Highlights

Late-spring flowering plants can’t wait for summer to get started

Why is Sinn Féin giving the unity question more va-va-voom?

Séan Moncrieff: ‘That’s a Tesla,’ my daughter said. ‘We don’t like them’

‘There were four girls raped in front of us. Their mother cried for their safety’

For a united Ireland to work messy compromises will be needed, but we can’t gift Irish identity to the far-right

Missing Kerry farmer Michael Gaine: ‘Mystery’ is the word that repeats like a mantra

Heilung: Fans dress up to enjoy the band’s alternative and genre-defying live spectacle

TV coverage of Pope’s funeral: Ceremony filmed with splendid cinematic minimalism by Italian TV

Nicotine pouches in schools: ‘This is heading towards epidemic proportions’

Why did two Kerry politicians fight to protect Airbnb in the Kingdom?

John Wilson: I tasted 16 wines for this article, there were no bad ones

‘Wouldn’t it be great if he got voted in?’ The cardinal from Drimnagh tasked with organising the papal conclave

‘My heart shattered. There’s no hope for us’: Families react to housing department’s decision on Dublin flats regeneration

Opinion: Race to succeed Pope Francis begins with his funeral, as informal alliances of cardinals emerge

John FitzGerald: Irish unification would hit South harder than 2008 crash

‘Forget about glamour’: Jonathan Anderson offers advice to would-be fashion designers as he receives TCD honour

Plans unveiled for south Dublin winter sports arena to host State’s first ice hockey franchise

Dean Rock: Louth look to have edge over Kildare in match that will affect future of both

What will €350,000 buy in Madeira, France, Spain, Sardinia and Co Mayo?