The death of a journalist doing their job should not be marked with silence and so Lyra McKee was honoured with prolonged applause and cheers.

So that’s Tuesday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney will travel to the North tomorrow for talks with the region’s main political parties amid growing pressure for them to form a new coalition government in the aftermath of Lyra McKee’s murder.

Presidential candidate Gavin Duffy has claimed that RTÉ is a "fan club" for President Michael D Higgins.

"Nothing has changed...Nine or 10 people a day travel from Ireland to the UK (to access abortion services) or three take safe but illegal abortion pills at home."

Leo Varadkar’s speech on Saturday was a powerful affirmation of what a modern Ireland must look like, says Fergus Finlay.

It’s over. Two thousand years of power and authority, of intellectual superstructure designed to continuously create learned helplessness and obedience may not have ended during the papal visit to Ireland, 2018, but the decline accelerated.

The legendary singer was among a number of artists that performed at the Garden of Remembrance location.

A major security operation swings into action today as Pope Francis arrives in

It is unfair to blame the Pope for the historical treatment of children in all Western societies, writes Victoria White

Shame was the base and the root of the Church’s power. But not their shame... but of their victims, writes Fergus Finlay

Glass from the Twin Towers and a rivet of 9/11 steel from the World Trade Center were donated to the Medal of Honour Exhibition in Kinsale, Co Cork over the weekend with 35 members of the New York Fire Department travelling over to the town for the ceremony.

Over 30 groups and organisations from around the country calling for an end to Direct Provision are marching in Dublin today.

I know that most of you are horrified by the stories detailing the atrocities that women have been subjected to over the last 100 years, writes Louise O’Neill

A national march has been organised in protest against the “religious ownership” of the new National Maternity Hospital.

The Department of Education has been criticised by child abuse survivors for failing to consult them on the possible replacement of a permanent memorial with an exhibition.

The Department of Education is considering a permanent exhibition to remember residential institution abuse victims, instead of the memorial recommended in the 2009 Ryan Report.

The Union of Students Ireland (USI) will hold a national day of protest today to put pressure on the Government to find a long-term, publicly financed solution to third-level education funding.

The Union of Students in Ireland expect up to 5,000 students to join their national demonstration march this Wednesday, October, 19.

One of the key commemorations of the 1916 Easter Rising centenary has taken place with President Michael D Higgins honouring all those who fought and died for Irish freedom.

The Government has said the Rising commemorations will be rooted in respect and inclusivity.

The President has rejected the idea that celebrating the centenary of the Easter Rising could cause unrest.

Family members of some of the heroes of 1916 are expected to attend a special wreath-laying ceremony at the National Monument on Grand Parade in Cork on Easter Monday.

Security plans will continue to be monitored as hundreds of thousands of people are expected to descend on Dublin for the 1916 commemorations and celebrations.

The main 1916 centenary celebrations kick off on Saturday with events happening right across the weekend.

With two and a half weeks of school holidays, Jonathan deBurca Butler suggests now is a great time to take a trip to Dublin where a plethora of 1916-inspired exhibitions and events are taking place

OUR unionist neighbours in Northern Ireland and the overwhelming population of the UK as a whole yesterday celebrated Queen Elizabeth’s milestone in becoming Britain’s longest serving monarch.

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams hopes that the visit of Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla to Ireland next month will "promote reconciliation".

Thousands of anti-water charge protesters will descend on the Dáil later today to “bin the Irish Water bills” sent out by the utility.

Organisers of the next major demonstration against Irish Water have encountered an unexpected problem.

Those who fought in the Easter Rising are being remembered in Dublin this afternoon.

Five recommendations made by the Ryan Report six years ago to help protect children have yet to be implemented due to lack of resources.

A site is still being sought in Dublin for a memorial to victims of institutional abuse, after a €31,000 spend on an earlier unsuccessful plan.

A pregnant political activist has been charged with assaulting a garda during Wednesday’s massive Irish Water demonstration in Dublin.

A pregnant political activist has been charged with assaulting a garda during yesterday's massive Irish Water demonstration in Dublin.

Businesses in Dublin are hoping today’s water charges protests will not put a major dent in the profits they were hoping to make in the lucrative pre-Christmas period.

A Dublin man who threw rocks, glass bottles, and a bike at riot police and a riot van during Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to Ireland has been spared jail after a judge suspended his prison sentence.

Demonstrators will take to the streets of Dublin today to protest against the water charges.

A march in aid of suicide prevention is taking place in Dublin city centre this afternoon.