A survey of 336 GP practices over the past month by the Sunday Independent found that 148 (44%) are operating at full capacity.

The board of Dublin Port Company has again strenuously denied any impropriety over credit card expenditure and said it was happy to face TDs and senators over its governance at an Oireachtas Transport Committee hearing.

The group which includes titles like the Irish and Sunday Independent has been bought by the Belgian Dutch media group Mediahuis.

“A lot of people were standing... including children.” Eyewitness Emmet Doyle, recounting what happened in Derry on Thursday night, said he saw the young woman being shot.

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The divided reaction to David Hickey’s interview carried in this newspaper on Saturday wasn’t unexpected.

The Disclosures Tribunal is prone to getting blown off course on a not infrequent basis, writes Michael Clifford

Parents are being forced into conversations their children are not ready for by posters associated with the upcoming referendum on the Eighth Amendment, an online survey has found.

There was a time when, as a journalist, you were almost afraid to say Denis O’Brien’s name out loud given his penchant for taking people to court, writes Alison O’Connor

The Press Ombudsman Peter Feeney has described the possibility that emails at Independent News & Media (INM) were accessed by an external company as “deeply disturbing”.

Shane Ross has been criticised for saying that there should be strict sentencing guidelines for judges for all crimes.

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Frontline gardaí and supervisors are expected to fight any attempt by management — acting under Government pressure — to single them out for disciplinary action for the inflation of breath-test figures.

Ireland is the only western democracy to have introduced a blasphemy law in the 21st century.

An Post is reportedly considering closing 200 of its stores.

Irish Examiner columnist and journalist Michael Clifford was today named 2016 NewsBrands Ireland Journalist of the Year at a ceremony in Mansion House, Dublin.

The new director general of RTÉ has pledged to continue an overhaul at the broadcaster and said that projects involving 1916 centenary commemorations and the Olympics will mean a larger financial deficit this year.

We are living in uncertain times.

The Government is planning to introduce new international security measures to prevent future terror attacks.

Financial guru Eddie Hobbs is reported to have quit Renua, the party that failed to secure a single seat in the last general election.

Independent TD Michael Lowry has been subjected to “unprecedented” State scrutiny for 20 years and his prosecution on tax charges contrasts with failure to charge even one Ansbacher account holder, the High Court has heard.

Independent News & Media (INM) continued to see declines in revenue and circulation in the opening four months of the year, the effects of which were offset by growing digital revenues.

Sinn Féin’s child protection officer has claimed a backbench Government TD is only raising concerns over the alleged cover-up of rapes by the Provisional IRA to improve her chances in the next general election.

The HSE is investigating the deaths of 30 babies at Irish hospitals, it has been revealed.

Independent News and Media say there will be no more than 30 jobs lost as part of a restructuring at the group.

One in five of all non-property owners in Dublin plans to buy a home in the next 12 months, according to a new poll.

A journalist has settled her defamation action against her former employers, Independent Newspapers.

Support for Labour has fallen in three new political opinion polls.

Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice is to start a new political party, it has been reported.

Ian Bailey has said he now believes a 1997 diary entry "back in print hip hip hooray" is probably his writing. Yesterday, he

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Irish Water could be forced to hire private contractors to restrict supply for households which don't pay their charges.

There is likely to be more consolidation in the Irish newspaper industry over the next five years, according to Independent News & Media chairman, Leslie Buckley.

An application has been made at Clonmel Circuit court to have a trial involving Michael Lowry, who is accused of filing incorrect tax returns, to be moved to Dublin because of fears a jury in Tipperary may be biased.

A new survey published today forecasts further gains for Sinn Féin in the European elections.

The Dáil’s financial watchdog has hit back at claims by former Rehab chief executive Frank Flannery that they are out to “blackguard and bully” him.

Two new opinion polls to be published tomorrow show conflicting results for the coalition parties.

Google and Ryanair are set to team up to produce a new service which will revolutionise the way we buy airline tickets.

Sean Quinn's family are likely to try to pursue the Central Bank and the Department of Finance - after they yesterday secured permission to sue Sean Fitzpatrick for damages.

The Central Bank said it will not make any criminal complaints over the Anglo Tapes.

The former head of the ECB has ruled out appearing before any Oireachtas banking inquiry and denied Ireland’s financial crisis was targeted unfairly by Europe.

The payment of €1.4 bn of increments to public sector workers over the past six years is being defended.

Latest figures show sales of Irish newspapers are continuing to fall.