First responders move a shooting victim to an ambulance on Adams Street near State Street in downtown Chicago last Saturday. Photograph: Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune via AP Chicago clamps down on unaccompanied teens in tourist areas

America Letter: Move comes on foot of violence and ‘scenes of chaos’ in recent weeks

Galway City Council has received an increased level of complaints about short-term lettings that are unauthorised. Photograph: Getty Images Are short-term lets to blame for the shortage of rented accommodation?
We’re losing sight of what matters in the clamour to reduce complex issues to a spaghetti western-style showdown between your side and mine. Photograph: iStock Jennifer O’Connell: Culture wars suit some politicians but they’re bad for politics
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis currently has sole responsibility for calling a Border poll. File photograph: Neil Hall/EPA Pat Leahy: We need clarity on criteria for calling referendum on Irish unity
Sharon McCooey, head of LinkedIn in Ireland, took a three-year career break when her children were small and found it a difficult decision to take. ‘Will I be able to get back in?’ Women still face stigma over career breaks
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy shake hands after round at PGA Championship. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Rory McIlroy makes blistering start to US PGA; Broadhurst and O’Rourke win gold
Clare’s Tony Kelly makes a break past Diarmaid Byrnes of Limerick in their Championship Round 3 match at Cusack Park. Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho Joe Canning: Clare must leave nothing to chance in opportunity to end Waterford
Kikuyu tribe members held in an internment camp by the British government, during the Mau Mau rebellion: Atrocities raise “unanswered questions about violence in the British empire”. Photograph: Hulton-Deutsch/Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis via Getty Images) Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire
Pat Kenny brought his idiosyncratic brand of political diagnostics to Newstalk’s discussion on the Northern Ireland protocol. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times Pat Kenny’s bad news diet: ‘There’s only so much you can take’
Taoiseach Micheál Martin delivered a compelling argument in the Dáil during the week about why it was time to bring the long-running controversy over the maternity hospital to a close. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire National Maternity Hospital decision is a welcome sign of the Government's backbone
British prime minister Boris Johnson speaking in the House of Commons, London. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA Wire Diarmaid Ferriter: Brexit ineptitude shows Anglo-Irish relations have come full circle
UK prime minister Boris Johnson leaving Hillsborough Castle this week. Photograph: Mark Marlow/EPA 4:48 Boris Johnson’s true purpose in NI protocol dispute is wrapped in contradictions
Poorer services in Ireland can reflect lower spending or less efficiency – Ictu’s case is that the State needs to spend more. Photograph: iStock Do you get enough in return for the taxes you pay?
Shane Lowry smiles on the 14th hole during a practice round for the US PGA Championship in Tulsa. Photograph: Sue Ogrocki/AP Photo Shane Lowry raring to go at US PGA; Sport is the escape room of a broken heart
Frank’s, 22 Camden Street, Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Restaurant review: Pull up a stool and enjoy delicious, reasonably priced food and wine
CLR James addressing a rally in Trafalgar Square in 1935. Photograph: Gamma-Keystone/Getty Images CLR James: A Life Beyond the Boundaries: A scholarly and vibrant biography
Waterford’s Austin Gleeson leaving the pitch after he was sent off against Cork in the Munster championship, round 3, match at Walsh Park, Waterford. Photograph: Ken Sutton/Inpho Ciarán Murphy: If heroes hang around too long they can end up villains
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said direct rule was not a viable long-term alternative to devolution. Photograph: Tom Honan Newton Emerson: Tetchy Tánaiste stirs the Stormont pot
There was recognition in the party that the National Maternity Hospital issue is particularly sensitive for Neasa Hourigan and Patrick Costello. File photograph: PA Green Party duo always likely to break ranks on divisive NMH issue
Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan said she could not vote against the Sinn Féin motion due to her concerns over the NMH project in its current format. Photograph: Laura Hutton National Maternity Hospital vote poses conundrum for Coalition
Jürgen Klopp, manager of Liverpool, celebrates their side’s victory with Jordan Henderson. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Liverpool bring Premier League the distance; Beggan’s futile running upfield
‘He is completely devastated by this and has been spiralling downward since.’ Photograph: iStock ‘My roommate jokes about suicide since being rejected by the woman he fancies’
Leinster’s Tadhg gets a pass away against Toulouse. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho Gordon D’Arcy: Leinster now shooting for a fifth star
Daniel Shand’s book is a witty, scabrous satire of fin de creation capitalism. Model Citizens by Daniel Shand: witty, scabrous satire
A protest in Leinster House last Saturday against the ownership and governance structure of the new National Maternity Hospital. Photograph: Sam Boal/PA Wire Kathy Sheridan: Maternity hospital debate hijacked by fear and loathing
US president Joe Biden and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan fist bump during a plenary session of a Nato summit in Brussels last June. Photograph: Olivier Matthys/AFP via Getty Images Why Turkey is moving to block Finland and Sweden joining Nato
Johnny Sexton and Ronan O’Gara continue their rivalry on May 28th. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Inpho Sexton and O’Gara meet again: GPA expenses dispute resolved
Gardening in allotments is one activity that brings people closer to their local environment which increases their connection with nature and gives them a greater sense of belonging. Photograph: iStock One small change: A non-consultant hospital doctor on how to make Ireland’s health system better
Johnny Sexton roars at Ronan O’Gara after a Leinster try in the 2009 Heineken Cup semi-final. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho Gerry Thornley: O’Gara v Sexton rivalry takes a new twist
Louise O’Neill’s new novel is her best yet. Idol by Louise O’Neill: A thrilling, psychologically complex novel
Ireland has been described as a ‘wealth hub’ in a new global report. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien Number of Irish wealthy individuals set to surge
Bono sings in Khreshatyk metro station in Kyiv: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, devoid of ideological snobbery, called on artists to stand with Ukraine. Bono and the Edge answered. Photograph: Oleg Petrasyuk Anne Harris: Is it time for Ireland to give Bono a break?
Frustration and concern about the slow pace, cost and accessibility of civil litigation here has prompted calls for reform over decades and various reviews have been carried out. Photograph: iStock Time and costs involved in some civil proceedings are mind-boggling
Tory top brass: British prime minister Boris Johnson (2nd left), and foreign secretary Liz Truss (right) with justice secretary and deputy prime minister Dominic Raab (left), chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak, and home secretary Priti Patel in the House of Commons, London, last week. ‘London is seen to have instigated unnecessary drama at a time when other matters are more pressing.’ Photograph: Jessica Taylor/AFP/Getty Has EU unity on the NI Protocol weakened because of Ukraine war?
UK foreign minister Liz Truss. Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke-Pool/Getty Fintan O’Toole: Truss’s latest take on NI protocol reveals what is really going on
‘He does not have the proper respect for adults that we would like him to have, though we are horribly aware that we are the probable cause of this.’ Photograph: iStock ‘Our son does not have the proper respect for adults that we would like him to have’
Thomas Ramos and Toulouse, dejected after the game, were handed a “lesson in rugby” according to members of the French press who were at the game. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho Toulouse handed a rare lesson; Wimbledon ban hands Putin the propaganda war
Wimbledon: decided to ban Russian and Belarusian tennis players. Photograph: Joe Toth/ AFP 6:17 Brian O’Connor: Wimbledon hands Putin propaganda victory
David Park. Photograph: Sophie Park Spies in Canaan by David Park: Masterful storytelling that deserves a wide readership
Catherine Clinch in An Cailín Ciúin, which was adapted from a Claire Keegan story 5:41 Una Mullally: Shame and derision that strangled Irish language seems to have evaporated
Britain’s prime minister Boris Johnson will urge party leaders to go back to work in the Assembly and Executive in Stormont. Photograph: Andy Rain/Bloomberg 3:16 Boris Johnson looking to dial down the rhetoric in Belfast
Our mother is looking to give our brother a right of residence in her home for his lifetime after her death. Photograph: iStock How does my brother assess tax on a right of residence?
Sex is never just about sex – it’s about communication, respect, pleasure, connection and a myriad other qualities and values. Photograph: iStock I love my boyfriend but I've only had two orgasms in two years
Leland Bardwell in Cloonagh, Ballinful, Co Sligo: hilarious and wise, her ear is always sharp. Photograph: Dara MacDonaill Poetry round-up: Leland Bardwell, John Kelly and Denise Saul
The pandemic strengthened many people’s attachment to their pets. Photograph: iStock How to grieve for a pet: A family can be devastated
A former customs guard hut at the Border near Newry. In polls, almost 80 per cent of respondents in the Republic say they would not accept higher taxes to pay for a united Ireland. In the North, just 25 per cent say they would pay higher taxes as a price for Irish unity. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images 12:59 Fintan O’Toole: Don’t avoid the united Ireland issue. Make it real
If prices rise in Ireland faster than the rest of the EU, we have no policy tools like interest rates or exchange rates to dampen local demand. Photograph: Getty Images 5:52 David McWilliams: Ultimately, uncontrolled inflation will be followed by a recession
Vaccine centre at The Helix in Dublin on April 3rd, 2021. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Pandemonium: leaks and learnings behind scenes of Covid response
Derry manager Rory Gallagher celebrates victory over Tyrone. Photograph: Lorcan Doherty/Inpho Jim McGuinness: Monaghan cannot survive uncontested Derry possession
A loyalist protest in Newtownards last June against the Northern Ireland protocol. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire Economic advantages of protocol for North slowly seeping away
Daniel Kinahan is the registered owner of an office on the 30th floor of the Jumeirah Bay X3 Tower in Dubai used by Ducashew, a company listed by the US last month as being subject to sanctions Newly leaked documents reveal extent of Kinahan group’s Dubai property network
Rebekah Vardy, who is suing Coleen Rooney for libel, outside London high court. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Wire Jennifer O’Connell: Wagatha trial shows a tabloid culture that despises women
Michelle O’Neill and Mary Lou McDonald during a Sinn Féin press conference at Parliament Buildings in Belfast after Sinn Féin became the largest party at Stormont. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire Sinn Féin feels the momentum of Stormont victory