A Sinn Fein-led government in Ireland could bring about a fundamental change in the country’s economic policy, the Taoiseach has said.

The Taoiseach has raised the prospect of extending some cost-of-living and business support measures that are due to expire at the end of February. Leo Varadkar said he wanted to avoid a “cliff edge” in two months’ time.

From Roberto De Zerbi’s first transfer window at Brighton to limited funds at Manchester United, a roundup of who is likely to go where

Tyce's latest novel is dark but intensely readable

At the stroke of midnight on Saturday, Croatia switched to the shared European currency the euro and removed dozens of border checkpoints to join the world’s largest passport-free travel area.

Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be sworn in on Sunday in the capital of Brasilia and assume office for the third time.

Ireland has one of the highest rates for early-stage female entrepreneurs in Europe. We talk to two mums who set up new businesses due to challenging family circumstances 

Plus: dealing with seasonal breakouts of athlete's foot

Hail to the chiefs. This month saw the first rotation of the role of Taoiseach, 100 years after the Civil War. Daniel McConnell, Elaine Loughlin, Ciara Phelan, and Paul Hosford look back on some of the highlights and lowlights of the year gone by

Planning permission is required, even within the curtilage of your own home 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the “exponential” expansion of his country’s nuclear arsenal, the development of a more powerful intercontinental ballistic missile and the launch of its first spy satellite, state media reported on Sunday.

The Gunners are seven point clear.

Demarai Gray cancelled out an Erling Haaland strike with a stunning equaliser in a feisty Premier League clash on Saturday.

Australia and Canada have joined a growing list of countries requiring travellers from China to take a Covid-19 test prior to boarding their flight, as China battles a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus after abruptly easing restrictions that had ...

The workshops are free full day online sessions - they are intensive but rewarding

'I go through my process of decluttering during the usually boring early January downtime,' says Jennifer Sheahan

New Year’s celebrations have swept across the globe, ushering in 2023 with countdowns and fireworks – and marking an end to a year that brought war in Europe, a new chapter in the British monarchy and global worries over inflation.

Being eco-friendly is not limited to rural areas, writes Pádraig Hoare.

A Belfast woman who made headlines around the world when, as a schoolgirl, she asked Tony Blair to bring peace to Northern Ireland, has said she believes current politicians have betrayed the Good Friday Agreement.

Irish Labour leader Ivana Bacik has said she disagrees with Keir Starmer’s order that MPs should not join union picket lines, but said she still admires him.

The number of road deaths in Ireland in 2022 increased by 13% from the previous year, provisional figures have shown. A total of 155 people died in 149 fatal road collisions last year, compared to 137 deaths in 124 collisions in 2021.

People in financial difficulty urged to contact their energy supplier

The injured man is continuing to receive treatment at Cork University Hospital

University had expenditure of €6.6m in the year to September 2021 that was not compliant with procurement regulations

Miley Cyrus has announced the release of her new single Flowers. The 30-year-old American singer broke the news on New Year’s Eve and confirmed the single will be released on January 13.

The Cork striker hopes there will be better times ahead for him as he prepares for Monday's clash against Watford.

The Ireland international was on the mark against Arsenal.

Shoppers have taken to social media to express their confusion and frustration over Easter eggs already being on sale in UK supermarkets.

Tributes have been paid to former Celtic and St Mirren striker Frank McGarvey, who has died at the age of 66.

The England striker was axed after oversleeping and being late for a team meeting but came off the bench to grab the winner at Wolves on Saturday

Update: Denis Ozturk has been located.

Cork and Dublin record highest number of road deaths in the country

How Catherine O'Brien convinced a desperate property owner she was in the pay of an Emirati prince who could solve their money worries

Police have recovered a substantial quantity of suspected cocaine following a search of a car in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim.Shortly after 7.30pm on Friday, officers from Newtownabbey local policing team were conducting a patrol in the Mallusk Road area ...

Anita Pointer, one of four sibling singers who earned pop success and critical acclaim as The Pointer Sisters, has died aged 74. The Grammy-winner died on Saturday while she was with family members, her publicist Roger Neal said in a statement.

Nathan Jones was left 'devastated' by the last-gasp Fulham goal which condemned Southampton to a 2-1 defeat

Crystal Palace may have answered some of their critics with a 2-0 win at Bournemouth on Saturday but Patrick Vieira insisted he never had any doubts over the quality of his side

Unai Emery's side were impressive winners at Tottenham.

Thomas Frank is hopeful top scorer Ivan Toney will be fit to face Liverpool. Toney was stretchered off after opening the scoring in the Bees’ 2-0 win at West Ham on Friday evening

National Lottery will announce winning store location on Monday as Cork player scoops €1m top prize

The chief of the European Union has visited Croatia to celebrate the “immense achievements” of the last nation admitted to the EU, which switched to using the euro and joined the world’s largest passport-free travel area on New Year’s Day.

The displays that brought worldwide affection came in a tournament that has a mythic place in the collective memory

Oireachtas education committee urges a 'very clear link' between the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and schools

Any child who misses 20 school days must be reported by law, and schools are legally required to report such absences to Tusla twice a year

The Irish Men’s Sevens player says going for a hike or going out into nature helps to cheer him up if he is having a bad day

Plus a winter vegetable soup and how to make old-fashioned  marmalade 

Think edgy but comfortable and the return of the all-white kitchen, if you're designing a living space or revamping rooms

It’s 15 years since Miley Cyrus twerked, two decades since Britney and Madonna’s kiss, and quarter of a century since Google was founded. Wondering what other retrospectives and anniversaries you’ll be reading about this year? Suzanne Harrington has a look

A leap of faith that paid off — it would be a crime against our children and our grandchildren not to continue and enhance this relationship

Ukrainians have had a grim start to 2023, with yet more sirens and fresh missile attacks on their territory, as the death toll from Russia’s massive New Year’s Eve assault across the country climbed to at least three.

Pope Francis prayed for his predecessor’s passage to heaven as he presided over a special New Year’s Day Mass in St Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, a day after Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died in retirement at the Vatican.

Accused remanded in custody after gardaí object to bail

Childcare, along with housing and health, is one of the main pillar problems facing Leo Varadkar’s Government. For years, the privately-run sector has flirted with oblivion in Ireland, with no one being well served by what’s in place.

A teenager is to undergo surgery after he was stabbed a number of times in the face.A man has been arrested following the incident in Armagh.Police received a report shortly after 10.30pm on New Year’s Eve that a 17-year-old male had been stabbed in ...

Serge Aurier cancelled out Raheem Sterling's opener.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s last words were “Lord, I love you,” his long-time secretary said, quoting a nurse who helped care for the 95-year-old former pontiff in his final hours.

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou feels his players' proven adaptability could be a key factor if new Rangers manager Michael Beale unleashes any surprises at Ibrox on Monday

Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been sworn in as president in the capital Brasilia, assuming office for the third time after thwarting outgoing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro’s re-election bid.

Nottingham Forest are investigating reports of alleged homophobic chanting by some of their fans during Sunday’s Premier League game against Chelsea

The northern province were stunned by the late, late score.

A Declaration of Human Responsibilities was published in 1997, but the UN has never adopted it

When you start running, going to the gym or giving up booze, you are the sole beneficiary of your endeavours, but when you do something that benefits yourself and the wider world, the incentive to keep going is stronger

When last seen on Friday, James Daly was wearing a wine-coloured jacket and grey knitted hat

Brazilian national Bruna Fonseca was a qualified librarian and university graduate who was working as a contract cleaner at the Mercy University Hospital in Cork and had been living in Ireland for less than a year

EVERY time I write this column, I learn a ton of new stuff, and that’s my favourite thing about being a writer. Writing is a way to ask questions, however basic or complex, to think things through and eventually form an opinion of your own.

Amy and Dirk, who live in the Netherlands, returned to Portugal, where they first laid eyes on one another, for their big day

With lift-off planned for 2023, Cork-born photographer Rhiannon Adam is preparing to circle the Moon for seven days with seven other creatives in order to develop an art project inspired by the experience.

From war to Wagatha Christie, what a year it's been

Amber Barrett somehow found just the right words after her landmark goal for Ireland in the World Cup playoff win over Scotland

'We were terrible. I don’t want to take away anything from Munster. That was a game where we decided our own fate'

New year but very much the same old story as Leinster maintained their perfect start to the season with their eleventh straight win in the URC to add to their two European wins

Volunteer lifeboat crew requested to assist in rescue after call from young man's parents, who were keeping an eye on his progress from the shore

“I played my game, just focussed on my game,” Price told Sky Sports after his defeat when asked about the ear defenders.

Ukrainians faced a grim start to 2023 as more Russian missile and drone attacks followed a New Year’s Eve assault which killed civilians across the country, authorities have reported.

Chelsea are close to bolstering their defence by signing Benoit Badiashile from Monaco for €37m. Badiashile is due to undergo a medical after Chelsea reached an agreement on a fee

Jon Dahl Tomasson was pleased his depleted side Blackburn bounced back from consecutive Championship defeats to beat Cardiff 1-0

A fourth successive Premier League victory - over Leicester on Friday - has moved Jurgen Klopp's previously misfiring side to within six points of third-placed Newcastle with a match in hand

The City playmaker was reduced to another cameo against Everton.

The Magpies dropped points at home to Leeds but can look back on a massive 12 months. 

The song was played while the Leinster players were completing a lap of honour following the 41-12 win over Connacht

A collision with Connacht back-row Jarrad Butler saw Sexton being withdrawn inside the final quarter

Shy, unworldly, and donnish, Joseph Ratzinger was temperamentally unsuited for the presures and demands of the papacy, and incapable of coping with the in-fighting and jealousy of the papal court, writes TP O'Mahony

Repair and leasing scheme set to be increased to maximum amount of €80,000 per home

Higher building costs, shortages in relation to workers, increased uncertainty regarding the economic outlook, availability of funding, and delays in the planning process are all major headwinds impacting the level of future supply

Rising interest rates, the housing crisis, and staff shortages among likely issues to affect Irish businesses in 2023

Here’s hoping that people got the Christmas they were dreaming of and that it didn’t cost more than people were able to afford, assuming it was affordable at all.

Owner of Knocklofty House and Marlfield House in Co Tipperary Denis English was targeted by Catherine O'Brien, who promised him a way out of his financial difficulties

We live in a golden era. There is light and heat in our Universe. To us mere mortals it may seem like it lasts for an eternity, but to a universe with no known end it is a mere momentary episode enabled by thermonuclear fusion, but preceding an endless night.

There is much happening in Ireland and around the world this year to look forward to and commemorate, or both 

In a year marked by the loss of two Church heads — Elizabeth II and Benedict XVI — it is the latter whose legacy is most divisive

Varadkar says process not 'about pointing fingers or ascribing blame' but improving preparedness for any future pandemics

In early detective fiction the sleuth was a hero but the job description for a detective now dictates they must be flawed

The former Terry Duckworth is on his way to Ireland to star as one of Roddy Doyle's great characters 

One hundred years ago, the Cork Examiner published a series of opinion pieces by a contributor known as 'Periscope', highlighting a range of social and political issues — some of which are as relevant today as they were back then

Government policy makers who consistently proclaim their concern for the preservation of natural ecosystems need to move away from policies that are actively destroying it, writes Catherine Conlon

Finance minister says major investment is 'happening at the moment and there is an awful lot more of it to come'

After a long drought, scheduling sex on Sunday mornings has helped to boost our marriage. But now he'll only have sex we've planned. If I'm in the mood and initiate it at any other time he isn't interested.

Quote of the year  Phil Mickelson, February, on the Saudi LIV golf breakaway. “They’re scary motherfuckers to get involved with. They killed Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights.

It’s a cameo that will only strengthen the Munster 10's hand in negotiations at a time when Gregor Townsend is supposedly giving him the eyes

The Red Devils boss dropped Marcus Rashford and batted away questions about Ronaldo.