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Scene of the road accident on Amiens Street and inset Derek 'Del Boy' Hutch

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Derek ‘Del Boy’ Hutch did u-turn before crash that left Ukrainian woman with serious head injuries

A Garda Ombudsman investigation has been launched into a motorbike collision on Dublin’s Amiens Street that left a Ukrainian refugee in a serious condition in hospital.

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Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp acknowledges fans as he walks past the trophy and collects his runners up medal after the match. REUTERS/Lee Smith

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Eamonn Sweeney Opinion Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool follow PSG, Chelsea and City in wondering what might have been

‘Russia is a country that lies on an industrial scale’: Former diplomat Cormac Smith

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Meet the former Irish bobsleigh star helping Ukraine’s information war

Marina Hrabar Photo: IrishPhotoDesk.ie

Courts

Dublin Airport alert after Ukrainian refugee (47) got onto plane without boarding pass

Digital apps can help partners improve communication and deal with conflict

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Marcelo of Real Madrid lifts the UEFA Champions League Trophy. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

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Inspired Thibaut Courtois denies Liverpool as Vinicius Junior goal seals 14th Champions League for Real Madrid

Thick black smoke rises from a fire on a yacht, at Torquay harbour Photo: Mike Trower/Handout via REUTERS

Britain

€7m superyacht goes up in flames in harbour

Passengers inside Dublin Airport. Photo: Collins

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Inside the chaos at Dublin Airport: ‘We’re dealing with crowds the size of an Ed Sheeran gig every day’

Johnny Sexton of Leinster holds his head as he walks past the Heineken Champions Cup. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Champions Cup

Last-gasp heartbreak for Leinster as Ronan O'Gara leads La Rochelle to Champions Cup glory

Paddy McKillen

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Olympian Ronnie Delany’s son ‘collateral damage’ in hotel group row involving a tycoon and a king

Jennifer Donnelly (41) is charged with assault causing harm

Courts

Passenger ‘tore hair from woman on bus’, court told

Sheelagh Stubbs pushes her son Owen down a set of steps in his wheelchair

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Parents of wheelchair user in protest after builders turn path to local bus stop into ‘impossible’ flight of stairs

Children pay their respects at a memorial site for the victims killed in this week's elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas Photo: AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills

World News

Texas shooting: Gunman’s mother says he had ‘reasons for what he did’ and begs victims for forgiveness

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

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe. Photograph: Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Bloomberg

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Final warnings to 10,000 firms as Revenue acts on tax warehousing

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Match preview: Champions League final

Mario Rosenstock performs as Christy Moore to celebrate Late Late Show 60th anniversary

Orange Order march in Belfast streets on Northern Ireland centenary

Time-lapse as Stade de France gets ready for Champions League Final

Donald Trump says Texas shooter will 'burn in the fires of hell' as he hails 'wonderful' NRA

Ukraine Crisis

Volodymyr, Olena and Vlad (4) Zverov. Photo courtesy of Zverov family.

Irish News Premium

Gallery From Cork and Kyiv- A married couple separated by war write their stories of Ireland and Ukraine

Diary of a Ukrainian refugee: ‘I’m back with my family for the first time in months’

Long-range weapons ‘vital’ to Ukraine as Russia making ‘palpable progress’ in Donbas - Boris Johnson

Play Jurgen Klopp dedicates Champions League final to the people of Ukraine

West considers letting Russian oligarchs buy way out of sanctions

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'Your friends may be able to spot patterns and behaviour that can be difficult to identify when you are wrapped up in romance'

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Asking for a friend: ‘I’ve just had a break-up after four years and don’t like being single. Are my friends right that it’s too soon to start dating?’

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Dublin players celebrate with the Delaney Cup after the Leinster GAA Football Senior Championship final. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Gaelic Football

Five-star Dublin stun Kildare with first half blitz to seal 12th consecutive Leinster title

From left, Anson Boon as John Lyndon, Louis Partridge as Sid Vicious, Toby Wallace as Steve Jones, Jacob Slater as Paul Cook. Photo by Rebecca Brenneman/FX

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‘Playing The Sex Pistols felt like time travel’: meet the cast of Danny Boyle’s new Disney+ series Pistol

Sive's We Begin in Darkness is out now

Music

‘Sometimes music’s the only thing that lifts people out of themselves’: songwriter Sive on community music and working with dementia-inclusive choirs

Actor and director Aaron Monaghan. Photo: Ste Murray

Theatre & Arts

Aaron Monaghan: ‘I identify a lot of the time with Batman. There’s a resolve, and a patience, and a determination there...’

Vladimir Putin and Conor McGregor

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exclusive Conor McGregor criticised by Ukrainian President Zelensky over photo op with Vladimir Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was critical of mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor during a meeting with senior Irish politicians.

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Pól Ó Conghaile Opinion 2023 and me – why I’m punting the Big Holiday to next year

Weekend Magazine

Finders Keepers Waterford

Life Premium

Little shops of treasures: 75 best independent shops in Ireland

You can’t miss Marrowbone Books. This bright, yellow shopfront sticks out like a cool thumb among the other terraces of The Coombe, its window stacked with themed titles. Inside, the shelves are stocked to the gills with second-hand books, the excess in piles on top of the bookcases.

The Panorama Bistro & Terrace at The Montenotte

Hotel Reviews

Hotel Review: This classy Cork hotel could be on track for five stars

These space savers will help you pack light for your holiday getaway

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My preflight beauty checklist for handy holiday essentials

Amber Heard attends Johnny Depp's defamation case against her, at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse, Virginia. Picture: Jim Watson/Reuters

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Ellen Coyne Opinion The Amber Heard hate campaign is being called the end of #MeToo, but Irish defamation law means the movement never even got started here

Salamanca Cathedral from the Tormes river

Europe Premium

A secret slice of Spain – my drive to three cities in Castilla y León

Salvias & irises are great additions to a garden border

Home & Garden Premium

Diarmuid Gavin’s guide to designing a beautiful border

Opinion & Analysis

Roy Keane chats to boss Mick McCarthy during training before the Saipan fallout. Photo by David Maher / Sportsfile

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Ian O'Doherty Opinion Saipan still sets us off 20 years on – and I know the real reason why

A health worker gives a girl a Covid test in Beijing, China

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Richard Curran Opinion The normality delusion: Why we cannot just pick up where we left off pre-Covid

Prime Minister Boris Johnson chats with residents during a visit to a care home as Britain prepares for Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee next month. Photo: Getty Images

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Sarah Carey Opinion We need to take a close look underneath the skin of the two faces of Boris Johnson

In America today, the unthinkable is now expected

Michelle Norris

Race to collect medals sucks the life out of sport’s true goal to keep us healthy, happy and sane

Kathy Donaghy

Turkey’s objection to Sweden and Finland threatens Nato credibility

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

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Ukrainian woman fighting for life after Dublin road collision involving Derek ‘Del Boy’ Hutch

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

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

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

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The Indo Daily Select: Killer Graham Dwyer’s bid for freedom

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The Indo Daily

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

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

An LED screen inside the stadium shows kick off has been delayed prior to the UEFA Champions League final match between Liverpool FC and Real Madrid at Stade de France. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

Champions League

Chaos at Stade de France as Champions League final kick-off delayed by 30 minutes for ‘security reasons’

Dublin players celebrate with the Delaney Cup after the Leinster GAA Football Senior Championship final. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Gaelic Football

Five-star Dublin stun Kildare with first half blitz to seal 12th consecutive Leinster title

Sean O’Shea of Kerry lifts the cup after the Munster SFC final win over Limerick at Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney. Photo by Diarmuid Greene/Sportsfile

Gaelic Football

Kerry secure 83rd Munster title with facile 23-point win over Limerick

Hugo Keenan of Leinster Rugby leaves the field looking dejected after the final whistle. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Champions Cup

Champions Cup final: How Leinster’s players rated in heartbreaking La Rochelle defeat

James Smith of Cavan in action against Adam Lynch of Down during the Tailteann Cup match at Kingspan Breffni Park. Photo: Oliver McVeigh/Sportsfile

Gaelic Football

Tailteann Cup round-up: Wins for Cavan, Leitrim and Fermanagh while Sligo need extra-time to shake London off

Kildare star Daniel Flynn will be hoping to capitalise on Dublin's fall to Division 2 this year by winning the county's first Leinster title in over two decades. Photo: Sportsfile

Gaelic Football Premium

Daniel Flynn – the ultimate YouTube sensation, now striving to become Lilywhite linkman to rediscovered glory

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

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This is why I hate to love The Kardashians

Triona McCarthy

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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'

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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’

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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