Am looking for guidance - what is you absolutely favourite own-brand product, something that can go toe-to-toe with the branded equivalent and wallop it on price every time?

Please watch this clip. Ireland should be ashamed at what happened to this hardworking young man Josip Strok. Shame on our justice dept & gov. These gangs have no fear of the law & nothing to offer society. This was murder. Simon Harris TD Helen McEntee TD
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Happy Record Store Day! ⁦Conor Pope⁩ for the The Irish Times kindly asked me to share something very personal… Records that shaped me: by Ray D’Arcy, Chupi Sweetman, Joe Duffy, Pauline McLynn, Paul Howard and more #recordstoreday

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One of the remarkable things about this piece - done to mark World Record Store day - and featuring Paul Howard Maïa Dunphy Nadine O'Regan Tom Happens 🥶 Paschal Donohoe EDEL COFFEY 👩🏼‍💻 and more is that no record is mentioned more than once. irishtimes.com/culture/music/…

It’s all about that face, bout that face, no treble!

Can you remember the last time you were paid by cheque or paid someone by cheque ? And would you miss them if they were gone?

Cabinet arriving at Áras an Uachtaráin for formal appointment

This is an excellent piece.

Not mad into the boxing by any means but I love the sound of this.....

Have you had online orders left on your doorstep open to the elements and to anyone who might want to thieve them? And have you noticed the practice increasing in recent times?

It might not be a universally popular view, but I would love it if Roy Keane was appointed Irish manager. Can you imagine a more Roy of the Rovers story than Keano coming in to lead Ireland to glory once again after the Great Unpleasantness of 2002? I can’t.

In today’s The Irish Times Mag, Conor Pope on travel, Lauren Murphy interviews Niamh Bury, the brilliant story of Ranelagh Rockets, plus great walking festivals & the best columnists, including Brianna Parkins SeánMoncrieff Paul Howard Roe McDermott Mark Moriarty

Inspired by Cillian Murphy’s Desert Island discs, I listened to Trains, Boats and Planes by the FrankandWalters today. I bought it on vinyl in 93 and played it on a loop for months. I’ve not heard it in full for ages but it’s still great - full of joy and without a single bad tune.

A bit late to this clearly but it's hard not to love Gary Gannon TD for his role in this exchange... impossible, really.

The family of Aisling, who featured in tonight’s Complaint’s Bureau, have set up a gofundme to try and bring some small financial relief to this lovely family who have been let down so badly by that builder. gofund.me/752a9933

Don't forget the Complaints Bureau tonight at 7pm on RTÉ 1...

Over nearly 20 years I have dealt with thousands of consumer complaints. The story told on the Complaints Bureau on RTÉ 1 at 7pm this evening is one of the worst I have ever come across. instagram.com/reel/C4dKMtuod…

You'd be terrified something like this would happen to someone close to you wouldn't you? irishtimes.com/your-money/202…

Oscars live: All the stars are out and in their seats as Academy Awards ceremony gets under way - Conor Pope is on the @irishtimes live story irishtimes.com/culture/film/2… via The Irish Times

Looking for new music on this Sunday morning? Well it won’t come much newer than this from a most promising Irish act. H/T Kilian Doyle open.spotify.com/album/2aSJ3XqX…