Flashback: Five years ago yesterday, on April 21, 2019, comedic actor Volodymyr Zelensky defeated incumbent president Petro Poroshenko in the second-round run-off vote to be Ukraine’s next head of state. Zelensky entered his election victory party to the intro song of his hit

I love that Eamon Dunphy gets a weekly call from his wine merchant.🍷 independent.ie/irish-news/eam…

Death of a racing man: Huge pressure had been building on Paddy Dunican in the months before his tragic death independent.ie/irish-news/dea…

‘It’s very upsetting’ – Over €33,000 worth of damage as dozens of cherry trees cut down with saw in popular Dublin park independent.ie/irish-news/cri…

South Dublin County Council wishes to express our extreme disappointment and sadness at the deliberate act of vandalism which resulted in the illegal cutting down of a number of trees within Dodder Valley Park. The Council has evaluated the scale of the damage, and the incident

Huge cost of auto-enrol pensions scheme revealed independent.ie/business/perso…

New: Caio Benicio, the Brazilian food delivery driver who was credited with intervening during the stabbings on Parnell Square last November, is to contest the local elections for Fianna Fáil

Revealed: State redress scheme for Stardust families is on the way after Dáil apology

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‘If he’d said “I messed up” it would’ve been a yellow card’: How Jonathan Hill’s FAI reign came tumbling down

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Congressional Memo: Johnson, Like Pence, Does What Passes for Brave in Today’s G.O.P.: His Job nytimes.com/2024/04/20/us/…

Who predicted this?! 😮

Derry's dominance of Ulster is over! ❌

Four-goal Donegal march on to the semi-finals 🏆

#BBCGAA

Straight off the training ground this.

Kickout played to perfection as Daire Ó Baoill is left with an empty goal and lobs Odhran Lynch.

Donegal mean business. Lead by 5.

I interviewed artist Robert Ballagh for the Irish Independent today... independent.ie/irish-news/rob…

‘It’s the rise of women’s rugby.
It’s the rise of women’s sport.’

Spoke with captain Edel McMahon after Ireland’s captains run at Twickenham ahead of W6N game with England tomorrow.

She expects Ireland team to rise to occasion with over 46,000 expected here tomorrow.

Rovers fans brought into the centre circle for security reasons during the period where they are kept back as per usual. First time I’ve seen that

Was a bit worried about the replies to this but apparently all you guys want is for us to play football for Ireland 😂

Flare thrown onto side of pitch at Brandywell, probably burning a chunk of the astro, then a child runs onto pitch, picks up flare and runs off with it. Totally normal

Labour Party drop councillor from election ticket after underpaying Bolivian seamstress

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Dutch football club Vitesse Arnhem deducted record 18 points for rule breaches.

'Indications' that Roman Abramovich 'has or has had control over Vitesse' and 'risks of violation of sanctions and money laundering.'

Follows The Guardian & The Bureau of Investigative Journalism reporting.

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Taoiseach condemns ‘disgusting’ intimidation by masked protesters at Minister Roderic O’Gorman’s home independent.ie/irish-news/cri…