Issues over Public Services Card ‘certainly’ require change - Varadkar Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Drogheda, Co Louth, on Saturday. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Taoiseach foresees further work on retention of data, transparency and legal basis of PSC

Peaky Blinders: Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby Peaky Blinders Cillian Murphy has given us one of the great TV anti-heroes
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

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’

The nuns of Leap: ‘We refuse to go along with modernism’ In Corran, near Leap in west Cork, is a community of two contemplative nuns: Mother Irene (61), Sister Anne Marie (21). Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision

Most days, Mother Irene and Sr Anne Marie barely break silence. Today is different

From Dublin to Fifth Avenue: A marriage made in design heaven Bryan O’Sullivan and his husband, James O’Neill. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Bryan O’Sullivan and James O’Neill’s projects include Ballynahinch Castle, where they recently wed

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!

Fastnet 1979: Paintings and poems mark disaster’s anniversary Light keeper Gerald Butler watched events during the tragic 1979 race unfold from his post at Fastnet Rock (above) and provided a guiding light to yachts and radio signals to rescuers. File photograph: Getty

Artworks on light keeper and lighthouse used to mark 40 years since ill-fated race

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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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

Hong Kong unrest: Protesters on both sides ensure another weekend of disruption Police shine torches on anti-government protesters outside the Mong Kok police station after a rally in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, China. Photograph: Roman Pilipey/EPA

Many shops in Kowloon shut early in anticipation of clashes turning nasty at night

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

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

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

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