picture posed

Parenting Premium

David Coleman: Don’t fill your child’s day with activities, let them get bored — it’s good for them!

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US actress Gillian Anderson. Photo: Lisa O'Connor/AFP

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Sinead Ryan Opinion Gillian Anderson’s ditching her bra, but I can’t support it

Children love to get creative - and messy! - with art. Picture posed

Parenting Premium

At-home summer camp: Crafty activities to keep budding little artists happy and busy!

Jessica Harrington

Horse Racing

Jessica Harrington left red-faced after two-year-old winner is disqualified due to mistaken identity

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Parenting Premium

Bill Linnane Opinion My 13-year-old son has his own phone — and also his own access to the internet...

Love Island contestant Liam

Television

Love Island Episode 26: Twitter does not want Liam to swap Millie for Lillie

Mona McSharry before the women's 100 metre breaststroke final at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Photo by Ian MacNicol/Sportsfile

Olympics Premium

McSharry proves she belongs at the top table with solid final performance

Coronavirus

Bioris Johnson

Coronavirus

Britain to drop restrictions for double vaccinated and reopen border to tourists

Britain is to drop restrictions for double vaccinated people and reopen its border to European and American travellers from next month

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Health

State faces spiralling costs for ageing population

HSE paramedic Andrew Connaughton conducts a Covid swab on Charlotte Lynch, at the HSE walk-in Covid test centre at Castletown House in Celbridge (Picture: Frank McGrath)

Health

Coronavirus Ireland: 1,120 further Covid-19 cases confirmed and 142 more in hospital

Dr Catherine Motherway

Irish News

Leading medic ‘surprised’ to hear young people may try to get virus for EU Covid Cert

Podcasts

Paudie Clifford has been a star for Kerry so far in 2021. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

The Throw In

The Throw-In: Kerry's demented hunger, Mayo's relentlessness and Cork and Waterford rising

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Podcasts

InFocus Podcast: Bans, allegations and crises: horse racing’s year of scandals

Real Health Podcast

The Real Health Podcast: The Running Episode with Peter Francis

Sophie Toscan du Plantier and her son Pierre-Louis

Podcasts

InFocus Podcast: Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s murder: the unanswered questions

Opinion & Analysis

The kindlier approach to children may not be justified as disappointments are an inevitable part of life. (Stock image)

Comment Premium

Mary Kenny Opinion Kids today don’t deserve school reports as awful as mine, but are we too soft on them?

Thousands of protesters gather at Place Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower in Paris against the Covid-19 pass which grants vaccinated individuals greater ease of access to venues. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)

Comment Premium

Anti-vaxxers’ yellow stars demean lessons of history

Mr Fraser has served as adviser to three former Taoisigh, including most recently, Mícheál Martin. Photo: Daragh Mc Sweeney

Comment Premium

John Downing Opinion Martin Fraser, adviser to three Taoisigh, takes key London post

It won’t endear us to the EU, but we must help Boris Johnson put out the fires he started

John Downing

Children need to learn about history’s haters and helpers

Michele L Norris

The lost leaders who could have made all the difference

Frank Coughlan

Editor's Choice

Can a family member lay claim to a property left in a will to the beneficiaries?

Legal Advice Premium

Can my nephew claim ownership of the family home left to us in my mother’s will?

Called to the bar: Jimmy Nooks enjoys a pint in Slattery's Bar on Capel Street, Dublin, yesterday as pubs and restaurants reopened fully across Ireland. Photo: Damien Eagers/PA

Comment Premium

Holly Cairns Opinion Pregnant women or pubs? There’s no doubt where this Government’s priorities lie

Irish News

Flash flooding in North Dublin this afternoon causes ‘nightmare’ for businesses

Áine McDonough has been forced to turn her family's pub in Bettystown, Co Meath, into a coffee shop. Photo: Frank McGrath

Insurance Premium

‘I had to change family pub into a coffee shop’ – businesses seek help over ‘crippling’ insurance costs

Farming Independent

Charlie McConalogue TD

Schemes

Grants reform ‘inadequate’ to tackle building costs increase

Nigel Renaghan pictured in his first 14ac crop of organic wheat in Clontibret, Co Monaghan. Photos: Seamus Farrelly

Farming Premium

‘It’s great to have freedom’: How this Monaghan suckler farmer converted to organic without grant support

Why work on a farm when you can get the Pandemic Unemployment Payment?

Comment Premium

Darragh McCullough Opinion Covid payment is a real problem for farms that depend on manual labour

Tillage farmers will be happy to spread any surplus organic manures on the farm or outfarm

Tillage Premium

PJ Phelan: Cattle farmers can get a slice of tillage income by providing land

Massey Ferguson 35 rebuild

Tractors Premium

Rebuilding classic Massey Ferguson tractors: ‘There was a curiosity to see how something built in 1961 actually worked’

Tom Dunne on his farm in Durrow, Co Laois. Photo: Alf Harvey

Farming Premium

‘Payment per hectare needs to double to attract new people to organics’

Sport

Mayo captain Aidan O'Shea celebrates after his side's Connacht SFC final victory over Galway at Croke Park last Sunday. Photo: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Gaelic Football Premium

Colm Keys Opinion Mayo’s culture ensures there is no cliff edge to worry about as next generation lay down marker

Mind games: Rassie Erasmus, the Springbok director of rugby, looks on during a training session in Cape Town. Photo: David Rogers/Getty Images

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Cian Tracey Opinion Rassie Erasmus’s Twitter frenzy is playing right into the Lions’ hands

Ireland's Hugo Lennox scores a try as Jordan Conroy looks on, in their men's rugby sevens match against Kenya at the 2020 Summer Olympics.. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Olympics

‘We’re absolutely gutted’ – Heartache after late Kenya try costs Ireland rugby sevens quarter-final spot

Strong hand: Dermot Weld has plenty of fancied runners on Day 2 of the Galway Festival. Photo: Sportsfile

Galway Races

Mazagran fits bill in feature but Weld primed to fire back

Paudie Clifford has been a star for Kerry so far in 2021. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

The Throw In

The Throw-In: Kerry's demented hunger, Mayo's relentlessness and Cork and Waterford rising

Galway's Joe Canning scores his eighth point against Waterford last Saturday, making him the all-time top scorer in the senior hurling championship. Photo: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Hurling Premium

‘Ultimate finisher’ Joe Canning is a record-breaker

Life

Influencers are often subjected to online abuse. Picture posed

Life Premium

Katie Byrne Opinion If you think all internet trolls are textbook male loners, think again

Cian Murphy, digital reputation management consultant. Photo: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision

Life Premium

‘If you don’t control your digital footprint, somebody else will’

Too hot to handle: Thirty degree heat is not a natural state for us. Picture posed

Comment Premium

Bill Linnane Opinion Uncomfortable and restless by night, the only thing that surpasses the yearning for good weather is the yearning for it to end

Conor Kerley says he has been feeling great for many years. Photo: Mark Condren.

Health Features Premium

MS left me unable to walk as a teen, but I bounced back and have been off meds for 18 years

Some people are completely against receiving the Covid vaccine

Health & Wellbeing Premium

Ask Allison: My sister refuses to get the Covid vaccine and she is coming to visit me with her kids. Should I keep my opinion to myself?

Vaccines have played a crucial role in helping people live longer lives

Health Features Premium

Victorian anti-vaxxers were considerably more distrustful than today’s movement: a short history of medical science

Style

Frank and Christine Lampard welcomed their second child together (Ian West/PA)

Celebrity News

Christine Lampard to return to hosting Lorraine five months after giving birth

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Celebrity News

Prince Harry to publish ‘intimate and heartfelt memoir’

Far-right British commentator Katie Hopkins will be deported from Australia after she boasted on social media that she planned to breach the country’s quarantine rules (Nathan Strange/AP)

Celebrity News

Katie Hopkins deported from Australia following quarantine boast

'Should I explore my past again? Or just wait and hope things improve with the amazing woman I fell in love with all those years ago?'

Sex & Relationships

Dear Mary: My wife rejects any intimacy with me — should I seek out my male lover from the past?

Kathryn Thomas with her daughter Ellie and husband Padraig. Photo: Tony Gavin

Celebrity News

'Days we were stressed enough to kill each other' - Kathryn Thomas on the toll lockdown took on her marriage

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Fashion

Style notes: ‘Super swimwear and shoulder-tie chic are top of my shopping list for great summer vibes’

Entertainment

Cecily Strong and Keegan Michael Key in Schmigadoon!

TV Reviews Premium

Pat Stacey Opinion Schmigadoon! A five-minute sketch is stretched to a full series

AJ on Love Island

Television

Love Island Episode 18: AJ ‘eats Hugo alive’ and Danny is one raging red flag

Games

‘We wanted to make a game that was more immersive’: the Last Stop interview

Erica Cody wears: Dress, Fears, @fears____ Earrings, Pieces, Zalando. Gloves, stylist’s ownPhotograph by Anouska Proetta Brandon. Creative direction and styling: Zeda The Architect.

Music

Erica Cody: ‘When I was in my dark place, I couldn’t see out of it. I thought everything is over, it’s done. Lights out’

Singer Songwriter Paddy Casey. Picture by Steve Humphreys

Music Premium

‘I never really understood my popularity’ - Paddy Casey on the highs and lows of the music business, being homeless and turning his back on fame

Diana relaxes with her sons and sister Unity at the home of her husband Bryan Guinness. Photo: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images

Entertainment Premium

How the Mitford sisters’ flight from fascism took them to Ireland

Travel

Enjoying Galway City. Photo: Failte Ireland

Ireland Premium

33 great things to do in Galway City - we asked a top tour guide to share his tips

Joey Carbery, Munster and Ireland rugby player and Europcar ambassador, pictured in Kilkee Co. Clare

Travel News

A grand staycation – survey reveals that many of us will spend €1,000 as we holiday at home

More countries have been added to the UK's travel green lists (Steve Parsons/PA)

Travel News

Expansion of UK travel green list ‘fails to go far enough’

Nevin Cody, who runs Kilkenny Guided Walking Tours, at Kilkenny Castle. Photo: Dylan Vaughan

Travel News

Magic trips: Kilkenny walking tour named as best thing to do this year

Ibiza has been added to the green list (Tom Pilgrim/PA)

Travel News

Malta and Spain’s Balearic islands added to UK's travel green list

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Coronavirus Premium

Travel insurers won’t pay out if you go to Covid hotspot

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