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<p>LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 22: Jessie Buckley accepts the Leading Actress Award for 'Hamnet' on stage during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2026 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 22, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart Wilson/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA)</p>

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'This is nuts': Jessie Buckley wins Bafta for best actress

The Killarney actress has added the Bafta to her Golden Globe and Critic's Choice award for her starring role as Agnes Shakespeare.

<p>Cork manager John Cleary: "Look, two trips to the North and Kildare at home, it's tough, but if we're good enough to get into Division 1, we will." Pic: ©INPHO/James Lawlor</p>

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Cork 'in the mix' for promotion with tough Division 2 run-in to come

<p>A couple in their 40s died on the Tramore Road in Co Waterford on Saturday. The scene of the accident is less than 5km from Waterford City and 3km from Tramore. Picture: Jim Campbell</p>

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Road crashes claim seven lives in one day on island of Ireland

Dancing with the Stars recap: From Nicky Byrne to the ‘Paudie Padel’, centenary episode delivers unique treat

culture

Dancing with the Stars recap: From Nicky Byrne to the ‘Paudie Padel’, centenary episode delivers unique treat

'It’s a piece of heaven, isn’t it?': A West Cork rainforest and the mission to rewild it

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'It’s a piece of heaven, isn’t it?': A West Cork rainforest and the mission to rewild it

Former Ireland footballer Colin Healy selling spacious Rylane home for €495k

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Former Ireland footballer Colin Healy selling spacious Rylane home for €495k

Kilkenny v Waterford - Allianz Hurling League Division 1A

gaa

Waterford boss Queally questions referee's decision on Cats' winning free

Author Charleen Hurtubise: Straight away I fell in love, Ireland has been very good to me

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Author Charleen Hurtubise: Straight away I fell in love, Ireland has been very good to me

Maro Itoje dejected after the match 21/2/2026

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'Feeble, fragile, feckless, fumbling' — English media reaction to Ireland's Twickenham rout

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Sign for the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE) - Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhise Slainte

HSE wrote off over €50m of bad debt between 2023 and 2024

Figures provided to the Public Accounts Committee show outstanding patient debts at the end of 2023 stood at €102.4m

Fine Gael choose Seán Kyne to contest Galway West by-election

Fine Gael choose Seán Kyne to contest Galway West by-election

Movies, fast food and tailgating among 160 complaints from learner drivers about instructors

Movies, fast food and tailgating among 160 complaints from learner drivers about instructors

McDonald: 'Cruel' SNA review should be abandoned, not paused

McDonald: 'Cruel' SNA review should be abandoned, not paused

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sport

England v Ireland - Guinness Men's Six Nations - Allianz Stadium Twickenham

England to conduct ‘uncomfortable’ review of Six Nations humbling at hands of Ireland

George Ford insists ‘We want to get to root of the problems’ after a second-straight loss destroyed championship hopes at Twickenham

Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal - Premier League - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

'What we love doing' - Arteta revels as Arsenal find the perfect riposte by pasting Spurs

Nottingham Forest v Liverpool - Premier League - City Ground

Arne Slot admits Liverpool ‘got more than we deserved’ in win over Forest

Armagh v Donegal - Allianz Football League Division 1

Kieran McGeeney: 'We’re missing things that should be scored. They’re not difficult chances'

Insight: Must Reads

Rosie O'Donnell: 'It was very strange to feel so at home in a new country. But I do'

Rosie O'Donnell: 'It was very strange to feel so at home in a new country. But I do'

Ahead of her show at the Cork Opera House, Rosie O’Donnell talks to Colin Sheridan about Trump, making Ireland home — and how she’s coping with the very Irish weather

Future Cork: The city centre enters a new golden age after decades of change

Future Cork: The city centre enters a new golden age after decades of change

'You wouldn’t do to a dog what was done to Marguerita. How could there only be five years given for that?'

S 'You wouldn’t do to a dog what was done to Marguerita. How could there only be five years given for that?'

'I have no desire to go anywhere': Inside the enclosed community of Tyburn nuns in Cork

S 'I have no desire to go anywhere': Inside the enclosed community of Tyburn nuns in Cork

Regular Columnists

Michael Clifford

Mick Clifford: In the SNA storm, who is really standing up for children with greatest needs?

Clodagh Finn: The Irish woman who made ‘Cabaret’ a hit in Ireland long before the Broadway musical

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Colin Sheridan: How strange that courage is celebrated in death and reviled in life

Paul Hosford: Best for John Moran and Limerick councillors to refocus and just get on with it

Lifestyle

Barbara Diener: Fruits of Spike Island residency on show in West Cork

Barbara Diener: Fruits of Spike Island residency on show in West Cork

Diener is part of a group exhibition at Uillinn in Skibbereen, and has also been exploring her own family history, including her father's time with the German army during WWII

Baftas: Jessie Buckley and Teyana Taylor bring drama to the red carpet

Baftas: Jessie Buckley and Teyana Taylor bring drama to the red carpet

CLOSE-UP DIRTY AND MUDDY DOG CARPET AT HOME.

Dear Dáithí: My sister has a new dog... it's taking over our lives

Tommy Tiernan Show recap: Pat Spillane on his love for football and his mother's influence

Tommy Tiernan Show recap: Pat Spillane on his love for football and his mother's influence

Viewpoints

Future Cork: Is the city ready to enter the 21st century?

Future Cork: Is the city ready to enter the 21st century?

Five years into our 10-year vision for the city, there has been real progress but the biggest eyesores remain, while city centre green space has been decimated, write Jude Sherry and Frank O'Connor

Drawing

David O'Mahony: Perhaps ‘going in the book’ is the best way to deal with our emotions

Colin Sheridan: Defence Forces funding increase must not erode Ireland’s neutrality

Colin Sheridan: Defence Forces funding increase must not erode Ireland’s neutrality

Is Ireland drifting from neutrality amid Europe’s €381bn rearmament drive?

Is Ireland drifting from neutrality amid Europe’s €381bn rearmament drive?

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Homebuilding firm Evara appoints new commercial lead

S Homebuilding firm Evara appoints new commercial lead

Ross Laurie takes on lead role with Evara, overseeing commercial developments for its growing pipeline of construction sites

Executive shuffle as OFX names new managing partner

S Executive shuffle as OFX names new managing partner

'I have no regrets. I loved my mam so much': Niamh Drohan on losing her mother to bowel cancer

S 'I have no regrets. I loved my mam so much': Niamh Drohan on losing her mother to bowel cancer

Donegal v Mayo - Allianz Football League Division 1

S Éamonn Fitzmaurice: Top teams still figuring how to stem the bleed

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Six Nations Podcast: Ireland destroy England at Twickenham

Six Nations Podcast: Ireland destroy England at Twickenham

Brendan O’Brien and Simon Lewis talk through Ireland's historic victory at Twickenham

The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: The Irishman held by ICE and Martin's White House visit

The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: The Irishman held by ICE and Martin's White House visit

GAA Show Extra: how to be the 'bad guy' as a manager

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The Mick Clifford Podcast: Paul Cullen’s powerful search for family and truth

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Paul Cullen’s powerful search for family and truth

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Police Search 'Address In Berkshire' On Day Of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's Arrest

Watch: Police search former home as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the brother of King Charles, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office and is in police custody.

Watch: Savannah Guthrie appeals for help from the public in new video

Watch: Savannah Guthrie appeals for help from the public in new video

Seattle Seahawks v New England Patriots - Super Bowl LX - Levi's Stadium

Watch: Bad Bunny joined by Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin in vibrant Super Bowl halftime show

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Hemp fibers

Malcolm Noonan: Department ignoring hemp’s 'huge potential'

Some farmers are growing it in trial crops, and there have been certain attempts through Teagasc in Oak Park to grow it

Working tools for cleaning snow in a snowfall. Shovels.

Lighten Up: It's a wrap (a silage wrap) for Brad Pitt in West Cork

Scottish beef cattle standing in a muddy part of a field on an overcast spring morning.

Brian Reidy: Ground is soft, patience is thin — how to survive the February slog

Forget 'Big Brother', everyone is tuning into the ‘Bord Bia five’

Forget 'Big Brother', everyone is tuning into the ‘Bord Bia five’

Property

Lots of glass, lots of class at remodeled €795k Carrigtwohill farmhouse

Lots of glass, lots of class at remodeled €795k Carrigtwohill farmhouse

A modern wing gave a new twist to a traditional farmhouse

Perfect €445k first-time buyer opportunity in a quiet cul-de-sac in Glanmire

Perfect €445k first-time buyer opportunity in a quiet cul-de-sac in Glanmire

Tasty live-work blend at €510k landmark Kenmare property

Tasty live-work blend at €510k landmark Kenmare property

Female cleans a dirty wall at home with professional rag

The off-white walls in my kitchen are badly marked up. What can I do to freshen them up?

World

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Pakistan claims to have killed at least 70 militants in Afghan border strikes

Pakistan’s military killed at least 70 militants in strikes along the border with Afghanistan, targeting what it described as hideouts of Pakistani militants it blamed for recent attacks inside the country, the deputy interior minister said.

US Secret Service agents shoot armed man at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort

US Secret Service agents shoot armed man at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort

France Student Killed

Hundreds march in Lyon in protest over activist’s killing as Macron urges calm

UK economy review

Donald Trump announces 15% tariffs on US imports from all countries

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Heads are turning for pharmacy investment property in the heart of buzzing Charleville

Heads are turning for pharmacy investment property in the heart of buzzing Charleville

Huge footfall and an attractive guide price of €1 million for high-yielding pharmacy investment property in heart of Charleville Shopping Centre

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For the latest trends and styles — visit City Tiles & Bathrooms

How smart controllers unlock the full potential of a heat pump

How smart controllers unlock the full potential of a heat pump

Trust, data, governance: How life sciences can balance the opportunities and risks of AI – responsibly

Trust, data, governance: How life sciences can balance the opportunities and risks of AI – responsibly

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