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Read Boris Johnson on course to secure Conservative majority in the House of Commons - exit poll

Boris Johnson is set to be returned as UK Prime Minister

John Downing: 'Predictions of a Boris win ends UK-EU membership within weeks, but big challenges beckon for Ireland'

Britain

UK election 2019: Six things to look out for during the count tonight

Britain

UK election 2019: What does each outcome in this historic vote mean for Ireland?

Britain

Opinion Dan O'Brien: 'Corbyn may take Britain the way of Venezuela - but a Labour win is least worst outcome for Ireland'

Comment

International Soccer

John Earley resigns from FAI board with immediate effect

John Earley resigned his position as an FAI board member

'Let's live in the real world' - Dr Sumi Dunne explains how to consume alcohol in a healthy way this festive season

Health & Wellbeing

Driver who killed boy in hit and run jailed for eight months

Courts

Dessie Farrell appointed to succeed Jim Gavin as Dublin manager on three-year term

Sport

Video Dáil's most senior official forced to defend claim that case for buying controversial printer was 'sound'

Politics

First look: Inside BrewDog's first Irish bar on Dublin’s south docks

Irish

Prince Andrew is a 'wonderful man' who has gone 'through such enormous pain' - Sarah Ferguson

World News

AIB gets possession order for MEP Mick Wallace’s home

Courts

Richard Curran: 'The real FAI action will be the fixture at Bank of Ireland'

Comment

Met Eireann issues weather warning as 'wintry falls' forecast this weekend

Irish News

Podcasts

Fitness

Real Health Podcast: The Hangover episode with Dr Sumi Dunne

The Left Wing

The Left Wing: John Cooney on Ulster's European run and bouncing back from World Cup disappointment

Real Health Podcast

Real Health Podcast: Kathryn Thomas and getting yourself on the right road to health and fitness

Gaelic Football

The Throw In: From 1955 heartbreak to 2019's five in-a-row - Inside the Decades of the Dubs

Politics

The Floating Voter - Fine Gael TD says Maria Bailey should not be dropped from election ticket

News

The Big Tech Show: Come fly (and eat) with me

Travel News

Two Irish hotels make Condé Nast Traveller's Gold List 2020

List of the hottest hotels in the world

Shane MacGowan to sing 'Fairytale of New York' during special Late Late Show tribute

TV News

'The rumours of the demise of cash are greatly exaggerated' - Fexco's Joe Redmond

Technology

Jumanji: The Next Level review: 'Slick and slight but charming enough to get away with it'

Movie Reviews

Kate Middleton dazzles in Alexander McQueen gown - and Princess Diana's historic diamond and pearl tiara

Celebrity News

Ewan MacKenna: 'John Delaney was never, ever alone in all of this'

International Soccer

Phone recordings suggest 'at least some' of the 39 migrants found dead in trailer were alive after entering UK, court hears

Courts

'It is truly infuriating and will forever be unforgivable' - Asylum seeker found not guilty over murder of Japanese man in Dundalk

Courts

Xiaomi - the world's fourth largest smartphone maker - is set to battle iPhone

Technology

Garda convicted of assaulting RTÉ cameraman during street protests

Courts

Healy Rae company records profits of €444,227

Companies

Fibre broadband doubles in Ireland as landline phones die, regulator figures suggest

Technology

'I was with him one day and saw him have a seizure - it broke my heart'

Family

HSE 'at last' finds place for homeless man with brain damage in Mountjoy

Courts

Neil Francis: 'One of Europe's best young forwards played in Ireland last weekend... unfortunately, he's English'

Champions Cup

Lucinda O'Sullivan's 20 best Christmas spots around Ireland

Christmas

Fairytale Of New York row 'silly' - Victoria Mary Clarke

Music News

Central Bank warns on bogus lenders

Irish

'This will get rural Ireland back on its feet' - Kerry community launch free community taxi for pub-goers

Irish News

Web Summit shows sharp rise in revenue

Technology

'State of the art' visitor experience sheds new light on Newgrange

Travel News

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Polling booths open across Britain as voters head to ballot boxes

"Look it was human error, that's all I can say" - Dáil Clerk on buying printer too big to fit into Oireachtas

Scientists discover 44,000 year-old Indonesian cave painting

Boris Johnson hides in fridge to avoid questions from reporter

Deer trapped in frozen lake rescued by Deputy using a lasso

Most Read

AIB gets possession order for MEP Mick Wallace’s home

Courts

Two Irish hotels make Condé Nast Traveller's Gold List 2020

Travel News

Met Eireann issues weather warning as 'wintry falls' forecast this weekend

Irish News

Live UK election 2019: Poll predicts victory for Boris as voting comes to a close

Britain

'It is truly infuriating and will forever be unforgivable' - Asylum seeker found not guilty over murder of Japanese man on Dundalk street

Courts

Christmas

The socially awkward person's guide to party season

Christmas

'I'm the oldest in the business - we used to sell up to 10,000 a year' - Christmas tree seller Paul Sexton (87) on his love for the festive period

Life

Elf-made man: My day as Santa's biggest helper

Christmas

10 questions to ask yourself before buying Christmas gifts this year to guarantee outside-the-box thinking

Christmas

Do we have to endure the 'cult of me' at Christmas?

Christmas

Social media is driving spirit of volunteering, says Young SVP leader

Christmas

Opinion

Liz Kearney: 'Trapped in a metal box: no end in sight for commuter hell that is shortening our lives'

Letters to the Editor: 'Suu Kyi denials of Myanmar genocide don’t stack up'

Colette Browne: 'The rich get richer and the poor and middle-class stagnate because the system is designed that way'

Sinead Ryan: 'How Delaney birthday do took the cake'

Letters to the Editor: 'Ireland will not escape lightly if Johnson comes to power'

Ian O'Doherty: '2019 has been rotten for Irish politics - but at least we haven't fallen as low as the United Kingdom'

Frank Coughlan: 'Exams a time for revision... and prayer'

Letters to the Editor: 'This Government is great at dictating nonsense to us'

John Downing: 'Thursday's UK general election will shape all our futures. Here are the only essentials to watch out for'

Amy Molloy: 'The public will lose faith in any watchdog that repeatedly refuses to acknowledge a problem exists in its profession'

Roslyn Dee: 'Bells ring out to stir joyful memories of Christmas'

Comment

Charlie Weston: 'Funds are learning that the carcass of a market they swooped in on might not make for a filling meal after all'

Comment

Editorial: 'EU's radical plans to save planet mustn't end up hot air'

Editorial

Rory Hearne: 'We have the means to end homelessness - but our politicians lack the will to do so'

Comment

Irish News

McDonald won't commit to giving to charity any of €4.7m gifted by ill man

Politics

'They'd think twice about buying quads as gifts' - father of man seriously injured on quad bike warns parents

Irish News

Home prices 'as high as they can go' so cost of building must be driven down, warns ESRI

Irish News

Gardaí arrest woman, two men in relation to murder of convicted criminal Wayne Whelan

Irish News

RTÉ will not reveal all details and costs of executives' trip to Japan for Rugby World Cup

Irish News

Student convicted of stalking undergraduate and attacking her roommate is refused bail

Courts

Sport

Gaelic Football

Conor McKeon: 'It is difficult to conjure a more qualified Dublin manager than Farrell just now, scars and all'

THERE under the Cusack Stand in the moments after the 2012 All-Ireland minor final, Dessie Farrell happily contemplated the effects that losing the previous year's final had had on winning that one.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer compares Mason Greenwood to Wayne Rooney after Man United's Europa League win

Other Soccer

Independent FAI directors chosen but 'undertaking thorough analysis of current issues and concerns' before appointment

International Soccer

Mason Greenwood strikes on the double as Man United put AZ Alkmaar to the sword

Other Soccer

Dublin GAA's annual commercial income breaks through the €2m barrier

GAA

Niall Scully: 'White smoke over Christmas lights in Donnycarney as Dublin batons are passed on'

GAA

Business

'Business is about trying to make the world a better place for citizens'

Jobs

Fexco eyes foreign deals to diversify from UK market

Irish

Property prices increase by less than 1pc

Personal Finance

PetroNeft raises $2.12m in share placing

Irish

Miles Karemacher appointed general manager of Coca-Cola HBC Ireland

Jobs

Growth here will slow to 7-year low as global trade tensions take toll

Irish

Life

Fitness

Real Health Podcast: The Hangover episode with Dr Sumi Dunne

Christmas is just around the corner and the party season is in full swing, but have you been over-indulging and enjoying yourself a bit too much?

Sky-high property prices, no school places, and crazy traffic: Why I just had to get my family out of Dublin

Life

Puppy love: The abandoned collie who stole our hearts

Life

Is it possible to have a sustainable ski holiday?

Life

'I was tired, irritable and anxious' - how to recognise a thyroid issue

Health Features

Style

Celebrity News

Kate Middleton dazzles in Alexander McQueen gown - and Princess Diana's diamond and pearl tiara

When the occasion calls for it, there's only one tiara that Kate Middleton relies on.

How to wear... the red dress

Style Talk

How Maura Higgins surpassed her Love Island castmates to emerge as this year's breakout star

Celebrity Features

Sweden's Princess Sofia leads glamorous royals at Nobel Prize dinner in Stockholm

Celebrity News

The 'something blue' for Philly McMahon's wedding - his ankles

Style Talk

Entertainment

Movies

Sweet talker or creepy stalker? The problem with that Love, Actually doorway scene

Like the Christmas lights and the flurry of big-budget supermarket ad campaigns, the annual rehashing of upset over Love, Actually has become one of the great festive traditions.

Jumanji: The Next Level review: 'Slick and slight but charming enough to get away with it'

Movie Reviews

Shane MacGowan to sing 'Fairytale of New York' during special Late Late Show tribute

TV News

RTE's Marty Morrissey: 'I've had a few moves with Mary Kennedy'

TV News

Great Scott: 'Fleabag' star Andrew gets Guild nod

Movies

Travel

Travel News

Two Irish hotels make Condé Nast Traveller's Gold List 2020

Adare Manor and The Westbury ranked among world's best for next year...

Aer Lingus announces direct flights to Greek island of Rhodes

Travel News

Ryanair announces new flights to Croatia from 'Ireland's fastest-growing airport'

Travel News

Video 25 best family-friendly stays in Ireland - hotels, camping and self-catering hits for every budget

Ireland

Top 10 things to do in Salzburg - the world's No.1 city to visit in 2020

Europe

Niamh Horan in Barcelona: 'A weekend just isn't enough to fully enjoy it'

Europe

World News

Live UK election 2019: Final hours of voting ahead of the count, poll predicts victory for Boris

Britain

Officials in New Zealand begin recovery of bodies left on White Island following eruption

Australasia

US House panel battles over impeachment articles against Trump

World News

Man arrested after suspect device found near polling station

Britain

Myanmar genocide claims are misleading, Suu Kyi tells court

Europe

Trump labels opponent as 'crooked' and the FBI 'scum'

President Trump