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Fine Gael lead popularity contest on social media, with Leo Varadkar the most-followed cabinet TD
AstraZeneca lung cancer drug halves death risk from disease, landmark study finds
Retirement village ordered to refund €1,056 to resident following invalid rent increases
Mystery over father’s 50-year disappearance solved after news article
‘People say they won’t work for the weekend. They’ll wait until the weather changes’ – restaurateurs tell of staff shortage crisis
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Staffing ‘nightmare’ is biggest threat to the tourism industry as foreign visitors return
650,000 child benefit bonus payments of €100 to be made this month
Mayo hotter than Milan – as thousands enjoy bank holiday sunshine in Mediterranean weather
Bord Bia Bloom: How losing her job set one woman on the road to sweet success with cacao business
Monday is worst day of the week for serious heart attacks, study finds
‘We have reserved the first free pint for Taylor Swift’ – Iconic ‘Banshees of Inisherin’ pub restored to former glory in Co Galway
New courses provide pathway to a university degree for students who fell short in CAO race
Sister Isabelle Smyth (83) joins her first mini-marathon in Dublin as part of an interfaith women’s team raising money for Afghan athletes
It could be ‘curtains for fraudsters’ under new personal injury rules
‘People say they won’t work for the weekend. They’ll wait until the weather changes’ – restaurateurs tell of staff shortage crisis
Fine Gael lead popularity contest on social media, with Leo Varadkar the most-followed cabinet TD
AstraZeneca lung cancer drug halves death risk from disease, landmark study finds
The Irishman leading crisis response for people devastated by war, famine and climate change
Mystery over father’s 50-year disappearance solved after news article
Retirement village ordered to refund €1,056 to resident following invalid rent increases
Irish schoolboy Cillian O’Connor (14) finishes third in Britain’s Got Talent final
Weather Ireland: Today’s top temperatures revealed
Courts
Man threatened to petrol bomb garda’s house
Driver drank two bottles of wine and hit lamppost after row with partner
Jail for man who called gardaí ‘scumbags’
Paddy McKillen can turn street fighter to take on the sheikhs he says owe him a fortune
No charges for teacher accused of ‘punching and kicking’ primary school pupils
Ex-detective claims miscarriage of justice after spending 20 months in jail
Opinion
Asserting your core values is grand but Varadkar can’t afford a bad local election
Editorial: Coalition posturing is the last thing Ireland needs right now
Letters: We cannot allow conspiracies and lies to stand in the media
Lorraine Courtney: We need to embrace motherhood and end this culture of fear around having children
David Furnish: Bigotry is festering so Pride is now more important than ever
Shane Ross: Why the DAA must not be allowed buy the 260 acres beside Dublin Airport
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Dublin News
One man arrested as suspected cannabis, cocaine and MDMA seized by gardaí in Tallaght
VHI Women’s Mini Marathon: Over 20,000 take part the event in Dublin as sunshine and camaraderie make for a very special day
Road closures in place across Dublin as Bloom, Forbidden Fruit and Mini Marathon all taking place
VHI Mini Marathon: Race organisers share tips ahead of warm weather on race day
Plans for long-awaited 17km Dodder Greenway cycle route unveiled
Limited number of lifeguards on Dublin beaches as weekend temperatures soar
Local News
Sligo judge refuses jurisdiction in case of man accused of biting garda on the leg
Wicklow’s Rosarii Kinsella on the ‘magic’ of shared music and song – ‘Everybody can sing’
Drink-driving case dismissed at Kerry court after doctor puts wrong year on form
26-year-old man charged with murder of Catherine Henry in Dundalk
New lease of life for Pat Spillane’s pub as licence transferred from one footballing brother to another
Wicklow players, mentors and supporters not knowing rules a ‘huge contributor’ to aggressive attitudes
Seachtain
Caithfidh Cill Dara na deiseanna a ghlacadh
Dáithí Ó Sé: Ar nós Tubs, tá sos beag uaim ó rollchóstóir an tsaoil!
Gradam Speisialta na Moltóirí bronnta ar An Slipéar Gloine
Daonáireamh 2022: méadú 6% ar dhaoine a bhfuil Gaeilge acu
Ag tuar post nua: Painéal láithreoirí aimsire úra á chur le chéile ag TG4
Gráinne McElwain: Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta - féasta spóirt is bonn Uile-Éireann leis
Crime
Ex-detective claims miscarriage of justice after spending 20 months in jail
Five attackers of Navan schoolboy told gardaí their ‘victim had burned a Bible’
Teenage boy arrested on suspicion of trespassing into Leinster House
Garda facing prosecution over N7 pursuit of burglary gang is ‘in limbo’ as summons has yet to be issued
Serial offender Bill Kenneally went on hunger strike ahead of his trial on sex charges
‘I went from delivering milk to being forced to shove heroin through doors’
Politics
Obituary: David Haworth, veteran Brussels correspondent who decried Boris Johnson’s Brexit untruths
Pharmacists warn Health Minister Stephen Donnelly over ‘viability of providing services’
Jody Corcoran: Fine Gael’s €1,000 tax-cut stunt is greeted by a collective shrug
‘Jobs for the boys’ row as former Áras aide gets €223,000-a-year elections job
Why Charlie McConalogue is the farmers’ darling as he fights demands for herd reduction
Poll reveals Fine Gael’s tax-cut ‘kite’ has failed to fly for Leo Varadkar
Health
Pharmacists warn Health Minister Stephen Donnelly over ‘viability of providing services’
‘Promising’ trial for blood test to detect 50 types of cancer
‘Since Covid the work has exploded’ – GP must close practice to new patients for first time in 40 years
‘I will probably die before the HSE process is complete’ – terminally ill mother’s plea to access cancer drug
VHI Mini Marathon: Race organisers share tips ahead of warm weather on race day
Hospitals group admits personal and medical data from 1,066 patients was emailed by staff member to ‘unknown party’
Education
ASTI president Miriam Duggan dies following short illness
‘I’m closing one room every week due to staff shortages’ – crèche closures could hit thousands of families
Strategies to help students approach the Leaving Cert exams with confidence
Ex-Nphet member Prof Philip Nolan to lead new research and innovation funding agency
Drive to alter religious ethos in primary schools ‘hit by apathy’
University challenged: Anger as Limerick professors rue ‘reputational damage’ and students criticise bosses
News
Irish schoolboy Cillian O’Connor (14) finishes third in Britain’s Got Talent final
Weather Ireland: Today’s top temperatures revealed
File being prepared for Garda Youth Diversion Programme for teen who broke into Dáil Éireann
Longford engineer Patrick Carthy named Ireland’s Smartest winner on RTÉ quiz show
Manhunt underway for armed raider who threatened shop staff with knife
Army officer convicted of sexually assaulting female soldier to appeal military court ruling that he be dismissed
Endometriosis sufferers can seek treatment at centre in Romania
Newlyweds Joey Carbery and Robyn Flanagan share Marbella wedding pics
National conversation about assisted dying now vitally important, say experts
No hosepipe ban expected despite ‘high demand on supplies’, Irish Water confirms
Tramore Tennis Club in turmoil as friendships sundered over worker’s exit and revelation of coach’s theft conviction
RTÉ’s Tony Connelly: ‘Becoming a dad again in my 50s has been tough’
Peter Casey on ‘spectacularly unsuccessful’ Michael D Higgins, a second run for the presidency and pardoning Enoch Burke
‘I forgive them, but if I had a stick I’d give them a good lashing’ – New twist in the tale of the convicted fraudster, 40 cousins and will that's worth millions
Obituary: David Haworth, veteran Brussels correspondent who decried Boris Johnson’s Brexit untruths
Obituary: Michael Viney, ‘Another Life’ columnist who wrote era-defining journalism and comment
Paddy McKillen can turn street fighter to take on the sheikhs he says owe him a fortune
Exchequer loss as prized guns destroyed by Defence Forces
Pharmacists warn Health Minister Stephen Donnelly over ‘viability of providing services’
Brighid McLaughlin: Great transformer Graham Knuttel took a while to reveal himself to me
Painting by late artist Graham Knuttel sells for five times its estimate, just days after his death
Jody Corcoran: Fine Gael’s €1,000 tax-cut stunt is greeted by a collective shrug
‘Jobs for the boys’ row as former Áras aide gets €223,000-a-year elections job
Audit raises concern about source of cash in axed ‘golden visas’ scheme
Flaky business: cost of a 99 soars past €3 as ice-cream sellers blame inflation
Poll reveals Fine Gael’s tax-cut ‘kite’ has failed to fly for Leo Varadkar
Remains of Irishman were accidentally left on plane at Dublin Airport and sent back to Greece
Coast Guard search and rescue helicopter staff seek assurances over their jobs
No charges for teacher accused of ‘punching and kicking’ primary school pupils
University of Limerick head in U-turn on PAC silence over land deal probe
Ex-detective claims miscarriage of justice after spending 20 months in jail
IRA victims’ group calls on GAA to end ‘glorification’ of terror
Gayle Killilea on Graham Knuttel: ‘No matter how much I resented it, art was his wife and I was his mistress’
Firefighters strike: Local councils have no back-up plan in place for cover
Why Charlie McConalogue is the farmers’ darling as he fights demands for herd reduction
Five attackers of Navan schoolboy told gardaí their ‘victim had burned a Bible’
‘Highly sprung’ chair, non-closing window and broken fridge among problems highlighted with judges’ chambers
Teenage boy arrested on suspicion of trespassing into Leinster House
Charlie Bird greets crowds of well-wishers as he supports charity at Bloom festival
EXCLUSIVE | Poll shock for ‘toxic’ Greens as nearly half the public don’t want election until 2025
Garda facing prosecution over N7 pursuit of burglary gang is ‘in limbo’ as summons has yet to be issued
Barrister turns hero after defendant collapses in Kildare courtroom
LATEST | Sacked taxi driver denied bail as police say he is loyalist drug enforcer but defence says gun threat video ‘consensual’
Man’s conviction for harassing Quinn executive Kevin Lunney quashed
Barcelona police arrest ‘drunken’ man after Irish festivalgoer sexually assaulted
Serial offender Bill Kenneally went on hunger strike ahead of his trial on sex charges
Three injured after fire breaks out at chip van at Rory Gallagher festival in Co Donegal
BREAKING | Man dies following single vehicle collision in Co Offaly with road expected to remain closed for a number of hours
Ukrainian diary: ‘I’m 3,000km from Kyiv, but I can feel the bombardment’
Public transport fees should be cut further, says head of Government’s climate body