In the News PodcastWhy RTÉ is caught in a never-ending payments dramaBy Bernice HarrisonListen | 29:07
Fighting WordsEverything comes full circle on Omey Island. Iomaí translates as ‘resting place’By Eabha McLaughlin
MusicEd O’Brien: Blue Morpho review – Like a sobbing friend you’d spend all night in the pub withBy Ed Power
BusinessIrish consumer sentiment improves, but public still ‘nervous’ about household financesBy Conor Healy
ResidentialCharming period home with garden for family gatherings in the heart of Slane for €525,000 By Jessica Doyle
Special ReportsAI adoption across funds industry: Driving faster processes and greater cost efficiencyBy Frank Dillon
Special ReportsFinancial services sector invests in education to support disadvantaged young peopleBy Edel Corrigan
Special Reports‘Unlocking household savings – with over €170bn sitting in bank deposits – could boost local fund participation’ By Barry McCall
Fighting WordsPoem: ‘I honoured a woman who wasn’t my mother, but who had treated me like her son’By Clodagh Maye
TV & RadioDerek Mooney addresses the rat in the car park, but not the elephant in the roomBy Mick Heaney
FilmPaul Rudd on filming in Dublin: ‘The people here are so hilarious. It was kind of a hoot’By Tara Brady
Gaelic GamesJoe Canning: If Kilkenny get into a Leinster final, would you bet against them?By Joe Canning
CourtsDetails emerge of journey to Ireland of Somali national accused of killing Ukrainian teenagerBy Kitty Holland
OpinionIronic that data centres are contributing to job cuts in the world’s data centre capitalBy Patrick Bresnihan
PoliticsOccupied Territories Bill to ‘move forward’ – but without restriction on servicesBy Jack Horgan-Jones and Naomi O’Leary
Early Edition PodcastPolls open in byelections, Paul Rudd on filming in Dublin, and Under the Hawthorn TreeListen | 07:54
OpinionThe best exam essay I read this year was an angry – and refreshingly human – oneBy Diarmaid Ferriter
SoccerShamrock Rovers release pair for Ireland duty but Dawson Devoy must fulfil Bohs obligationsBy Gavin Cummiskey
RugbyUlster’s Ward and Baloucoune offer inspiration, but key to victory rests with someone elseBy Nathan Johns
Gaelic Games‘Bring our game to another level’: Cork’s Brian Hayes hails progress, lauds William BuckleyBy Paul Keane
RacingTime to expand ‘freebie’ experiment at horseracing tracks and see if it proves a winnerBy Brian O'Connor
EconomyBond vultures circle British government as threat of renewed political upheaval returnsBy Eoin Burke-Kennedy
Asia-Pacific‘My life has collapsed’: Migrant labour abuses alleged in World Cup sponsor’s supply chainBy Pete Pattisson in Morang, Nepal and Nepal
BusinessIreland ranked 15th in Europe last year for foreign direct investment attractiveness – EY reportBy Colin Gleeson
BusinessInside the Irish factory at the centre of the global weight-loss revolutionBy Eoin Burke-Kennedy
PeopleMarita Conlon-McKenna: ‘I write what I see and what I feel. I can sense things. I always have’By Marita Conlon-McKenna
Business Today NewsletterBudget watchdog’s warning and how Ireland is at the centre of the weight loss drug revolutionBy Peter Flanagan
UKUK police ‘engage with’ lawyer for woman claiming she was trafficked to former prince AndrewBy Robert Wright in London
CourtsMan accused of role in smuggling cocaine worth nearly €60m into Ireland loses bail appealBy Ryan Dunne
FilmCannes First Look review: Lola Petticrew shines in I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning’s Irish line-upBy Tara Brady
SoccerEngland World Cup squad: Shock call-up for Ivan Toney, no room for Maguire, Palmer and Foden By Jacob Steinberg
MusicWho are Katseye? And why did my kids want me to remortgage the house to go to their Dublin show?By Ed Power
Courts‘What are rules for?’: Town blighted by speeding drivers baffled by judge’s dismissal of 34 casesBy Mary Carolan
SoccerManchester City confirm Pep Guardiola departure, United hand Michael Carrick permanent appointment
On The Money NewsletterHiring a car abroad: The dos and don’ts for holidaymakers this summerBy Conor Pope
SoccerSuspended duo Denise O’Sullivan and Emily Murphy included in Ireland squad for final World Cup qualifiersBy Gavin Cummiskey
TV & RadioFrom Maghera to Mongolia: Derry father and daughter come second in BBC Race Across the World showBy Niamh Browne
RugbyConor Murray: Nienaber’s Springbok defence may not matter against all-out Bordeaux attackBy Conor Murray
RugbyLeinster name unchanged starting side from Toulon win for Champions Cup final against BordeauxBy Nathan Johns
BusinessIrish wholesale fuel prices surged by almost 33% in April as Iran energy shock manifestsBy Ian Curran
Rugby‘This is what you want’: Leo Cullen glad to be back in Bilbao chasing more European glory with LeinsterBy Nathan Johns
Gaelic GamesNothing is perfect in the GAA so enjoy the football championship when it’s in a good placeBy Malachy Clerkin
Media‘He deserved better’: Partner of Seán Rocks seeks meeting with RTÉ over pension issueBy Órla Ryan
CyclingCycling club helps Spaniard saddle up for Irish citizenship – and pick up his cúpla focalBy Muireann Duffy
PoliticsGardaí notified over Gerry Hutch stencilled graffiti near polling stationBy Jack Horgan-Jones
Inside Politics NewsletterRecord rent-rise was seized upon by candidates in last dash before byelectionsBy Cormac McQuinn
BusinessSeán Dunne challenge to bankruptcy officials ‘a complete waste of court time and legal resources’By Fiachra Gallagher
CourtsLearner driver ran over and seriously injured then girlfriend in act of ‘horseplay’By Fiona Ferguson
WorkWorkers at Meta contractor Covalen not allowed to work for other platform service providersBy Emmet Malone
RugbyIan Madigan: ‘I’m not emotionally detached. Leinster is my boyhood club. I want them to win’ By Gerry Thornley
The Counter RuckScar tissue or ravenous hunger? Leinster prepare for Champions Cup final with a lot of motivationBy Gerry Thornley
Ireland‘I used to think I was going to be a writer’: Paschal Donohoe awarded library medalBy Ronan McGreevy
WorkWorker claims employer reneged on deal to require Lithuanian co-workers to speak EnglishBy Stephen Bourke
CourtsDubliner says German arms plant break-in motivated by ‘urgent humanitarian concerns’By Derek Scally
Crime & Law‘I never showed fear’: Gardaí who freed IRA hostage while under fire in 1975 receive honoursBy Hugh Dooley
SportPádraig O’Hora on climbing Everest: ‘I’m over the moon to have achieved what I set out to do’By Malachy Clerkin
Middle EastQatar sends mediators to Tehran as talks to reopen Strait of Hormuz reach climaxBy Patrick Wintour
CourtsSolicitor cleared of misconduct over €10,000 he returned to couple after their bankruptcyBy Conor Lally and Colm Keena
An Irish DiarySurprise(d) guest: Frank McNally on the mysteries of Irish-English and the story behind the world’s greatest collection of Joyceana By Frank McNally
CourtsMan given suspended sentence for harassing female colleague with ‘relentless’ sexual innuendo By Tom Tuite
BusinessAer Lingus executive takes ‘exception’ to sacked pilot’s claim of ‘falsifying’ safety reportBy Stephen Bourke
CyclingConn McDunphy now second overall as teammate Flanagan wins third stage of Rás TailteannBy Shane Stokes
IrelandThis is Also a Love Story by Sally Hayden details ‘extraordinary people’ in ‘unthinkable situations’By Jack White
IrelandIrish aid flotilla detainees due to fly home on Saturday as Israel denies claims of sexual assaultsBy Órla Ryan, Jade Wilson and Derek Scally
SoccerLiverpool to appoint new coach in strong show of support for embattled boss Arne SlotBy Andy Hunter
Rugby‘Incredible’ Rob Baloucoune brings joy despite Ulster’s defeat in Challenge Cup finalBy Nathan Johns
RugbyUlster ratings v Montpellier: Rob Baloucoune a rare shining light for exhausted Ulster By Nathan Johns