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US President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will have their microphones muted for parts of their final debate in Nashville this Thursday, to allow each candidate a block of uninterrupted time to speak....

The Cabinet will today consider a number of measures arising from the decision to move the country to Level 5 restrictions from midnight tomorrow for six weeks....

So our brave political leaders faced down the tyrannical public health officials, who they warned us were getting out of control - and then did exactly what they were told to do....

Jordan Larmour is in a race to make it back in time for next year's Six Nations, having been ruled out of action for up to four months after undergoing surgery on a dislocated shoulder....

Dancing With The Stars is stuffed to the glittery rafters with talking points, but few could have predicted the fulsome public appreciation of Mary Kennedy's perfect pins in the 2020 series; least of all Kennedy herself....

Bruce Springsteen said it is...

Welcome to Groundhog Day. Yes, as the country girds its loins for its return to a version of Lockdown 5, we're reminded once more that we're all in this together, whether we like it or not....

There's a positive side to the prospect of a new lockdown. Aside from saving lives (obviously), it's also a nice opportunity not to make the same mistakes as we made in the first lockdown. I'm not talking about mistakes on a societal level &md...

I come from a generation that saw the EU drive production with subsidies....

John Kiely has been forced to re-adjust to Covid-19 even more than most between his position as principal of Abbey CBS in Tipperary town and his role as Limerick hurling manager but you won't hear any complaining about him being busier than ever....

Delays in contact tracing and testing in school communities are key concerns as teacher unions demand a step-up in protective measures if schools are to reopen after the mid-term break....

A judge has told a farmer, who is in arrears on maintenance payments for his two children, that he cares more about his cattle than his children....

A leading pensions consultancy has warned that the 'generous' State pension will be increasingly difficult to maintain as the population ages....

A judge has approved a 32,500 personal injuries settlement for a child who, when only a 16-month-old toddler, fell and struck her head against a piece of furniture in a Dublin creche....

Nowadays, life can sometimes appear to be all about running faster to stand still. This applies in spades to dairy farming. It is not too long ago that a 50-cow dairy herd was regarded as a substantial operation that could provide the farmer and his famil...

Coronavirus can survive on the skin for up to nine hours, underscoring the importance of regular hand washing, Japanese researchers have found....

Ireland can take maximum points from their remaining Six Nations matches against Italy and France to secure the title, according to a bullish Jacob Stockdale....

Tipperary produced a strong second-half performance to beat Clare 1-19 to 0-12 in the Bord Gis Energy Munster U-20 Hurling Championship quarter-final at Semple Stadium last night....

Ulster's top three teams are facing big decisions around team selection this weekend as they balance league success and survival with provincial championship progress the following weekend....

I'm an Irish woman living in Perth, Western Australia, fearful I won't get home because of the ridiculous handling of Covid in Ireland....

An Garda Sochna admitted a member of the force appeared at a press conference while awaiting the result of a Covid-19 test - which later returned positive....

The High Court has dismissed an application by a woman - who was sued by her stepson for a share in a 2011 3.3m Lotto win - to sue the former operator of the National Lottery for alleged negligence....

The Irish Independent and other INM titles are leading the way in the nominations for this year's Newsbrands Journalism Awards....

Businesses across the country are preparing themselves for a second heavy blow this year as their doors are set to close for six weeks....

Gordon Elliott is confident that Jack Kennedy can make a rapid recovery to be available for Down Royal's marquee jumps meeting later this month but he admits that Davy Russell has...

The family of a man shot and killed while he worked on a tractor have claimed they did not receive justice....

More than half of Ryanair's customers here - 55pc - said the brand failed to live up to expectations during the Covid pandemic, according to a new survey....

The Gaelic Players Association are to explore more testing options on behalf of their members after the findings of their player poll found that 24 per cent want an improvement in the implementation of Covid-19 protocols....

So here we go again!...

Donald Trump has lashed out at Republican senators distancing themselves from him as party tensions were laid bare with election day just two weeks away....

Liverpool remain dissatisfied with the contradictory explanations they have received from match officials regarding how they dealt with the challenge which has devastated Virgil van Dijk's season....

Singer Daniel O'Donnell is waiving his fee for a virtual concert next month so his crew can make a...

Most people have not made any financial provision for their funeral....

Fianna Fil and Fine Gael face a rural backlash as rural voters are left counting the cost of the latest carbon tax hike in last week's budget....

Belgium's new prime minister, Alexander De Croo, surprised many by issuing a warning about what a no-deal Brexit outcome would mean for his country as he also cited Ireland's exposure....

The Russian military intelligence unit behind the Novichok attack on Salisbury tried to disrupt the summer Olympics in Japan in a plot uncovered by a joint British and US counter-espionage operation....

I am fussy and pedantic around this cursed pandemic and obey the Covid covenants to the letter. We all need to do our bit and then some more....

Ireland is facing into a bleak winter with a six-week lockdown and no promise that life will return to normal any time soon....

Laois hurling boss Eddie Brennan expects Dublin to be hungry for redemption when the sides collide in Saturday's Leinster SHC quarter-final and he predicts a...

It should not fall to the State to fix a fracture in the national spirit, as if it were a broken bone that hasn't set right. When saving lives and jobs - and shoring up the economy for future generations - are at stake, we all have to find our own mot...

Swimming in cold water could help to protect the human brain from dementia, a study has suggested....

With the packed stands and happy faces, the footage that beamed in from Auckland's Eden Park on Sunday morning looked like it came from a different world....

The lockdown landscape has slightly changed this time around but the basic aim is the same: separate people as much as possible so we don't infect one another....

Sometimes a professional footballer can sit beside a colleague and envy is the only emotion that courses through the blood....

Sanna Marin could have made international headlines for any number of reasons in the past week. The day, perhaps, that she handed over her seat as Finnish prime minister to a 16-year-old girl, as part of her fight against the gender pay gap....

There was more than a touch of gallows humour to Pdraic Joyce's post-match press conference in Tuam Stadium on Sunday when he reflected on a defeat to Mayo that he described as the most embarrassing he had seen in his 43 years....

Edinson Cavani's hopes of making his Manchester United debut against former club Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League were dashed after the Uruguayan was left out of the travelling squad....

Concern is mounting for Kerry's beloved dolphin Fungie as a search was suspended due to weather conditions....

Sometimes, when life is so grim, all you have left is gallows humour....

The GAA championships remain on course to continue after elite sport survived in the face of new Level 5 restrictions being imposed on the country last night....