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Greece demands IMF explanation over leaked debt transcript EU-IMF lenders will resume talks in Athens on Greece’s fiscal and reform progress next week aiming to conclude a bailout review that will unlock further loans and pave the way for negotiations on long-desired debt restructuring.  File photograph: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

WikiLeaks says leak shows IMF officials discussing pressuring Germany, EU over deal

Loyalist forces stand guard on a main road in the Mansoura residential district of Yemen’s second city of Aden after they pushed Al-Qaeda out of parts of the  city. Photograph:  Saleh al-Obeidi/AFP/Getty Images Breda O'Brien Crucifixion reports show the perils of modern media
Fun for all the family... as Nato warships berth in Dublin Lt Henning Hauser unfurls the German flag on the bow of the flagship FGS Donau, berthed in Dublin.  Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
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  • 19:02

‘I think it’s brilliant... my son loves boats, absolutely loves boats,’ says mother of three

Azeris claim 100 Armenians killed in Nagorno-Karabakh clash A house  damaged during clashes between Armenian and Azeri forces in the   Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is controlled by separatist Armenians, in a still image taken from video footage. Photograph: Nagorno-Karabakh Military Handout/Reuters TV
  • Europe
  • 19:29

Russia bids to end conflict after both sides accuse each other of violating ceasefire

Johnny Sexton guides Leinster over the line Leinster’s Johnny Sexton scores his sides first try Photograph: Inpho/James Crombie
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  • 20:07

Leinster hold on to claim narrow win over Munster in Pro12

  • Opportunity missed, but Foley defends decisions
Fianna Fáil is caught between a rock and a very hard place Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin.  Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
  • Politics
  • 01:01

Analysis: Party must support a Fine Gael-led government or trigger an election

  • Alan Kelly may compete for Labour leadership
  • Miriam Lord: A different kind of Independent
Donald Clarke: This atheist dogma is beyond belief ‘The Dublin commemorations of the Easter Rising (not the ‘April Rising’) offered a considerably more cheering celebration of nationhood than the boozed-up, big-green-hat debauchery on March 17th, which also falls on a Christian holiday.’
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  • 05:00

Sure, the Rising was undemocratic and religious. As an atheist, I have no problem with that

Irish passport wait times lengthen as UK applications rise The Department of Foreign Affairs has said it does not attribute increases or decreases in the volume of passport applications to any particular issues.   File photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
  • Irish News
  • 18:04

Reports say rise due to eligible people in UK wanting EU passport in event of Brexit

Harry Kane strike earns draw as Tottenham lose more ground Tottenham’s Harry Kane scores against Liverpool at Anfield. Photograph: EPA
  • English Soccer
  • 19:34

Liverpool went ahead through Philippe Coutinho but England striker bites back

  • Norwich hit Newcastle with late winner
  • Arsenal remain in hunt with Watford win
Limerick make amends as Dublin look short on inspiration Dublin’s Chris Crummy attempts to block a shot from John Fitzgibbon of Limerick Photograph: Inpho/Gary Carr
  • Hurling
  • 22:07

Dublin forwards struggle to get into the game as Limerick take Parnell Park win

  • Mayo snatch Connacht U21 title
  • 3-in-a-row Dublin edge Kildare in U21 final
French tourists fall victim to Dublin holiday rental scam Florian Coulan (c) and friends from France, who fell victim to a sophisticated online accommodation booking scam.
  • Business
  • 01:00

Group lost €1,400 after they booked accommodation through fake company

Cody Mitschelin: Boy meets girl. Boy mows lawn. World goes bananas Cody Mitschelin (14) gained viral fame after mowing lawns in order to take his girlfriend out for a pizza.
  • Opinion
  • 01:00

He just wanted to buy his girlfriend a pizza. Then the internet had to go and spoil it all

Planned Iarnród Éireann disruption begins with a breakdown Iarnród Éireann spokesman Barry Kenny said the timetable had generally run as advised on the company website, with the exception of a breakdown on the early morning service from Cork. He said the Twitter feed was not staffed at the weekend.  File photograph: David Sleator/The Irish Times
  • Transport & Tourism
  • 18:32

Commuters complain on Saturday of missing Cork-Dublin train and unresponsive Twitter feed

  • Luas strike and rail line works cause chaos
Brussels Airport to reopen for passenger flights on Sunday A forensics officer works in front of the damaged Zaventem Airport terminal in Brussels. Photograph: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP Photo
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Airport has built temporary check-in zone after departure hall destroyed in blasts

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Last summer Ryanair banned passengers from bringing alcohol on flights from the UK to Ibiza. Travel advice on . . . disruptive passengers
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Do not take your freedom of flying for granted – blacklists do exist for disruptive flyers

Irish photographer John Minihan in Paris on Monday, 14th March, 2016, five days before his 70th birthday. Photograph: Andrew McLeish. ‘You don’t just photograph a man like Samuel Beckett. You offer him something’
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“I see them in the towers. Can see them sittin’ on their seats – hunched over and holdin’ their tickets” The Next One: a new play by Enda Walsh
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A woman waits alone in a concrete tower with a ticket to an unknown future

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Central Bank chief economist Gabriel Fagan. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times Central Bank says mortgage lending rules are here to stay
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Opinion

‘The Dublin commemorations of the Easter Rising (not the ‘April Rising’) offered a considerably more cheering celebration of nationhood than the boozed-up, big-green-hat debauchery on March 17th, which also falls on a Christian holiday.’ Donald Clarke: This atheist dogma is beyond belief
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South Side Story is a musical set in Dublin’s prosperous southern suburbs and explores the bitter gang rivalry between the children from Educate As One, a multi-denominational school in Sandycove, and Gaelscoil Naomh Eithne, a Catholic National School in Glasthule.
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Diarmaid Ferriter: After commemoration comes the hard part It is time to face up to the fact that we still have to make good on the promises of 1916

Olivia O’Leary: This week, we were the stars of our own show

People who feared the 1916 centenary could be marked by jingoism found instead it enabled people to gather, tell stories and celebrate in the way that meant most to them

Easter Rising – Day 6: And then it was all over

On the last day of the 1916 Rising, the rebels are forced to surrender unconditionally and brought to Richmond Barracks, where the leaders are identified

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Situated on a flat parcel of land in the direct migratory path of the native elk herd in Jackson, Wyoming, US, is a home by Ward + Blake Architects that uses iron, cor-ten steel and lots of glass. Reclaimed douglas fir floors, indigenous to the Rocky Mountains, and milled using a rough circular saw, make the modern build feel like as if it’s been there for years.Photograph: Roger Wade <a href=”http://wardblakearchitects.com”> wardblakearchitects.com </a>
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