British prime minister Theresa May delivers a speech detailing a new Brexit deal on Thursday. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/ WPA Pool/Getty Brexit: It’s hard to escape the feeling the end game is approaching

Inside Politics: Housing and broadband are the top issues worrying Irish voters, candidates say

CJ Stander provided physicality for Munster on a day they were outgunned by Leinster. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho Gordon D’Arcy says Munster must innovate, Darragh Ó Sé on Dublin’s bid for five
“In the old days people found the hawthorn forbidding. Some folks wouldn’t tolerate its white flowers in the house during May” Photograph: istock Michael Harding: Some people claimed the hawthorn bush smelled of sex
School students in Athens take part in a demonstration to raise awareness about climate change. Photograph: Getty Images Fintan O’Toole: We must vote for survival of our species on Friday
Weekend polls brought mixed news for all parties and candidates. Photograph: Dave Meehan Elections: Expect all manner of outrageous wheezes over the coming 72 hours
Leinster’s Andrew Porter during training. Photo: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho Jim Craig hits out at Leo Cullen; Kevin McStay on impressive Cavan
During strong bull markets, positive economic and corporate news can cause investors to forget the lessons of history and to assume the trend will continue indefinitely. Photograph: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Can a simple checklist save investors money?
There was a broad range of age groups at the Raise the Roof housing protest in Dublin on Saturday. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times Una Mullally: Eoghan Murphy needs to get real on housing or get out
Tech insiders are said to be “disappointed” at Uber’s valuation of $65bn for a taxi firm with few assets, that has no immediate prospect of making a profit, and burns through $2bn of shareholders’ money a year. Photograph: Getty Images David McWilliams: Grand Canal Dock and a story of manic speculation
Cork’s Patrick Horgan celebrates scoring a goal in his team’s win over All-Ireland champions Limerick. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho Cork rock Limerick; Koepka hangs on to complete the job
‘When he thrusts too hard it causes me pain, sometimes even cramping the day after.’ Photograph: Getty Images ‘My boyfriend is well endowed, and it’s making sex painful’
Creative childcare: Deirdre Doyle’s children Maggie and Charlie. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Childcare: The cheap, creative alternatives to a creche
Yes campaigners during the abortion referendum count at Dublin Castle last May. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins Figures suggest surge in abortions post-repeal
Seamus Mallon in 1998, when he was deputy first minister of Northern Ireland. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien Seamus Mallon: Tony Blair said to me, ‘The trouble with you fellows is you have no guns’
Graeme McDowell hits out of the bunker on the fourth hole during the first round of the PGA Championship at Bethpage Black. Photo: Seth Wenip/AP Photo Koepka the man to catch at Bethpage; Leinster and Munster takes centre stage
Munster’s Joey Carbery clashes with Leinster’s Johnny Sexton last year at Thomond Park. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho Matt Williams: Leinster and Munster is a battle of pride after European heartbreak
Conceived during the crisis, the broadband plan was designed to minimise the up-front cost. Whether that is now the best option to deliver long-term value for money is the question. Broadband: what you are not being told about the €3bn plan
Climate change is a prominent issue on doorsteps Climate-change concerns filter up from doorsteps
Ireland defender Richard Keogh celebrates Derby’s win over Leeds with Jack Marriott. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA McIlroy begins US PGA conquest, Lampard’s Derby stun Leeds in thriller
The Property Price Register has undoubtedly given a much-needed quantitative insight into the Irish property market – but it has its flaws. Photograph: Getty Images Jargon, missing digits, errors: Navigating the Residential Property Price Register
Rory McIlroy plays a tee shot during a practice round prior to the 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage Black in Bethpage, New York. Photo: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images D’Arcy on Leinster’s and Munster; McIlroy sticks with Ireland as he eyes Olympics
Fine Gael: achieving value for money for the taxpayer? Fine Gael looks to rein in big spending
The sight of each other will motivate these Leinster and Munster players on Saturday. Photograph: Billy Stickland/Inpho Gordon D’Arcy: Defeat for Leinster is a season failure, defeat for Munster is stagnation
Capital Dock, where serviced apartments are available for €6,500 a month. Growth of serviced apartments in Dublin’s city centre is squeezing the availabilisty of long-term rents. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill Rental situation might be even worse than Daft.ie report suggests
We have a ruling culture that has already forgotten everything that happened so recently. It has “moved on” into a bland technocratic desert where thinking about all big public projects is outsourced because that way no one has to take responsibility for the public good. Photograph: Getty Images Fintan O’Toole: KPMG hoovers up fees as politicians forget everything
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe: his department’s views on the broadband plan made for extraordinary reading. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins Broadband controversy rocks Fine Gael election campaign
Saracens celebrate their Champions Cup victory over Leinster. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Saracens aren’t invincible, provincial championships losing their edge
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola celebrates winning the Premier League title following their 4-1 defeat of Brighton & Hove Albion at American Express Community Stadium. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Ken Early: Guardiola’s joy will be tempered by Champions League regret
Vincent Kompany lifts the Premier League trophy after Man City’s 4-1 win at Brighton. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Man City retain Premier League title, Tipp make a big statement
Hols Pricewatch Using a travel agent: Peace of mind or needless expense?
There’s a huge difference between being contentedly introverted or valuing your alone time, and staying alone and isolated when it makes you unhappy. Photograph: iStock ‘My boyfriend has no friends and says I’m the only thing that makes him happy’
Maximum intoxication at minimum speed was the goal. Photograph: Getty Jennifer O’Connell: Raising teenagers, it’s not your job to be their friend
Nothing to sing about?: 10-year-old Mona Abdulmagid (foreground of montage) takes part in the the Ireland Palestine Alliance’s boycott-Eurovision campaign. Last year’s winner was the Israeli singer Netta Barzilai (background) Fintan O’Toole: Everything about Israel is political, even Eurovision
Minister for Finance: Paschal Donohoe announces the national broadband plan. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins David McWilliams: Rural broadband plan is a gift of billions to private firm
Four clubs from the same country will feature in the finals of Europe’s two club competitions for the first time. Photograph: Reuters Chelsea and Arsenal reach final; It’s time for the D4 boys to roll up their sleeves
Leinster’s James Lowe during the captain’s run, at St James’ Park in Newcastle, ahead of the Champions Cup final. Photograph: Inpho Matt Williams: Leinster need massive physicality to beat Saracens
Huawei’s vice-president for corporate communications Joe Kelly: “The West is quite individualistic. China is more collective” Irish spin doctor in thick of Huawei’s battle with the West
Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe rejected advice from a senior civil servant about the broadband plan. Photo: Gareth Chaney Collins Fast broadband, quick bucks and another PR bellyflop
Tottenham’s Hugo Lloris celebrates their third goal scored by Lucas Moura as Ajax’s Frenkie de Jong hits the ground during the Champions League semi-final second leg. Photo: Dylan Martinez/Reuters Spurs prove that football has gone bonkers; little to choose between Leinster and Saracens
Sinn Féin’s Northern leader Michelle O’Neill and DUP leader Arlene Foster at the Conservative Party conference in late 2017. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire Newton Emerson: Stormont faces direct rule with Dublin input if talks fail again
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar: broadband project was the equivalent of rural electrification. Photograph: iStock. Broadband plan set to be record-sized State agreement
Liverpool players celebrate in front of the Kop after beating Barcelona in the Uefa Champions League semi-final. Photo: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Liverpool make the impossible possible; Gordon D’Arcy on Leinster and Seán O’Brien
Leinster’s Seán O’Brien in action against Toulouse in the Champions Cup semi-final at the Aviva Stadium. Photograph: Billy Stickland/Inpho Gordon D’Arcy: When Seán O’Brien takes the field, anything seems possible
Manchester City’s Vincent Kompany scores the winner in their Premier League game against Leicester City. Photo: Phil Noble/Reuters City have one hand on the trophy; Gerry Thornley on Champions Cup final
It’s a lot cheaper to live in Portugal, with value to be had even in the Algarve, particularly when compared with prices in Dublin Pensioners in Portugal: all sun and no tax
Jurgen Klopp: “We will be champion or not, it’s destiny. It’s like this. Because we do everything, we cannot do more.” Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP Ken Early: Klopp must find way of improving his finished product
Roe says: “Your ex-boyfriend has done you a kindness by providing you with a very clear analysis of your relationship dynamic.” ‘He said he loves me but he does not look forward to seeing me’
“You’re all forgetting something. I’m probably going to outlive you all.” Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I don’t mind being buried in Deansgrange. It’s a good address’
Fintan O’Toole: ‘The courtesy of calling people by their own chosen names, individual and collective, is essential both to civil society and to basic human decency.’ Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty Fintan O’Toole: I am a cis man with cis privilege
In the US for example, most recent studies indicate that in the market for weed, 93% of the price is due to prohibition. File photograph: Getty David McWilliams: It makes economic sense to legalise drugs
Mediahuis CEO Gert Ysebaert and Thomas Leysen, its chairman, in Dublin this week. Photograph; Nick Bradshaw How the €145.6m Mediahuis deal for INM was done
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays a shot from a bunker on the seventh hole during the first round of the 2019 Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club. Photo: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images McIlroy shrugs off Masters disappointment; rugby’s numbers game makes no sense
Connacht meet Ulster in a Pro14 quarter-final which isn’t quite a quarter-final this weekend. Photo: James Crombie/Inpho Matt Williams: Why does rugby defy mathematical logic?