Body of Nóra Quoirin claimed by family for repatriation Nóra Quoirin disappeared from the jungle resort of Dusun, 63km outside the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday August 4th. Photograph: Family handout/AFP/Getty Images

Family says reporting of ‘unhelpful’ comments ‘may hinder investigations’

Sister Anne Marie: ‘When I was 12 years old, I first had a desire for the contemplative life.’ Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision Rosita Boland The nuns of Leap: ‘We refuse to go along with modernism’
Death of man struck by pole on busy shopping street a ‘freak accident’ “Wicked tragedy”: A man in his early 50s died early on Saturday following injuries suffered in an incident on Gladstone Street (general view above), Clonmel, at around 3pm on Friday. File photograph: Google Street View

Man in 50s dies in Clonmel after car crashes into pole; woman in 60s dies in Thurles crash

Man dies after being airlifted to hospital following swimming incident The man, believed to be in his 60s, was swimming in Kilkee bay when he was reported to be in difficulty shortly after 10am. File photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

Rescue services called after man got into difficulty in Kilkee on Saturday morning

Harry Crosbie: Reclaim land from Irish sea to tackle housing crisis Developer Harry Crosbie has proposed reclaiming land from the sea off the coast of Dublin to tackle the housing crisis. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

Developer says reclaiming land near Clontarf would create homes for 65,000 people

Roy Keane’s father Mossie had charm and quick wit, funeral hears Roy Keane and relatives carry the remains of his father Mossie from Farranree Church, Cork. Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision

Maurice ‘Mossie’ Keane (79) suffered a stroke late last year and died on Wednesday

David McWilliams: Brexit is an opportunity. Let’s use it A storm over the Adriatic Sea. We should take a leaf out of Emperor Augustus’s book and use the natural rhythm of the economic cycle and the one-off event of Brexit to signal a change in the way we work and orientate ourselves. Photograph: Chris Winsor/Getty Images

To make Brexit work for us, we must build up our cities, invest in transport and tax land

Bringing kids to festivals is the worst kind of performance parenting And baby came too: Mini festival goer at last year’s Electric Picnic. Photograph: Dave Meehan

Jennifer O'Connell: If you thought I was fun before I had kids, the toddler-toting festival-goers brag, see me now!

Leonard Cohen and me: How a Jewish Buddhist and an agnostic became creative partners Canadian singer and poet Leonard Cohen: Leonard’s music and words were ideal for these subjects – his work is littered with religious and spiritual imagery; with hope and sanguinity, and yet it’s also strewn with doubt, human weakness and uncertainty. Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images

I wanted to create a new ‘requiem Mass’. Leonard’s words and music were perfect

‘Guinness isn’t black’: What I learned at Ireland’s most-popular tourist attraction

Patrick Freyne gets a masterclass in marketing on a tour of the Guinness Storehouse

Keep the summer going:15 ways to lift your spirits Get out into the light and soak up some vitamin D which helps regulate the stress hormone. Photograph: Getty Images
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Neither rogue nor wily fixer, Varadkar confounds British Taoiseach Leo Varadkar: he is central to the greatest constitutional and existential question the UK has faced in generations. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

UK cannot capture Taoiseach in limited parameters of Irish characters they can imagine

Suspect arrested after assault on man in his 70s in Dublin

Victim in a critical condition in hospital after assault in Ballybough area

State could face legal action over public services card controversy “We are going to consider the report and issue a full response as soon as we can,” Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty said on Friday. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill

Data Protection Commissioner’s report found documentation retention unlawful

Fans travelling to All-Ireland hurling final warned of possible motorway delays Garda advice for motorists travelling to the All-Ireland hurling final was issued on Saturday morning. Here Kilkenny’s Walter Walsh comes under pressure from Tipperary’s Séamus Kennedy. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho

Gardaí say those travelling by road should leave plenty of time for journeys

Six in 10 Garda stations open for three hours at most on weekdays On Saturdays, just 5 per cent of Garda stations are closed but this jumps on Sundays when almost 30 per cent of stations are closed.

Just over a fifth of all stations are now open for 24 hours, analysis shows

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5 Body of Nóra Quoirin claimed by family for repatriation
6 Almost €6bn wiped off State’s bank holdings in past year
7 John Leahy: ‘I never felt as free in life as I did on a hurling field’
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