Facebook groups offering to arrange private adoptions and forged birth certificates

The proposed “adoption” would mimic some of the private adoptions illegally carried…

Contrary Catalonia: Barcelona is a great place to visit, even if locals would rather you didn’t

Wandering around Barcelona as a tourist is like being the needy one…

‘We learned the hard way… family planning is not easy’ – Soc Dems leader Holly Cairns on pregnancy announcemen

Yesterday the Cork South-West TD took to social media to say she…

Social Democrat leader Holly Cairns shares heartbreak two miscarriages in one year

Leader of the Social Democrats Holly Cairns has shared the heartbreaking news…

Roisin Kiberd: I found a Chanel jacket for €50, but even charity shopping feels like cheating now

Later this month, the personal archive of the late Vivienne Westwood, designer,…

Will AI take over art? ‘No amount of sentimentality is going to stop it from happening’

Zack London is reluctant to describe himself as an artist. At least…

Gareth Southgate may start with Trent Alexander-Arnold in midfield role

The England manager came close to confirming Alexander-Arnold will start in midfield…

Steve Clarke needs to cure Scotland’s defensive hangover

The pounding suffered by Steve Clarke’s team only intensified that very feeling…

Obituary: John Kearney, erudite and respected sub-editor who had a 40-year career at the Sunday Independent

Always perfectly dressed, with a throaty, indefinable accent and a groomed white…

‘Big Mac’ trademark win increases appetite for Supermac’s – as inquiries from potential franchisees in Europe

Supermac’s, the fast-food restaurant chain founded by entrepreneur Pat McDonagh, received around…

Colin Murphy: Gaza is rightly dominating media attention, but why isn’t the agony of Sudanese people newsworth

Thousands of people had been killed and seven million had fled their…