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Mark Rylance on his unlikely road to Hollywood stardom, and why Brits love an underdog
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Building firms funded through Immigrant Investor Programme insolvent
Trinity Homes was building social housing for local authorities and housing charity
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Restaurant critic Corinna Hardgrave shares her favourite food outlets to keep you covered
‘A fine journalist of the old school’: Independent’s Dave Halloran dies aged 79
Tributes pour in for former deputy group news editor after sudden death
Kevin McStay: Outdated and inadequate championship structure simply has to go
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British army to be cut to 72,500 troops by 2025
Defence strategy review signals shift towards cyberwarfare and drones
On the Ball, Off the Wall – Frank McNally on the mysterious origins of a Dublin phrase
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Commission dealt with 1.3m documents and held 195 hearings
Report from body states that its conclusions ‘may not accord with prevailing narrative’
TV View: Proper Irish wake for Big Jack, the man who gave the nation notions
Laughter and tears in equal measure as former Ireland manager fondly remembered
Restaurants on coronavirus: ‘The phone rang today with another group of 45 cancelling’
There is no official advice against eating out. Please don't desert us, owners plead
Seán Moran: Election fever a reminder of the GAA's fertile political soil
Engagement with Gaelic games has proved a potent tonic across the political spectrum
Brexit detail is key to NI commerce, business leader warns
John Healy fears exit uncertainty and Stormont deficit will harm North’s economy
Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody and cricketer Eoin Morgan on queen’s honours list
Classical music group The Priests, and members of PSNI included in awards
John Healy of The Restaurant: My easy roast chicken is a big hit at home
Daily Dish: If you want to ramp it up a bit, swap in sweet potato and roast carrots and parsnip with onion, garlic and mixed herbs and honey
Search for missing Cork fisherman Kodie Healy resumes
Wreckage thought to be vessel used by young fisherman found on Carbery Island
Table for one: The rise of the solo diner in Irish restaurants
Dining alone is a growing trend, a true test of hospitality and the list of wines by the glass
No-deal Brexit anxiety mounts for Northern Irish businesses
‘The people who say “no-deal, no problem”, I say to them “no-deal, big problem” ’
Dark days in Donegal as fatal crash leaves communities shattered
As funerals of four young victims took place, prayers were offered that people would ‘exercise extreme care on the road’
UK politicians risking a catastrophic new Brexit accident
Parliamentary indecision could inadvertently force the UK from the EU with no deal
Brexit an ‘ever more ominous threat’ for North warns business leader
‘Firms are still in the dark as to what trading conditions they will face’ says Allstate MD
Northern Secretary sticks by Theresa May and draft deal
Business leaders in Belfast tell Karen Bradley ‘any deal is better than no deal’
How Dev almost lost the 1966 presidential election
FG blue blood Tom O’Higgins’s campaign nearly derailed Éamon de Valera’s Áras run
Why I Love . . . yoga retreats
For John Healy, yoga helps counteract his intense work life having returned after surgery
Seán Lemass tapes: Britain sought to ‘destroy’ Common Market
Seán Lemass on . . . the British, colleagues, world leaders . . .
Fintan O’Toole: Abortion issue creates and sustains tribal politics
In 1983, the conservative Catholic John Healy could also be a staunch opponent of the Eighth Amendment
Fintan O’Toole: The problem isn’t the SCU. It’s Leo Varadkar
The Taoiseach prefers strategic communications to communicating a strategy
Chuck Feeney: the billionaire who gave it all away
Philanthropist lives modestly in rented apartment after giving away $8bn fortune
Achill Island brewery placed into provisional liquidation
High Court hears the decision was made because it no longer had insurance and ‘electricity was about to be turned off due to non-payment of debts’
John Bruton: Liam Cosgrave put country before politics
Unconventional politician prepared to take great risks on issues he believed in
John Bruton: Liam Cosgrave put country before politics
Unconventional politician prepared to take great risks on issues he believed in
Judge with radical edge may take Supreme Court in new direction
Analysis: Ruadhán MacCormaic on what new chief justice Frank Clarke will bring to role
Jobstown trial garda: Paul Murphy ‘smiling and chuckling’
Garda tells court he was verbally abused for helping woman who stumbled
Celebrity MasterChef: Tell me why they don't like Mundy's - singer exits the stage
There is no chorus sung, but the singer definitely has the last word in the kitchen
Rural Ireland plan is so ambitious it is hard to take seriously
New three-year plan contains too many commitments and not enough priorities
Couple died after their car drifted to wrong side of road, inquest hears
Con and Mary McCarthy died within minutes of each other in crash near Mallow
Another Life: ‘The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago; the second-best is now’
With the sycamore taking over, it is time to get less random about what trees we plant
Action against children’s hospital over vein removal settled
Jake Callaghan (18), claimed misdiagnosis detected during surgery was serious error
Death of Progressive Democrats founding member Bobby Molloy
Former Galway West TD and Fianna Fáil minister dies aged 80
Ploughing championships’ popularity belies rural decline
Population fall and a lack of services are taking a huge toll on rural communities
Happy homecoming for families at Knock airport
Anxious wait for relatives as flights arrive from England bearing much-missed loved ones
Bid to reunite owners with stolen items worth €150,000
Ten boats, 74 outboard engines and a caravan among property found during searches
Pay reductions see some gardaí ‘sleeping in their cars’
Garda Representative Association conference told gardaí want ‘a living wage’
Villiers to promote Northern Ireland at London business event
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors hosting the at headquarters
Pricewatch reader queries: My grandson feeds the meter but still gets electricity bills
Plus: complaints about Yourtel lead to ComReg action
Irish Heart Foundation advises cutting alcohol
Most Irish people vastly underestimate how much they drink, according to a Health Research Board report
Neary warns of double standards over respect for religions
Archbishop says people seem to feel free to say whatever they want about Christianity
Dynamic force over many decades in Irish regional press
Jim McGuire: June 30th, 1928 – May 20th, 2014
GRA calls for more availability of Taser guns for gardaí
Conference hears 1,000 attacks carried out on officers each year
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