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How single people are locked out of buying first home in Ireland’s biggest cities – and surrounding commuter counties

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/how-single-people-are-locked-out-of-buying-first-home-in-irelands-biggest-cities-and-surrounding-commuter-counties/a1250899999.html

Published: April 21, 2025 01:30

Single mortgage applicants are locked out of buying their first home in Ireland’s biggest cities and the surrounding commuter counties, according to an Irish Independent survey.

Zelensky says Russia pretending to want peace as both nations accuse each other of breaking truce

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/zelensky-says-russia-pretending-to-want-peace-as-both-nations-accuse-each-other-of-breaking-truce/a786602972.html

Published: April 21, 2025 01:30

Russia and Ukraine blamed each other yesterday for breaking a one-day Easter ceasefire declared by Russian president Vladimir Putin, with both sides accusing the other of launching attacks and the Kremlin saying there was no order for an extension.

Ruth Medjber: Social media is forcing artists to be attention-seekers more concerned with clicks than creativity

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/ruth-medjber-social-media-is-forcing-artists-to-be-attention-seekers-more-concerned-with-clicks-than-creativity/a971831689.html

Published: April 21, 2025 01:30

Social media is the bane of my existence. It causes me anxiety and stress but I understand its value to my business. Though I feel that could be changing. I’ve noticed a huge shift in the type of media being shown on social platforms.

Patrick Mullins: Quai De Bourbon looks sweet in Irish Grand National to make amends for unlucky Aintree mishap

https://www.independent.ie/sport/horse-racing/patrick-mullins-quai-de-bourbon-looks-sweet-in-irish-grand-national-to-make-amends-for-unlucky-aintree-mishap/a23240704.html

Published: April 21, 2025 01:30

Sometimes bad luck can work in your favour. I was jumping and travelling well on Quai De Bourbon in the three-mile Grade One novice chase at Aintree two weeks ago when the horse on my inside made a mistake and dropped back. I chose to dive into his


‘When I was 15, I fell in love with a straight friend. Inadvisable, but perhaps inevitable.’ Seán Hewitt on teenage infatuation

https://www.independent.ie/life/when-i-was-15-i-fell-in-love-with-a-straight-friend-inadvisable-but-perhaps-inevitable-sean-hewitt-on-teenage-infatuation/a1850517259.html

Published: April 21, 2025 01:30

When I was 15, I fell in love with a straight friend. Inadvisable, but perhaps inevitable, since all my friends were straight, and falling in love with a friend is a right of passage.

‘I spend most of my money on flat whites and dinners’ – 20 twenty-somethings open up about their salaries, savings and spending

https://www.independent.ie/business/money/i-spend-most-of-my-money-on-flat-whites-and-dinners-20-twenty-somethings-open-up-about-their-salaries-savings-and-spending/a1134489045.html

Published: April 21, 2025 01:30

In your 20s, it’s hard to get a sense of what stage you should be at, whether that’s in your career, your love life, and certainly your finances.

Brexit and tariffs make united Ireland a ‘distant dream’, says former minister during Fianna Fáil 1916 oration

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/brexit-and-tariffs-make-united-ireland-a-distant-dream-says-former-minister-during-fianna-fail-1916-oration/a773741292.html

Published: April 21, 2025 01:30

A united Ireland is still a distant dream, with Brexit and the tariffs imposed by US president Donald Trump creating huge complications for the national aspiration, a former Fianna FĂĄil minister has warned.

‘We share the stories that wouldn’t make a news bulletin’ – Nationwide host Anne Cassin on the secret to the show’s success

https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/we-share-the-stories-that-wouldnt-make-a-news-bulletin-nationwide-host-anne-cassin-on-the-secret-to-the-shows-success/a2062639498.html

Published: April 21, 2025 01:30

RTÉ presenter Anne Cassin says the enduring popularity of Nationwide is down to the show’s guests and their unique stories.

‘People thought it would be too much work
 this house was the first ever seized by Cab in Ireland’

https://www.independent.ie/life/travel/ireland/people-thought-it-would-be-too-much-work-this-house-was-the-first-ever-seized-by-cab-in-ireland/a45500754.html

Published: April 21, 2025 01:30

“I was sick of London,” Greg Smith says as we drive through Killarney National Park out to his home, Glashnacree House and Gardens – one of the Irish Independent’s Fab 50 best places to stay in Ireland in 2025.

‘Since my wife died of bowel cancer, what I find hardest is the loneliness’

https://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/health-features/since-my-wife-died-of-bowel-cancer-what-i-find-hardest-is-the-loneliness/a1369393960.html

Published: April 21, 2025 01:30

In describing his wife Jane’s symptoms in the few weeks before she received her diagnosis of inoperable and incurable advanced bowel cancer at the age of 38 in late 2021, Johnjoe McCoy sums things up by saying “she wasn’t herself”.

‘We left as a family of five and came back as a family of four’ – parents of Ronan Wilson (9) on hit-and-run that changed their lives for ever

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/we-left-as-a-family-of-five-and-came-back-as-a-family-of-four-parents-of-ronan-wilson-9-on-hit-and-run-that-changed-their-lives-for-ever/a216814252.html

Published: April 21, 2025 01:30

Emma Wilson is sitting on her couch with her husband Dean, and all around them are photographs of their youngest son Ronan, who was just nine years old when he was killed by a speeding hit-and-run driver while on holiday in Bundoran on the Co Donegal


‘I had a pontyail when I started’ – Irish Blue Cross volunteer recognised for more than six decades of tireless dedication to animal charity

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/i-had-a-pontyail-when-i-started-irish-blue-cross-volunteer-recognised-for-more-than-six-decades-of-tireless-dedication-to-animal-charity/a1588864060.html

Published: April 21, 2025 01:30

Ray Hurley can now call himself the St Francis of Assisi of the Irish Blue Cross after receiving a special award in recognition of more than 60 years as a volunteer with the animal-welfare charity.

Ciara Kelly: I love my children so much, but it’s a global conspiracy that motherhood in the early years is enjoyable

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/ciara-kelly-i-love-my-children-so-much-but-its-a-global-conspiracy-that-motherhood-in-the-early-years-is-enjoyable/a774956997.html

Published: April 21, 2025 01:30

American singer Chappell Roan got kicked around on the internet recently for saying that all her pals with children “are in hell” and she “actually doesn’t know anyone who is happy and has kids at this age”. She’s 27. And to be honest, I kind of agree with


Cian Tracey: Top-level rugby deserves a hell of a lot better than latest farcical officiating blunder in Munster defeat

https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/cian-tracey-top-level-rugby-deserves-a-hell-of-a-lot-better-than-latest-farcical-officiating-blunder-in-munster-defeat/a444304100.html

Published: April 20, 2025 19:00

First things first, a losing bonus point was just about all that Munster’s insipid performance merited on a night when the Bulls edged a scrappy contest to become the first South African team to win at Thomond Park.

Zelensky says Russia is trying to create an 'impression of a ceasefire' as attacks continue

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/zelensky-says-russia-is-trying-to-create-an-impression-of-a-ceasefire-as-attacks-continue/a1659530686.html

Published: April 20, 2025 15:55

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia on Sunday of creating a false appearance of honoring an Easter ceasefire, saying Moscow continued to launch attacks after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a unilateral temporary truce.

‘The Proclamation can still inspire the nation’ – President Michael D Higgins at Easter Rising commemoration

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/the-proclamation-can-still-inspire-the-nation-president-michael-d-higgins-at-easter-rising-commemoration/a334371479.html

Published: April 20, 2025 14:35

The Proclamation of the Republic can still inspire the nation of a “generous social and political vision”, President Michael D Higgins said as he laid a wreath in front of the GPO to commemorate the Easter Rising of 1916.

‘Fool Me Once’ writer Harlan Coben: ‘I was thinking how to nicely tell Reese Witherspoon that this wasn’t for me?’

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/fool-me-once-writer-harlan-coben-i-was-thinking-how-to-nicely-tell-reese-witherspoon-that-this-wasnt-for-me/a617636884.html

Published: April 20, 2025 13:30

When one thinks of Harlan Coben, the TV adaptations of his work come to mind as much as the novels themselves do. Fool Me Once, the Netflix version of his novel of the same name, was the biggest hit of the year in 2024 for the streaming giant and four


GAA Championship: Follow all today’s hurling and football action from across the provinces as it happens

https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/gaa-championship-follow-all-todays-hurling-and-football-action-from-across-the-provinces-as-it-happens/a1399061006.html

Published: April 20, 2025 12:45

It’s a big day of action in both codes with the eagerly awaited Munster hurling championship throwing in with a mouth-watering repeat of last year’s All-Ireland final when Clare take on Cork in the pick of the games.

Deloitte report into children’s league finds money transfers to former directors and one of their wives

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/deloitte-report-into-childrens-league-finds-money-transfers-to-former-directors-and-one-of-their-wives/a510020944.html

Published: April 20, 2025 11:33

An underage football league that has 6,300 players says it has been left “homeless” after a €350,000 government grant was used to develop an all-weather pitch now controlled by a League of Ireland academy team run by its former directors.

‘It’s like I’ve won the lottery, my house would be of no value’ – residents’ relief as landmark Dublin 4 hotel won’t house asylum-seekers

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/its-like-ive-won-the-lottery-my-house-would-be-of-no-value-residents-relief-as-landmark-dublin-4-hotel-wont-house-asylum-seekers/a423055753.html

Published: April 20, 2025 10:30

Dublin 4 residents have expressed relief after confirmation that the former Sachs Hotel in Donnybrook is no longer being considered as a centre for asylum-seekers.

Retrial ordered over killing of Irish carpenter Barry Whelan after one-punch attack in Boston on St Patrick’s Day

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/retrial-ordered-over-killing-of-irish-carpenter-barry-whelan-after-one-punch-attack-in-boston-on-st-patricks-day/a882434231.html

Published: April 20, 2025 01:30

A man accused of killing a Dublin carpenter in a one-punch attack in Boston on St Patrick’s Day in 2023 will face a retrial after a jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict in a declared mistrial last month.

‘I’d be glad to talk to them’ – Rory McIlroy’s mental health coach wants to help Irish rugby team break their losing streak and win World Cup

https://www.independent.ie/sport/golf/id-be-glad-to-talk-to-them-rory-mcilroys-mental-health-coach-wants-to-help-irish-rugby-team-break-their-losing-streak-and-win-world-cup/a765779116.html

Published: April 20, 2025 01:30

The renowned sports psychologist who helped Rory McIlroy overcome mental blocks and achieve a career grand slam at golf’s Masters tournament last Sunday has said he would be happy to work with Ireland’s rugby team to try to break their losing streak at the


The Sunday Independent’s View: Rory McIlroy embodies a brighter future for Ireland

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/editorial/the-sunday-independents-view-rory-mcilroy-embodies-a-brighter-future-for-ireland/a949860047.html

Published: April 20, 2025 01:30

President Trump is bound to conclude that his threat in recent days to withdraw US support for negotiations to end the war in Ukraine unless there were signs of progress has borne fruit with Russia’s announcement of a short-lived “Easter truce”.

‘People are being made to gamble on a bed’ – DCU accused of ‘greed’ as students have to pay a non-refundable charge for housing lottery

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/people-are-being-made-to-gamble-on-a-bed-dcu-accused-of-greed-as-students-have-to-pay-a-non-refundable-charge-for-housing-lottery/a693629639.html

Published: April 20, 2025 01:30

One of the country’s leading universities has been accused of “greed” after it started charging students to apply for on-campus accommodation.

Eilis O’Hanlon: Radio silence from national broadcaster and politicians in the wake of UK trans ruling speaks volumes

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/eilis-ohanlon-radio-silence-from-national-broadcaster-and-politicians-in-the-wake-of-uk-trans-ruling-speaks-volumes/a1887055987.html

Published: April 20, 2025 01:30

Two weeks ago, when launching a new fact-checking unit to counter the spread of disinformation, RTÉ’s head of news and current affairs vowed that it would “ask the difficult questions, even when it is uncomfortable to do so.”

‘I need the 20-year-old me to be finally heard. She deserves that’ – Why rape survivor Hazel Behan is pursuing Portuguese police in European court

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/i-need-the-20-year-old-me-to-be-finally-heard-she-deserves-that-why-rape-survivor-hazel-behan-is-pursuing-portuguese-police-in-european-court/a1797953217.html

Published: April 20, 2025 01:30

In the weeks after she ­reported being raped by a masked man who broke into her holiday apartment in Portugal in 2004, ­Hazel Behan noticed ­policemen were following her.

‘The Masters on a Sunday always reminds me of his absence’: Tim Fanning on the loss of his beloved father and ‘Sunday Independent’ columnist Ronan Fanning

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/the-masters-on-a-sunday-always-reminds-me-of-his-absence-tim-fanning-on-the-loss-of-his-beloved-father-and-sunday-independent-columnist-ronan-fanning/a950062091.html

Published: April 20, 2025 01:30

I spent last Sunday night jumping over the couch. I was also kneeling on the floor in front of the television and screaming loud enough to wake the neighbours.

‘I believe lives are at risk’ – calls for inquiry into €800m deal for search and rescue service after helicopter setbacks

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/i-believe-lives-are-at-risk-calls-for-inquiry-into-800m-deal-for-search-and-rescue-service-after-helicopter-setbacks/a4465823.html

Published: April 20, 2025 01:30

Two politicians are seeking an independent inquiry into the awarding of the €800m Irish Coast Guard aviation contract in the light of further setbacks to its implementation.

Denied a day’s pampering because of the expense, dispatched with boxes of dirty clothes: The harrowing neglect of Grace, a severely disabled young girl

https://www.independent.ie/news/denied-a-days-pampering-because-of-the-expense-dispatched-with-boxes-of-dirty-clothes-the-harrowing-neglect-of-grace-a-severely-disabled-young-girl/a1713790204.html

Published: April 20, 2025 01:30

When Caroline Burke first met Grace in 2009, she was struck by her “old, tattered” clothes and oversized LA Gear shoes that hadn’t been on sale since the 1990s. She noticed Grace’s “odour” and her yellowing teeth covered with a white film.

Government ramps up drive to encourage older people to downsize in bid to ease housing crisis

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/government-ramps-up-drive-to-encourage-older-people-to-downsize-in-bid-to-ease-housing-crisis/a977876601.html

Published: April 20, 2025 01:30

Planning rules for so-called granny flats are to be relaxed as part of the Government’s new drive to encourage older people to move to smaller properties in a bid to ease the housing crisis and make the most of existing housing stock.

John Maher has dealt with the travel bug, now it’s all about the championship

https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/john-maher-has-dealt-with-the-travel-bug-now-its-all-about-the-championship/a1479995475.html

Published: April 20, 2025 01:30

Watching John Maher going full pelt is like being transported into a past age. That is not meant as a slight on a player whose old world shtick has brought added stridency to Galway’s All-Ireland title claims since he made himself an indispensable part of


Irish law will protect transgender people from discrimination following landmark court ruling in UK

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/irish-law-will-protect-transgender-people-from-discrimination-following-landmark-court-ruling-in-uk/a1837431527.html

Published: April 20, 2025 01:30

Equality Minister Norma Foley has moved to allay the fears of transgender people that Ireland could follow the UK after five judges at its Supreme Court ruled the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex.

Eilis O’Hanlon on travelling with cats: ‘They tend to wail the whole time as if they were being tortured by the Spanish Inquisition’

https://www.independent.ie/life/travel/eilis-ohanlon-on-travelling-with-cats-they-tend-to-wail-the-whole-time-as-if-they-were-being-tortured-by-the-spanish-inquisition/a1271037325.html

Published: April 20, 2025 01:30

Lockdown was the perfect time for pets. We were all working from home during the day and staying indoors in the evenings. Holidays were out of the question. As a result, our pets had us entirely to themselves, pandering to their every need.

‘We re-mortgaged our home as we’d total belief in him,’ says rugby star dad of new Dior artistic director Jonathan Anderson

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/we-re-mortgaged-our-home-as-wed-total-belief-in-him-says-rugby-star-dad-of-new-dior-artistic-director-jonathan-anderson/a1062182138.html

Published: April 20, 2025 01:30

The father of the new artistic director at Dior menswear has said he and wife were so dedicated to helping their son achieve his dreams that they re-mortgaged their home.

‘By playing Robert Shaw, I felt closer to him’ – actor Ian Shaw on playing his Oscar-nominated dad in The Shark is Broken

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/by-playing-robert-shaw-i-felt-closer-to-him-actor-ian-shaw-on-playing-his-oscar-nominated-dad-in-the-shark-is-broken/a1401790435.html

Published: April 20, 2025 01:30

A familiar face smiles at me from my phone screen. With his strong jaw, muttonchops, moustache and twinkly, knowing eyes, he eerily resembles the late Robert Shaw who gave an unforgettable performance as Quint the salty shark hunter in Jaws. Of course,


Man caught with cocaine in camper van avoids conviction after 'turning his life around' and helping others in addiction recovery

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/man-caught-with-cocaine-in-camper-van-avoids-conviction-after-turning-his-life-around-and-helping-others-in-addiction-recovery/a399254945.html

Published: April 19, 2025 16:00

A 43-year-old man who was found with cocaine in a parked camper van has avoided a conviction after a judge noted he has since turned his life around and is now helping others in addiction recovery.

‘You’re far too old for that’ – judge tells man (44) fined over theft of handbag from car outside Dublin jewellers

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/youre-far-too-old-for-that-judge-tells-man-44-fined-over-theft-of-handbag-from-car-outside-dublin-jewellers/a2040267523.html

Published: April 19, 2025 14:00

A judge has told a 44-year-old man that he is “far too old” to be coming back before the courts after he admitted to his role in the theft of a handbag from an unlocked car outside a jewellers in Dublin.

‘My ex contested the divorce. It ended up costing me €45,000’: the high costs and secret shame of ending a marriage

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/my-ex-contested-the-divorce-it-ended-up-costing-me-45000-the-high-costs-and-secret-shame-of-ending-a-marriage/a765016633.html

Published: April 19, 2025 10:45

“Divorce is clouded in a shroud of secrecy,” says Patricia*, a mother of two from Co Westmeath. “Looking back, I went into it completely blind. No one wants to talk about it openly. There is no education. It’s hard to compare it with the experience of


‘It’s inspiring to see how tough she is’ – second spinal surgery for Craig Casey’s sister puts rugby into perspective

https://www.independent.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/its-inspiring-to-see-how-tough-she-is-second-spinal-surgery-for-craig-caseys-sister-puts-rugby-into-perspective/a1947447398.html

Published: April 19, 2025 01:30

Since making his return from a knee injury against Connacht three weeks ago, Craig Casey has been playing with an extra pep in his step and a smile on his face.

‘I sold everything I owned, fearing I’d get the same fatal genetic disease – then came a miracle drug’

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/i-sold-everything-i-owned-fearing-id-get-the-same-fatal-genetic-disease-then-came-a-miracle-drug/a1869355131.html

Published: April 19, 2025 01:30

When Rosaline Callaghan hit her early 50s, she feared she was a ticking timebomb and it was only a matter of years before she would be struck with a rare and fatal genetic condition that blighted her family.

The WhatsApp messages, allegations of spying and the true story about rogue landlord’s restraining order against a journalist

https://www.independent.ie/news/the-whatsapp-messages-allegations-of-spying-and-the-true-story-about-rogue-landlords-restraining-order-against-a-journalist/a301771338.html

Published: April 19, 2025 01:30

On a scale of one to 10, Christian Carter reckoned he was a nine when it came to honesty. It was either a brave or stupid ranking to give himself as he sat in the witness box with his entire case falling apart around him.

Life in the priesthood: ‘People will have views of us, that we’re all paedophiles — that’s been thrown at us’

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/life-in-the-priesthood-people-will-have-views-of-us-that-were-all-paedophiles-thats-been-thrown-at-us/a370357407.html

Published: April 19, 2025 01:30

“Someone said to me recently, ‘Do you regret that there’s no Mrs Joe?’ and I said to them, ‘Well, she had a lucky escape. I wouldn’t wish that on anybody,’” says Fr Joe McDonald, talking from his Celbridge/Straffan parish in Kildare.

‘He may end up here again with another identity’ – US man who obtained passports in names of dead babies made desperate pleas to stay in Ireland

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/he-may-end-up-here-again-with-another-identity-us-man-who-obtained-passports-in-names-of-dead-babies-made-desperate-pleas-to-stay-in-ireland/a1767131511.html

Published: April 19, 2025 01:30

When Randolph Kirk Parker boarded the flight bound for Chicago in the company of three gardaĂ­ who were there to enforce a deportation order, he left with the details of his secret life over the past 30 years still under wraps.

‘We’re just going to take a pass’ – US ‘will walk away’ if there’s no progress in Ukraine talks, warns Trump

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/were-just-going-to-take-a-pass-us-will-walk-away-if-theres-no-progress-in-ukraine-talks-warns-trump/a1539111312.html

Published: April 19, 2025 01:30

The United States will walk away from efforts to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal unless there are clear signs of progress soon, US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said yesterday.

The glamour, glitz and glory of the Irish Dancing World Championships returns to Dublin to mark a belated 50th anniversary

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/the-glamour-glitz-and-glory-of-the-irish-dancing-world-championships-returns-to-dublin-to-mark-a-belated-50th-anniversary/a1427076777.html

Published: April 19, 2025 01:30

At first glance, it looked like a living-doll factory. The Irish dancers standing on the escalators that snake up the inside of the Convention Centre Dublin seemed almost like figurines on a production line.

Sarah Carey: Sinn FĂ©in knows that a rich Republic and a poor Northern Ireland strengthens its case for unity

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/sarah-carey-sinn-fein-knows-that-a-rich-republic-and-a-poor-northern-ireland-strengthens-its-case-for-unity/a132743011.html

Published: April 19, 2025 01:30

The ESRI published research this week showing that gaps between Northern Ireland and the Republic continue to widen. People in the Republic have higher rates of employment, are more productive, have higher disposable incomes and enjoy a better quality of


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