EU reassures Varadkar on Brexit Border issues Taoiseach Leo Varadkar arriving at Derrynane House, Kerry, for a special Cabinet meeting: Ministers agreed to hire 1,000 additional customs and veterinary officials. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Ministers agree to hire 1,000 customs and veterinary staff

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Officers think several Russians involved in attempted murder of former double agent

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President backtracks by saying he believes US intelligence assessments on Russia

Gang leader on bail believed to be owner of €3 million drugs haul seized in Dublin While the seizure was made on Tuesday afternoon, news of it only emerged on Wednesday. File photograph: Getty Images

Garda-Revenue swoop nets 30kg of MDMA, 20kg of ketamine, cannabis worth €20,0000

Vet wore Trump mask and gave fist pump to human resources manager, court told Dr Declan Gill pictured at the Four Courts for his High Court action. Photograph: Collins Courts

Court hears Dr Declan Gill wore mask day after US presidential election ‘as a joke’

Government may fine firms over standards of decency online “We need to hear a response from Facebook and an explanation from them as to why they haven’t upheld their own standards,” Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says. Photograph: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images

Varadkar raises prospect of penalties after revelations

Has the Government’s plan to end homelessness achieved anything? The plan, which was launched by former minister for housing Simon Coveney, aimed to eliminate homelessness and to rapidly increase the supply of housing, most particularly social housing, by 2021. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Rebuilding Ireland was launched two years ago. There are still 9,846 people homeless

Why 'eat a healthy balanced diet' is absolutely meaningless Restriction of processed carbohydrates – especially the white and beige ones – are a good idea for many overweight people

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Romantic Carrigacunna Castle by the Blackwater is full of designer drama Carrigacunna Castle: this 705sq m manor house and 16th-century tower house in Co Cork is asking €1.85 million.

Designer and artist’s riverside dream country home near Mallow in Co Cork has been given a contemporary twist and a price tag of €1.85m

On your bike: ‘We’re already thinking of our next adventure together as a family’ Mimi Murray cycling the Waterford Greenway with her husband Brian and two sons Zac (5) and Jacob (18 months).
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Newton Emerson: Sinn Féin’s presidential bid risks leaving it exposed Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

The symbolic all-Ireland posturing of SF’s 2011 campaign will heighten tensions in 2018

Miriam Lord: Ministers bolt for beach after being held captive in Kerry Minister for Education Richard Bruton and Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy make their way back from Derrynane beach in Kerry following a Cabinet meeting in Derrynane House. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Cabinet made to wait for emancipation in Daniel O’Connell’s former home

Israel approves controversial Jewish nation-state law Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem earlier this month. Photograph: Reuters

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Dowth Hall redevelopment was opposed by Government Minister for Heritage Josepha Madigan with Dr Clíodhna Ní Lionáin, Devenish’s lead archaeologist, at the passage tomb site at Dowth Hall, Co Meath on Monday July 16th. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

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