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New TV licence plus taxpayer top-up is favoured option for RTÉ cash crisis
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‘He made a real impact’ – Damien Duff hails ‘fitter’ Shane Farrell as Shels turn focus to Derry’s ‘footballing gods’
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‘It became a bit of a basketball game which they like’ – Rovers boss Stephen Bradley frustrated by Bohemians draw
11:00
Book of Kells barricaded ‘indefinitely’ until demands are met, Trinity College students say as they erect protest camp
10:39
Bank Holiday weather: Plenty of sunshine but rain on the way for some areas before settled conditions next week
09:51
Jim Ratcliffe in withering attack on standards of cleanliness at Old Trafford and Manchester United’s training HQ
09:50
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‘He said he was taking my baby and had a plan for her’ – mother tells of attempted abduction of toddler outside home
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‘My tent is gone so I will have to wander the streets’ – migrants tell of their struggles after Mount Street ‘homes’ were dismantled
Celebrity
Bryan Dobson: ‘Enda Kenny said do nothing for six months… That sounds like pretty good advice’
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Irish men on their porn addiction: ‘You end up seeing women as objects’
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Book of Kells barricaded ‘indefinitely’ until demands are met, Trinity College students say as they erect protest camp
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Woman (80s) seriously injured along with two family members after alleged hatchet attack
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Northampton’s slick attack to provide Leinster’s blitz defence with one of its biggest tests yet
Irish News
Ireland’s immigration figures: how many asylum-seekers are coming here via the Border?
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‘I made friends for life’ – Iraqi refugee and Leitrim hurler Zak Moradi on his GAA journey
Britain
Tories lose almost half of their councillors in local elections, but one result gives UK prime minister Rishi Sunak solace
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‘I wanted to get back to my happy self,’ says FG councillor Maurice Dockrell, who lost over six stone
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Charlie Weston: Residential Tenancies Board shows no urgency in tackling blatant breaches of rent caps
Personal Finance
Blow for borrowers as ECB ‘to limit number of rate cuts this year’
Latin America
Beauty queen shot dead in Ecuador after photo of meal she shared to Instagram led killers to restaurant
Gaelic Football
Philly McMahon: Deference to David Clifford is only natural but it might be holding Kerry back
Irish News
Four sites for cluster of powerful offshore wind farms off the south coast revealed
Courts
Judge tells atheist father to bring son ‘in good order and not upset’ to mother for first communion ceremony
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Love, loss, Shelbourne and the Stardust fire
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Behind the scenes: A 1930s ex-council house in Cabra gets a family-friendly, open-plan renovation
GAA
GAA Preview - 3rd May 2024
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Dublin dance group appeals for support to represent Ireland at The Dance World Cup finals
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‘It’s like another voice living within your body,’ says woman battling anorexia half her life
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‘Winning Eurovision was like in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ when everything goes from black and white to colour’
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New TV licence plus taxpayer top-up is favoured option for RTÉ cash crisis
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With or without them? The powerhouse women behind the U2 juggernaut
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‘He said he was taking my baby and had a plan for her’ – mother tells of attempted abduction of toddler outside home
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‘My tent is gone so I will have to wander the streets’ – migrants tell of their struggles after Mount Street ‘homes’ were dismantled
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Johann Hari: ‘Six months into taking Ozempic, I was losing loads of weight but I felt quite emotionally muted. Not depressed but a bit flat’
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Conor O’Brien of Villagers: ‘We’re seeing extremely tribalistic thinking from all sides’
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Teaching kids how to manage their communion money is a key life lesson
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Rick O’Shea: The new book I’ll recommend to everyone I meet... and more poets who write stunning prose
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Influencer James Kavanagh: ‘Since getting a hair transplant, I can walk around windy streets with confidence’
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‘Ireland’s songs just haven’t stood out’ – Eurovision entrant Bambie Thug on our six-year losing streak and their determination to end it
Champions Cup
Big-match preview: This is no ordinary Champions Cup semi-final so Leinster must deal with the sense of occasion at Croke Park
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Johann Hari: ‘Six months into taking Ozempic, I was losing loads of weight but I felt quite emotionally muted. Not depressed but a bit flat’
The Glass Curtain review: ‘Cashel Blue in my martini and jambons for starters – this buzzy Cork spot is pure class’
A lion tamer, the inventor of goggles and the woman at the centre of the cemetery’s largest fraud – meet Glasnevin’s lesser-known residents
Suave Soave: The off-radar Italian white rebuilding its reputation
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Style Notes: Lennon Courtney’s new collection at Kilkenny Design and Fran + Jane marks 21st birthday
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Britain
Tories lose almost half of their councillors in local elections, but one result gives UK prime minister Rishi Sunak solace
Britain
‘Eunuch maker’ claims his marriage split drove him to mutilate dozens of men as well as himself
Europe
Berlin region is looking for someone to take Goebbels’ villa off its hands
Europe
Germany accuses Russia of cyber attack
North America
Former Trump aide tells his ‘hush money’ trial he told her to deny he had affair with porn star
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Democrat and his wife charged after probe into Azerbaijan ‘bribery’
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Beauty queen shot dead in Ecuador after photo of meal she shared to Instagram led killers to restaurant
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Sarah Carey: Guaranteed Irish gives us reasons to be cheerful in a world where quality counts
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Billy Keane: Great music, optimism, making friends in Low Places and no mention of Trump – Nashville, I’ll be back
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John Downing: Despite setbacks, French language watchdog keeps up the fight
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Louise McSharry: The kids want co-ed, so why are so many Irish schools still single sex?
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Richard Curran: After all the trash talk about migrant border issue, the Tories know our fates are intertwined
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Galit Alstein: Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu faces split cabinet as ceasefire dilemma deepens
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‘It wouldn’t be right to screen Eurovision in my bar’ – why Panti Bliss is boycotting contest over Israel
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Retired judge fails to block ‘outrageous’ five-storey apartment scheme
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Northampton’s slick attack to provide Leinster’s blitz defence with one of its biggest tests yet
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‘He made a real impact’ – Damien Duff hails ‘fitter’ Shane Farrell as Shels turn focus to Derry’s ‘footballing gods’
Premier League
Jim Ratcliffe in withering attack on standards of cleanliness at Old Trafford and Manchester United’s training HQ
Gaelic Football
Philly McMahon: Deference to David Clifford is only natural but it might be holding Kerry back
Champions Cup
Big-match preview: This is no ordinary Champions Cup semi-final so Leinster must deal with the sense of occasion at Croke Park
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‘It became a bit of a basketball game which they like’ – Rovers boss Stephen Bradley frustrated by Bohemians draw
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124ac of ancient Farney farmland guided at €1.8m
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Richard Hackett: How the spirit of Food Vision for Tillage can save our sector
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UK sheep farmers question their future after worst lambing season on record
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Dublin dance school ‘over the moon’ after hitting fundraising target for World Cup
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Dublin’s iconic Poolbeg Towers to be painted this year
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Man (20s) arrested for alleged attempt to abduct toddler in Dublin city centre
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Tánaiste says he is ‘delighted’ that Irish-Palestinian man Zak Hania will be reunited with family in Dublin after being trapped in Rafah
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Trinity fines students’ union €214k over Book of Kells blockade
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American lady mugged in Kerry thanks public for support following frightening ordeal
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Staff at Longford disabilities provider to begin work-to-rule over incremental pay row
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Wexford mother (41) passes away following medical emergency at her home
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95-year-old Kerry nun determined not to let hospital visit stop her marking milestone moment
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Delight of new skiff for Wicklow rowing club marred by 11-year wait for home
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Tipperary election candidate Jacqui Kinahan Finnan suffers heart attack – but will return to campaign trail
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The Indo Daily: A shock-jock, the Eurovision host and the Rose of Tralee – Ireland’s influx of ‘celeb’ political candidates
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‘Winning Eurovision was like in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ when everything goes from black and white to colour’
Music
With or without them? The powerhouse women behind the U2 juggernaut
TV News
‘Ireland’s songs just haven’t stood out’ – Eurovision entrant Bambie Thug on our six-year losing streak and their determination to end it
Celebrity
Bryan Dobson: ‘Enda Kenny said do nothing for six months… That sounds like pretty good advice’
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A lion tamer, the inventor of goggles and the woman at the centre of the cemetery’s largest fraud – meet Glasnevin’s lesser-known residents
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Kevin Spacey denies fresh allegations to be aired in new documentary next week
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Asking for a friend: I’m in a situationship with a guy but I’ve caught feelings and want us to be exclusive and he doesn’t. Will he change his mind?
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Influencer James Kavanagh: ‘Since getting a hair transplant, I can walk around windy streets with confidence’
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Ash Self: I’m young, vibrant, disabled – why wouldn’t I be having sex?
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Olivia Petter: The sexist AI app that shows just how bad dating is right now
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Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas spotted filming new movie in Dublin
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Tanya Sweeney: Why wouldn’t Margot Robbie be bridesmaid at her friend’s wedding? Talk of her ‘upstaging’ the bride is weird
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From Titanic to the age of TikTok – Irish travel agent to close after 113 years
Health & Wellbeing
Johann Hari: ‘Six months into taking Ozempic, I was losing loads of weight but I felt quite emotionally muted. Not depressed but a bit flat’
Health Features
‘I’m 43 with a three-month-old and a three-year-old. Take the average lifespan, what milestones would I miss?’ – Cardiologist Dr Paddy Barrett
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‘Don’t worry, the doors lock from the inside’ – check into a hotel in a former jail
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Modern Morals: My daughter's friend wears makeup and clothes I think they're too young for. Should I talk to her mum?
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Stung by the criticism of ‘Rattle and Hum’, U2 retreated to this Galway hideaway to write Achtung Baby. It can be yours for €895,000
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Celtic crosses and totem poles – ‘I hadn’t expected the two places to feel connected like this’
Ireland
From Titanic to the age of TikTok – Irish travel agent to close after 113 years
World
‘Don’t worry, the doors lock from the inside’ – check into a hotel in a former jail
Ireland
The Fab 50 – Ireland’s 50 best places to stay for 2024
Europe
Beat the heat: 10 ‘cool’ European destinations to visit in summer 2024
Ireland
‘It’s an honest price – we’ve no reason to charge another €10 or €15 for B&B just because we can’
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Woman accused of dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm
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Irish men on their porn addiction: ‘You end up seeing women as objects’
03:30
Irish News
‘I made friends for life’ – Iraqi refugee and Leitrim hurler Zak Moradi on his GAA journey
03:30
Courts
Son of Blanchardstown shooting victim Jason Hennessy faces dangerous driving charge
03:30
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‘My tent is gone so I will have to wander the streets’ – migrants tell of their struggles after Mount Street ‘homes’ were dismantled
03:30
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‘I’ll miss them terribly’ – Bryan Dobson speaks of his colleagues as he retires from RTÉ after 37-year career
22:55
Irish News
Family of six, including four children, rescued at Lambay Island after boat got stuck on rocks
22:47
Irish News
South of Ireland remains most popular destination for domestic trips, new survey shows
21:54
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Journalist denies article about jailed schoolteacher Enoch Burke was ‘bag of lies’ and insists she exercised ‘due diligence’
21:22
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Tánaiste says he is ‘delighted’ that Irish-Palestinian man Zak Hania will be reunited with family in Dublin after being trapped in Rafah
19:18
Politics
Sinn Féin tell investors they can ‘tame’ Far Right movement
18:47
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Soc Dems ‘strongly reject’ claim by Israeli Ambassador that deselected candidate faced ‘discrimination’ because of nationality
18:30
Courts
Protester who reversed truck into gates of Russian embassy in Dublin not guilty of dangerous driving
17:30
Courts
Judge tells atheist father to bring son ‘in good order and not upset’ to mother for first communion ceremony
17:27
Crime
Three women injured in ‘hatchet attack’ in Dundalk housing estate
16:40
Analysis
Ellen Coyne: Political rhetoric on migrants has shifted from compassion to a focus on firm rules
03:30
Comment
Home Truths: Henry Ford’s newly-restored ‘Neverland’, with its stolen Irish hearthstone, is a window into a megalomaniac’s obsession with houses
03:30
Comment
Tanya Sweeney: As I slapped on a HRT patch to ease my perimenopause symptoms, I felt as old as Peig Sayers
03:30
Editorial
Editorial: Concerted efforts are needed to address problems at University Hospital Limerick
03:30
Letters
Letters: Improve public services to avoid resentment over the arrival of immigrants
03:30
Comment
Olive Heffernan: Ocean conservation figures suggest a big success story, but the truth tells a sorry tale
03:30
Comment
JJ Clarke: JFK showed us that in this impatient and trigger-happy world, non-reaction is often the best approach
03:30
Comment
Jose Andres: Why World Central Kitchen is returning to Gaza despite aid workers’ deaths
03:30
Comment
Philip Ryan: Mount Street tent eviction part of Government’s plan to shift immigration narrative from housing to law and order
03:30
Letters
Letters: There is much to learn still from philosophers whose words are so often twisted
03:30
Analysis
Immigration is an EU-wide issue, but a collective approach to finding solutions is proving elusive
03:30
Comment
Petula Dvorak: Time to review forgotten art of policing demonstrations
03:30
Comment
Ishaan Tharoor: Joe Biden’s Middle East peace plan cannot ignore the Palestinians
03:30
Comment
Mary McCarthy: We owed men of ‘tent city’ protection and dignity, but to our shame we provided neither
03:30
Comment
Ellen Coyne: Refugee eyesores? We seem to be losing sight of the fact people are at the centre of this crisis
03:30
Personal Finance
4,000 Ulster Bank mortgages bought up by non-bank lender
11:19
Business
Pace of expansion slows but services sector continues to grow
03:30
Personal Finance
Huge slump in number of mortgages drawn down as switching falls off cliff
03:30
Business
‘People fear they’ll never own where they live – now our employees own where they work’ – Irish firm pioneering worker ownership model
03:30
World Business
TikTok cuts deal to bring back music by Drake, Rihanna and Bob Dylan
03:30
Irish Business
Retired judge fails to block ‘outrageous’ five-storey apartment scheme
03:30
Personal Finance
From dodgy boxes to illegal cigarettes: One in four Irish people say they buy black market products
03:30
Media
Irish Times buys funeral notice platform RIP.ie
20:21
Irish Business
Pharma executive challenges firm’s disciplinary process over allegations of unwanted sexual advances towards female colleague at Christmas party
18:48
Irish Business
AIB shareholders vote to buy back €1bn taxpayer stake
16:49
Business
Mannok margins rebound as energy investments start to pay off
15:37
Technology
Apple working to fix issue causing some iPhone alarms to not play sound
11:12
Irish Business
Grafton Group’s quarterly sales slip following price deflation and wet weather
09:58
Irish Business
AIB sees total income rise 18pc in higher interest rate environment
09:36
Irish Business
Home builder Glenveagh's forward order book rises to €963m
09:08
Ladies Football
Sinéad Goldrick is grateful for chance to don Dublin jersey once again
03:30
Horse Racing
State Man rises to occasion on another record-breaking day for Willie Mullins
03:30
Champions Cup
Big-match preview: This is no ordinary Champions Cup semi-final so Leinster must deal with the sense of occasion at Croke Park
03:30
Horse Racing
Wayne Bailey: City of Troy is a worthy favourite for 2,000 Guineas but Notable Speech can land a place
03:30
Rugby
‘I was lucky I had a bit more belly because I didn’t feel it as much’ – Billy Vunipola on his tasering
03:30
Soccer
‘Our presence is a message we are still here as a people’ – Palestinian players on daily trauma ahead of Dublin date
03:30
Champions Cup
Fin Smith – the Northampton out-half with potential to be a perfect 10
03:30
Hurling
‘Keith Rossiter is right for the job. He’s hurling-mad’ – Billy Byrne backs manager as Wexford reach crossroads
03:30
Leinster Rugby
It’s a sick obsession. It’s heart-breaking – James Lowe on his sometimes difficult relationship with the Champions Cup
03:30
Horse Racing
Michael Verney: Willie Mullins’ mares to do the business as Punchestown comes to a close
03:30
Soccer
How Kieran McKenna guided Ipswich Town to the brink of the Premier League
03:30
Premier League
Mikel Arteta wants to keep Gabriel Jesus and Jorghinho at Arsenal
03:30
League of Ireland
Galway United survive late Derry City rally to claim vital point
23:34
Horse Racing
Patrick Mullins: Ashroe looks the Diamond in the field for final day of Punchestown
23:27
Premier League
Elijah Adebayo earns Luton valuable point against Everton with superb equaliser
23:18