Mark Whelan (45) accused over death of father-to-be Noel Whelan in his 20s

Gardaí do not believe killing linked to feuding in west Dublin

Newstalk host is at his most logical during spirited encounter, while Vicky Phelan tells her story to the world in BBC documentary

Organisers say leading by example will ‘allow everyone the opportunity to prosper’

Handmade pieces from a Waterford workshop are inspired by nature

Circumnavigation of tricky issues no longer necessary as US president’s trip called off

Commentator and barrister Noel Whelan confirms he will not stand as candidate

‘We have a good president and it is likely he will be re-elected’

Varadkar may ask councillors to facilitate only ‘truly Independent’ candidates

Taoiseach: Issue of allowing councillors facilitate candidates into race yet to be decided

SF is the only party to challenge Michael D Higgins for office of president

Painting of all female members of Oireachtas marks centenary of women’s suffrage

Interview: The Twitter Ireland MD on trolls, fake accounts and referendum advertising

Together for Yes event hears how woman’s daughter was to avoid pregnancy due to illness

Campaigners warn about dangers of ineligible voting in abortion referendum

Gareth White given suspended sentence for forging bank statements at credit unions

Judge who sentenced ex-sports coach seemed ‘vengeful’, lawyers tell Court of Appeal

The former taoiseach dispensed with wisdom at the Kennedy Summer School

Passage of important legislation has had to play second fiddle to Shane Ross’s pet project

Pat Leahy: Leo Varadkar has to break the mould to emulate Blair and Macron

Ranieri had best team last season, not the best players – this time he has neither

Almost 8,000 banned motorists still driving; extra hospital beds to open; Ballaghaderreen to house refugees

Reforms must break the stranglehold of politicians and the legal profession over the process of employing judges

Seán Dunne’s €58m house, teachers’ strike, OCI is ‘opaque’, world’s largest marine park created

Garda Commissioner tells Kennedy Summer School of need for change in the force

Bus strikes; EU tax; North Korea nuclear test; Rio ticket scandal; Eighth Amendment

Green Party leader tells MacGill Summer School militant left exploited water issue

Brexit: Fertile ground laid for Leave over years of politicians blaming Brussels

MacBride, Connolly and Pearse now and in time to be – wherever the green is worn

Anlaysis: Although first count results can be overturned, it is still a rare development

Election 2016: The Labour mood in studio is almost of dazed bafflement

Hugh Linehan takes a sideways look at the election

Bill Kenneally pleaded guilty to series of indecent assaults in Waterford during 1980s

Ireland ranks among countries such as North Korea for proportion of women in politics

A sideways look at the election campaign

Weekend Read: Can you campaign without posters? Should well-known gay people be kept out of sight? What will persuade middle-aged men to vote for same-sex marriage? Three Yes Equality insiders explain how they did it, in this extract from their new book

This insightful account shows how uniting, strategic, and effective the campaign was

Near-hysteria grips Leinster House as announcement of election date is awaited

Government’s failure to establish independent electoral commission ‘an absolute disgrace’, claims Senator Fiach Mac Conghail

‘On current projections we are heading for the worst of both worlds in the next Dáil: a populist government and a populist opposition’