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Fine Gael senator John McGahon pictured at Dundalk Circuit Court. Photo: Mark Condren

News

breaking Fine Gael senator acquitted of attacking and injuring a man in a brawl outside a bar in Dundalk

A FINE Gael senator has been acquitted of attacking and injuring a man in a brawl outside a bar in Dundalk.

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Claire Byrne on the set of TV show Claire Byrne Live. Photo: Conor McCabe

TV News

RTÉ’s Claire Byrne calls time on TV show with final episode to air next week

Ryan Tubridy on The Late Late Show

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Ryan Tubridy is still intent on interviewing Paul McCartney on Late Late Show despite his ‘cringe-worthy encounter’

Video

Hilarious sketch sees Johnny Sexton and Ronan O'Gara starring in Zoolander

Maybe brides (and grooms), with their eye for the meticulous, are on to something (picture posed). Photo by: Chris Singer/Bluesparrow via Getty Images

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Tanya Sweeney Opinion I regret being an ‘anti-bride’ and not giving my wedding day the Beyoncé treatment when I had the chance

Top Stories

The scene of an accident on Amiens Street. May 27, 2022

News

Traffic disruption after serious road accident in Dublin city centre

Legal actions: Martina, Ammi and Isaac Burke arrive at the WRC at Lansdowne House in Dublin. Photo: Gerry Mooney

News

WRC official considered calling gardaí to remove sacked solicitor Ammi Burke’s mother from hearing

Sinead Connolly

Courts

Man pleads guilty to possession of semi-automatic handgun in connection with attempted murder of mother left paralysed

Fabiole Camara De Campos

Irish News

Brazilian woman whose body was found in Dublin apartment died as result of decapitation, inquest hears

Seán Ó Foghlú spent 10 years as secretary-general at the Department of Education. He has been seconded to Maynooth University. Photo: Conor Healy

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exclusive How €216k role was created for civil servant on secondment to university

Alexandria Aniyah Rubio

North America

Texas school shooting: Photos of the young victims shot dead by 18-year-old killer

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Music

‘Infuriating’ – Bank of Ireland customers miss out on Bruce Springsteen tickets after app crashes

‘Nobody is forced to listen’: Casper and Eskimo (Casey Walsh and Alex Sheehan) of Versatile. Photo by Ceilim Robinson

Music

Versatile: ‘They can try to cancel us but we’ll only get bigger’

US congressman Richard Neal visits the Derry Girls mural as he leads a congressional delegation on a visit to Derry. Photo: PA

Games

The Indo News Quiz May 27: Test your knowledge of the week gone by

Republic of Ireland captain Roy Keane departs from Saipan International Airport after walking out on his side following a fallout with team manager Mick McCarthy. Photo: Sportsfile

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David Kelly Opinion Saipan’s sober lessons for a nation hooked on alcohol

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Dog uses button to call owner curse word after being refused playtime

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'It's a very strange feeling to have someone else's lung inside your body,' says Louth woman

Leinster fans jet off to Marseille confident they will take home fifth Heineken Cup

'You didn't expect Kate Moss to testify did you?' – Amber Heard cross-examined by Camille Vasquez

Ukraine Crisis

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a joint news conference with Poland's President Andrzej Duda, amid Russia's invasion, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi/File Photo

Europe

live 'Stop playing' with Russia and end war: Zelensky tells West

Almost one third of Ukrainian refugees in Ireland are aged 14 or under

US officials caution Ukrainian leaders against ‘risks of escalation’ with Russia

Premium

Warfare in Donbas is one of extreme fear and humiliation

Play Zelensky: West could prevent Russia from making Donbas uninhabitable

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Television

What to stream this week: Ewan McGregor returns as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Call My Agent! gets the remake treatment

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You have to do your research when becoming a surrogate. Picture posed

Life Premium

Modern Morals: I don’t agree with my sister choosing commercial surrogacy

Ciarán Hinds didn’t expect to be nominated for his role in Belfast. Photo: Ifta Academy/Barry McCall

Entertainment Premium

Ciarán Hinds: ‘Filming a sex scene with my wife was funny’

When he was 12 years old, Ciarán Hinds took on a role that would change his life. He was a student at Malachy’s College in Belfast and was cast as Shakespeare’s most complex and ruthlessly ambitious character — Lady MacBeth.

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Gardens

Luke’s Liberties: inside the Dublin 8 redbrick once home to The Dubliners’ Luke Kelly

Johnny Sexton, the Leinster captain, looks on during the Leinster Rugby press conference held at Stade Velodrome in Marseille. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Champions Cup

Ronan O’Gara and Johnny Sexton express mutual admiration as Champions Cup final countdown continues

Roasted White Fish with Confit Cherry Tomatoes. Picture: Donal Skehan

Recipes Premium

Donal Skehan’s one-pan summer suppers: Chicken saltimbocca, roasted white fish with confit cherry tomatoes, and roasted ratatouille with pasta

Vendor beware: Common mistakes include failing to deep clean and having unrealistic expectations about a property’s value

Homes Premium

Home Truths – the 10 biggest mistakes vendors make when selling their homes

Business Week

Rob Shannon, MD of Martinsen Mayer, pictured near his office at Leeson Close, Dublin. Photo: Frank McGrath

Business Premium

This Working Life – ‘People said you can always go back to law, but I never gave it a second thought’

Paypal continues to be a very important employer, especially in Dundalk. But we may have to get used to the idea that a once invincible industry is entering some shaky times. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Business Premium

Richard Curran Opinion Paypal job losses should not surprise as dark clouds gather for tech sector

FSU boss John O’Connell wants more engagement from the Central Bank on the closure of Ulster Bank and KBC Bank.

Banking

Union tells Central Bank to force departing banks to extend exit deadlines

The ID4 felt very solid and Its handling was fairly spectacular

Reviews Premium

If you suffer from electric-vehicle battery anxiety, then Volkswagen may have the answer

Opinion & Analysis

Maura Higgins, pictured with fellow Love Island contestant and ex Curtis Pritchard, was an iconic presence in the villa back in 2019. Photo: David Parry/PA

Comment Premium

Emma Kelly Opinion Love Island will feel like a chore, but I’ll still tune in

Civil servants have become increasingly empowered in recent years, and it hasn’t gone unnoticed among politicians who are scrambling to keep up with the permanent government

Comment Premium

Philip Ryan Opinion Secretaries-general have huge responsibilities, but there must be more clarity about their roles

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Motor News

Many reasons for hike in rental car prices – but the worst may be yet to come

Tory bill isn’t about reconciliation, it will simply help people get away with murder

Martina Devlin

Our Leaving Cert pupils deserve grade-A well-being, especially after recent upheaval

John Connell

US pessimism will only worsen if gun scourge is not confronted

Daniel Drezner

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Ullard Holiday Homes in Co Kilkenny which dozens of Germans who are clients of the German law firm list as their home address. Photo: Dylan Vaughan

Irish Premium

Why German nationals are going bankrupt from Kilkenny and Carlow

The exterior of Frank's on Dublin's Camden Street. Picture: Mark Condren

Food Reviews Premium

Frank’s restaurant review: ‘The last time I visited, I didn’t have a great experience — but things have really gone up a notch’

Protection: Smallpox vaccination in 1967. Most countries stopped their programmes in the 1970s. Photo by United States Department of Health Education and Welfare via Getty Images

Irish News Premium

Monkeypox arrives in Ireland: how prepared are we?

The 2 Johnnies. Picture by Emma Synnott

Entertainment

‘The 2 Johnnies’ host among 40 men ‘catfished’ by one woman

Podcasts

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The Indo Daily

The Indo Daily – Holiday hell: Sunseekers facing passport delays and soaring prices

Tom Cruise will reprise his role of Ethan Hunt in the seventh Mission: Impossible film (Ian West/PA)

The Indo Daily

The Indo Daily: Bad Romance - From Tom Cruise to Olivia Wilde, the messiest celebrity breakups

Leinster are looking to join Toulouse as having won the Champions Cup five times. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

The Left Wing

The Left Wing: Champions Cup final preview - can Leinster add a fifth star to their jersey?

The Throw In

The Throw-In with Philly McMahon: Ger Brennan on religion, pranks and team spirit

Sport

Republic of Ireland manager Stephen Kenny stands for a portrait before a Republic of Ireland squad announcement at FAI Headquarters in Abbotstown, Dublin. Photo: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

International Soccer

'Russia has invaded Ukraine, it’s a war, the game was supposed to be in Kyiv. It's a tragedy'

Rory McIlroy chips on the sixth hole during the final round of the PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club. Photo: Orlando Ramirez/USA TODAY Sports

Golf

Rory McIlroy confesses that US PGA was ‘definitely one that got away’

Liverpool's Scotland players from left to right, Graeme Souness, Kenny Dalglish and Alan Hansen celebrate with the Euopean Cup after their 1-0 victory over Real Madrid at Parc de Princes on May 27, 1981. Photo: Getty Images

Champions League Premium

Liverpool and Real Madrid will always have Paris

Roscommon captain Donie Smith is hoping his county can bring home their third Connacht football title in six years. Photo: Sportsfile

Gaelic Football Premium

Poachers reap the rewards of new Rossie game-plan

As his captain caused a storm, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson waas celebrating in the Curragh. He is here pictured with jockey Mick Kinnane after sending out Rock of Gibraltar to win the Entenmann's Irish 2000 Guineas. Photo by Sportsfile

Soccer

May 26 - On this day in Saipan 20 years ago: Paul Kimmage meets Roy Keane

Style

Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander attend the screening of "Holy Spider" during the 75th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festival. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Entertainment

Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander attend screening of ‘Holy Spider’ during the Cannes Film Festival

Kim Kardashian at the Met Gala in New York. Photo: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Celebrity Features Premium

This is why I hate to love The Kardashians

Triona McCarthy

Makeup

Triona McCarthy on a new addition to the family and a make-up collection that celebrates true beauty

'Give yourself permission to explore, and remember that it’s okay to be confused'

Sex & Relationships Premium

Asking for a friend: ‘I’ve always identified as straight but I had sex with another man I met on a dating app and I enjoyed it. What does this mean?’

Rebakah Vardy. Photo: Jonathan brady/PA

Celebrity

Wagatha Christie explainer: What are the legal issues in the Vardy v Rooney libel battle?

Actor Nicola Coughlan wearing a Richard Quinn design at this year’s Met Gala. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty

Style

Richard Quinn on designing Derry Girls star Nicola Coughlan’s Met Gala showstopper: ‘We wanted to give her some drama on the stairs’

Farming Independent

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News

Land prices surge as dairy farmers vie with business buyers

Volkswagen is the world’s second biggest automaker. Photo: Stock image

Environment

Farmer sues Volkswagen over impact of climate change on his business

The Gilpin family, who run Gilfresh Produce. William, his father Thomas, his brother Kenneth and Kenneth's sons Richard and Alastair. Photo: Stephen Maginnis

Agri Food

Meet the farmers behind some of Northern Ireland’s tastiest farm businesses

‘Passion for trees’: Micheál O’Donovan of Coolbane, Ballinspittle, Co Cork with Eugene Curran and Mark Twomey of the DepartmentAgriculture in his 2.5ha agro-forestry site, recently planted with 1,000 oak, wild cherry and birch. Photo: Fergal O'Gorman

Forestry Premium

‘At heart I am a commercial farmer, but agroforestry ticked a lot of boxes for me’

Sitting it out: Prof Alan Matthews says that with milk prices so high, Ireland’s 16,000 dairy farmers, “may well be even less inclined to enrol in eco-schemes if the payment rates are not adjusted”. Photo: Roger Jones

Agri-Business Premium

‘Real value’ of CAP payments is being eroded by rampant inflation

Values: Sean Patrick Ryan and Tonya Rosenberger with some of their Red Angus cattle on their Tussock Sedge Farm in Pennsylvania. Photos: Niall Hurson

Beef Farm Profiles Premium

How these US ranchers are able to sell their beef for €25/kg

Life

Motorbike enthusiast Jacqui Mates at her home on her Yamaha Virago. Picture by Mark Condren

Life Premium

‘Once I am on my bike I feel 17 again’ – 69-year-old grandmother Jacqui Mates on her life-long love of motorbikes

" I worry if on some level, my aggressively marching them from one activity to another is kind of negating the whole enterprise."

Parenting Premium

Sophie White Opinion If I’m wrecked from the rat-race of extra-curricular activities, then how are the kids doing?

Mid-century Czech chairs, €1,095 each, Arnotts

Interiors Premium

Darren Kennedy: Get on board with 2022’s big interiors trend and make your home a health and wellness sanctuary

Galway goat’s cheese with hot-pink foam, beetroot, yuzu-flavour yellow pearls, orange and carrot jus, and a pink macaron, one of the Supper Club dishes at Restaurant gigi's. Picture by Lucinda O'Sullivan

Food Reviews Premium

Lucinda O’Sullivan’s restaurant review: Local Galway produce with a chic twist delights at the g’s Supper Club

Art critic and writer Cristín Leach. Photo: Clare Keogh

Life Premium

Cristín Leach: ‘I’m grateful for my divorce... it feels like getting a whole other life again, like there’s an amazing freedom coming my way’

Gavin James on stage at last year’s A Pilot Festival at The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin. Picture: Ruth Medjber

Life Premium

Festivals are back! Here’s your ultimate guide to the best events around Ireland this summer

Entertainment

Siobhan MacGowan in Dromineer, Co Tipperary. Photo: Paul McCarthy

Book News Premium

Siobhan MacGowan: ‘Shane has liked to walk on the wild side – but I get a high out of just life’

Elton John with his mother Sheila and stepfather Fred Farebrother at their apartment, London 1971. Photo: John Olson

Music Premium

Elton John: Not only still standing at 75 – but rocking a world tour

Billie Eilish is featured on Sound Exploder. Photo: Ian West/PA

Entertainment Premium

Podcast reviews: Hear, hear – audio dynamite that feels the noise

Conversations with Friends ensemble

TV Reviews Premium

TV adaptation of ‘Conversations with Friends’ is a dawdling disappointment

Joanna O'Hare. Photo Wolf Marloh

Theatre & Arts

Introducing musical actress Joanna O’Hare — from Phantom of the Opera to working with Mr Downton Abbey

Actor Moe Dunford pictured in Dungarvan Co. Waterford for People and Culture. Photo: Gerry Mooney

Movies Premium

Moe Dunford on navigating Hollywood and lockdowns: ‘We all act. It has been a Covid coping mechanism’

Travel

Bahia del Salado on La Graciosa

Europe Premium

The Canary Islands holiday guide – 8 amazing islands, but which is best for you?

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Travel News

Travel restrictions: Latest rules for Irish tourists heading on summer holidays to Spain, Portugal, USA, Italy, France and more destinations overseas

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Travel News

American tourist on €10k quote to rent car in Ireland: ‘Honestly I could ship my own car there and back’

The Old Weir Lodge in Killarney

Travel News

‘Classy place for the money’ – TripAdvisor names top hotels and B&Bs in Ireland for 2022

The Fab 50 for 2022 is here

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The Fab 50: The best places to stay in Ireland in 2022

Terence Cushnahan-Hardy at Glenlo Abbey in Galway, which is our readers' hotel of the year for 2022. Photo: Julia Dunin

Reader Travel Awards

Reader Travel Awards: Ireland's best beaches, hotels, B&Bs, campsites and pet-friendly stays named for 2022