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Joe Brolly Opinion Great leaders inspire by their deeds, not by their words

Sam Walker, the editor of the sports section in The Wall Street Journal, is a sporting geek. He spent years researching what makes a great team tick, going back through a century of statistics and records. He eventually settled on a list of 16 teams that were, on all logical criteria, the greatest teams in history.

breaking Coronavirus Ireland: 68 new cases confirmed across five counties, no new deaths

'Extremely devastating' - staff and parents await test results after two cases of Covid-19 at creche

'I just wanted them to say they made a mistake' - mother of boy (12) awarded €20k in defamation case

Kildare factory to suspend operations for two weeks after 86 staff test positive for Covid-19

Paul Kimmage Opinion Can't turn back wheel of time

Large crowds of youths engage in brawl in Dublin docklands

Revealed: civil servant queried reopening delay

Sarah Caden Opinion Caroline Flack tragedy forces us to face up to female assault

'A great and sad loss to us all' - former Labour TD, MEP and Senator Brendan Halligan passes away, aged 84

Liam Collins Opinion Big Read: John Hume and the Sunday Independent - when the newspaper took on the Peacemaker

John Cradden Opinion The top employee perks that will benefit your bottom line

'If you kill someone, you have to pay - I owe it to Michaela to fight to the very last' - John McAreavey on his battle for justice

'Getting lost' among the complaints made about driving test

Revealed: US among Covid-19 hotspots on travel 'red list'

Body of man (50) discovered following attempted break in at Dublin house

Coast Guard rescue fallen man at Conor Pass Co. Kerry over weekend

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'Good news after all the madness' - lockdown baby on the way for Aoife and Gordon D'Arcy

Joe Brolly Opinion Great leaders inspire by their deeds, not by their words

'My daughter's chicken pox turned to sepsis and it's still haunting me'

All Ireland Under 12 winning musician plays "Farewell to London" as Fleadh 2020 goes virtual

Maureen O'Hara: The Irish Queen of Hollywood who did it her way

The new rules for dressing: what fashion looks like in the post-Covid world - Lia Hynes

Coronavirus: In Focus

Dr Gabriel Scally: 'Ireland's current coronavirus approach isn't fit for purpose - here's how we achieve zero-covid'

'Final straw' - adviser quits corona group over rise in cases

Coronavirus Q&A: Why was Phase 4 paused, when can we drink in wet pubs again and what is going on in Kildare, Laois and Offaly?

Prof Luke O'Neill: 'Zero-Covid - and how we can achieve it together'

John Hume

Will 'The Liberator' and 'The Uncrowned King' now be joined by 'The Peacemaker'?

Letter from the Editor: Hume vindicated by the hand of history

Eilis O'Hanlon Opinion The North belongs to Hume's critics as well

Máiría Cahill Opinion A giant whose legacy of peace and reconciliation will live forever

Dan O'Brien Opinion John Hume's island of inclusiveness has yet to be achieved

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Eoghan Corry Opinion Timahoe is the Typhoid Mary of Ireland, and it's all Dublin's fault as usual...

Decade of heartache in hunt for Michaela McAreavey's murderers

'Harry made the difficult decision to ask for help - and we feel he was let down'

Healthcare crisis: Understaffing, 90-hour working weeks and burnout - the challenges facing Irish doctors

'I tried to take over the world but illness taught me that health is the only wealth that really matters'

The story of why a referee was forced to hide in the boot of a car after a GAA match

Paul Kimmage Opinion Can't turn back wheel of time

Eamonn Sweeney Opinion Instead of fixating on the numbers at matches we should just bask in the pleasure of watching them

Pat Spillane Opinion What drives me mad is how NPHET and the government are handling the Covid pandemic

Dermot Gilleece Opinion Luck can triumph over technique

Ireland's hopes of Major glory fade as Lowry and McIlroy fail to make ground at US PGA

The Big Tech Show: Go big or go home, how to raise millions abroad

The Real Health Podcast: What if you had a second chance at life? Brian Pennie’s tips for living life on your terms

The Floating Voter: 'Some of the comments on social media were mortifying, but the family think it's fantastic'

The Big Tech Show: The great media paywall debate

Eoghan Harris Opinion Hume's noble work for peace has cost us a high political price

Larissa Nolan Opinion O'Malley report is a reset for handling of sex crimes, with fairness at its heart

Jody Corcoran Opinion A tale of two Taoisigh: 'What is Varadkar minister for again?'

We welcome TikTok as Trump tries to ban it

Culture wars in western world a mirror image of those up North

Flack tragedy forces us to face up to female assault

Six-year-old autistic boy from Kinsale finishes cycle challenge to raise money for charity

Coast Guard rescue fallen man at Conor Pass Co. Kerry over weekend

Lebanon minister resigns in wake of deadly Beirut blast

All Ireland Under 12 winning musician plays "Farewell to London" as Fleadh 2020 goes virtual

Large crowds of youths engage in brawl in Dublin docklands

From mountaintops to trains: The highs and lows of my breastfeeding journey

Break from the norm: How to staycation like an Irish celebrity

Fine dining: How to perfect the art of the tablescape

From seaweed walks to oyster shucking, hands-on foodie adventures are on the rise

Tipping point: Why cash is still king when saying 'thanks' for good service

Mind your manners: Etiquette rules for pandemic socialising

Prince Harry says social media stoking 'crisis of hate'

Caroline Flack took her own life after discovering that she would face assault trial, coroner rules

The Big Read: Is there a place for celebrity culture queens The Kardashians in the new normal?

Katie Byrne Opinion As a powerful woman, the Ellen backlash was inevitable

Fashion feast: Beyoncé's new album is a gift to fashionistas

'We'll always regret it' - Ryan Reynolds 'apologises unreservedly' for wedding at former slave plantation

'Hackney had some amazing characters back in the early 1980s - we used to go to a very Irish pub' - Idris Elba

The Nothing Man: An intelligent thriller where true crime becomes fiction

€30,000 clip to lure 'Normal People' fans to Ireland

Fresh perspectives on life and death across the century

Innovation and evolution: 10 playlets for lockdown theatre

Booker Prize nominee Colum McCann focused on breaking down barriers - one word at a time

Forget Center Parcs - Ireland's newest forest retreat gives cabin fever a whole new meaning