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Beef could be off the menu if crisis doesn't end soon, restaurant body warns

Beef could be off the menu 'next week' if crisis doesn't end soon, restaurant body warns

Beef processors have been forced to temporarily lay off thousands of staff as a result of the crisis.

Inquiry urged amid rumours paedophile priest from Co Down was police informer

Bus Connects axe planned Santry route after locals submit 'thousands of letters'

Soldier F Bloody Sunday case reaches court for first time

Man ‘had knife for hobbies and work’

OUR COLUMNISTS

Gerard Howlin

No regrets from Irishmen behind blood-soaked massacre at Amritsar

WORLD

Boris Johnson to defend decision to suspend Parliament at Supreme Court

Lawyers for the PM will argue that his advice to the Queen was lawful.

Israel’s Netanyahu appears to suffer setback in exit polls

Flavoured e-cigarettes banned in New York

Corbyn says he will put ‘sensible’ Brexit deal to voters in new referendum

New poll on independence published five years on from Scottish referendum

SPORT

Gatland: Wales were shocked by Howley’s alleged breach of betting rules

The Wales assistant coach was sent home from the Rugby World Cup when the news broke and faces an investigation.

Samoa’s tattooed rugby players to cover up at times in Japan

Hogg finds himself in Laidlaw’s shade as Scotland prepare for World Cup opener

Klopp: Penalty call was game changer for Liverpool

Reds trip up on night of frustration in Naples

SPORTS COLUMNISTS

Brendan O'Brien

The attitude of things being 'grand' on the night doesn't cut mustard in Japan

Kieran Shannon

It’s time for football’s slumbering giants to awaken and help themselves

Donal Lenihan

Ireland need to get off to storming start in Yokohama

Simon Lewis

Gosper: We do not have ‘a systematic or institutional doping problem’

VIEWPOINTS

Homelessness is not just an urban issue

Farmers think the lack of social housing does not concern them, but accommodation shortages and rent hikes are not confined to cities and towns, says Anne-Marie O’Reilly.

Europe’s innovation agenda could become model for others

Will report critical of use of public services card ever be seen?

Flood relief scheme will be a catalyst for Cork city

Ceasing to be country Ghandi fought to free

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SPECIAL REPORTS

Special Report: Ploughing Championships - Beef producer postpones investment as 'direct result of ongoing illegal blockades'

A large beef producer has revealed it has “indefinitely postponed” a multi-million euro investment in one of its beef plants as a direct result of the ongoing protests over cattle prices.

Five climate change science misconceptions – debunked

The Dáil’s return: FF happy to sit back and wait for the current administration to implode

'Smiling depression': it's possible to be depressed while appearing happy – here's why that's particularly dangerous

85-year-old sheep farmer Mary O’Sullivan has plenty of mountains still to climb

BUSINESS COLUMNISTS

Joe Gill

How to legitimately lower your tax payments

Oliver Mangan

ECB inflation message takes Beckett-like turn

Ruth Doris

Sisters of mercy reimagine music app concept

Nick Charalambous

Giving the banks a run for their money

BUSINESS

Belfast among 84 new Virgin Atlantic destinations when Heathrow gets third runway

The airline said the transformation of its route network depends on how many additional take-of and landing slots it obtains when the UK’s busiest airport is expanded.

Outlook for US factories remains weak amid slowing global economies

Oil drops 5% on upbeat Saudi production outlook

Revived Budweiser IPO set to refresh Hong Kong exchange

Blockchain holds key to safe digital transactions

LIFESTYLE

Textile trends that can help you make a personal design statement

This season textiles trend large, full of colour and exotic pattern, and applied in new ways to make a personal design statement from the living room to the bedroom, writes Carol O’Callaghan