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Tree surgeon James Moran working on a fallen tree at Bayswater Terrace, Sandycove during Storm Ophelia. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Hurricane Ophelia: Three dead and 295,000 without power as storm enters final hours

Almost 300,000 properties are without power and three people have died as Hurricane Ophelia enters its final hours and has moved across the north west(...)

The Revenue has said that even in a ‘soft Border’ scenario, certain controls are unavoidable and a number of designated and resourced crossings will be required. Photograph: The Irish Times
Revenue says post-Brexit Border will need eight customs checkpoints

Revenue has warned an open Border between the Republic and Northern Ireland is not possible and that eight customs checks and visible border controls (...)

The stamp featuring an image by Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick, of Argentine revolutionary leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara is held up outside the General Post Office (GPO) in Dublin. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP/Getty Images
First print of controversial Che Guevara stamp sells out

The first print-run of 122,000 postage stamps bearing a famous image of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara by an Irish artist has sold out, An Post has(...)

Michael Horgan told Ennis District Court he did not receive the fixed charge penalty notice due to problems with post in his area. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
Judge tells psychotherapist to bring postmistress to court

A judge has told well-known Limerick-based psychotherapist, Michael Horgan, to produce his postmistress and a local authority official in court in his(...)

The iconic image of Che Guevera which Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick produced a year after the revolutionary’s death in 1968
Irish Che Guevara artist welcomes controversial stamp

The Irish artist who produced the image of Che Guevara which has now turned up on an An Post stamp said he is proud of the development. Many Cuban-Am(...)

An Post must pay damages to a former postal worker over its failure as her employer to tackle bullying and harassment by her colleagues, a High Court judge has ruled. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times.
An Post ‘failed to tackle’ bullying of woman by co-workers

An Post must pay damages to a former postal worker over its failure as her employer to tackle bullying and harassment by her colleagues, a High Court (...)

Juan Martin Guevara, brother Che Guevara. Eitan Abramovich/Getty
Che Guevara’s father ‘was more into his Irish than his Basque side’

The father of Che Guevara embraced his Gaelic heritage, especially the rebellious nature of the Irish and their fondness for partying, according to th(...)

Artist Jim Fitzpatrick with a promotional image of a stamp featuring his world famous image of Che Guevara.
‘What is Ireland doing putting Che Guevara on a stamp?’

A prominent Cuban-American radio host is calling on An Post to explain why it decided to put Che Guevara on a stamp. Ninoska Perez Castellón, a promi(...)

Marian Finucane, whose weekend radio shows will now be sponsored by FBD. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill.
FBD sponsors Marian Finucane show in €200,000 deal

FBD Insurance will be the new sponsor of The Marian Finucane Show on RTÉ Radio from next weekend. The show, which is broadcast on Saturdays and Sunda(...)

Keelin Shanley will present live coverage of the budget speech on RTÉ.
RTÉ won’t just be reporting the budget, it will be hoping for good news

When Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe stands up in the Dáil on Tuesday to deliver his budget, RTÉ management will be hoping for a smidgen of good (...)