Jennifer O’Connell: Dogs with Instagram accounts? I blame the pawrents

No self-respecting mutt is without their own Instagram account these days

Thousands to take part in ‘March for Our Lives’ gun protests

Events organised by survivors of Florida school shooting aim to bring about tighter controls

Profits jump at Kelly’s in Rosslare as confidence returns

Hotel resort has spent €3m on capital projects over last few years

‘Good news: Rihanna is fat. And Amal is dangerously thin’

Jennifer O’Connell: Let me save you the trouble of reading the internet

Amal and George Clooney’s twin babies are born, spokesman says

Lawyer and actor’s newborns Ella and Alexander are ‘happy, healthy and doing fine’

Red alert for Irish fashion

Irish designer Helen Cody has swapped her pale palette for a riot of red, and says it’s given her courage

Lawyer Amal Clooney nominated for Tipperary Peace Prize

Other nominees include Fr Patrick Devine, Martin McGuinness and Amnesty Ireland

Obamas host their final White House party

Meryl Streep, Stevie Wonder, George and Amal Clooney among A-list attendees

Handbags: smaller and more expensive but are they dying out?

Broadside: Not as long as luxury brand bags come with their own waiting lists

Ibrahim Halawa’s lawyers to meet Oireachtas committee

Committee discusses case of Irish teenager in prison without trial for three years

EY awards: Monaco rolls out red carpet for entrepreneurs

‘We are humbled by the opportunity to represent Ireland and the rest of the Stripe team at the EY awards, ’ says Stripe co-founder John Collison

Maureen Dowd: Hillary needs to make decisions by conviction

Has Clinton the confidence to act in ways that are contrary to political interests?

No Lette up for women making their mark

It’s still a man’s world and women are still runners-up. Just don’t ask us to polish the glass ceiling while we’re up there

The torture centre: Northern Ireland’s ‘hooded men’

In 1971 the British army took 14 men to a secret location in rural Co Derry and subjected them to a horrific interrogation from which they have never recovered. Nine of the surviving ‘hooded men’ are still seeking justice for what they say was torture – and they have the human-rights lawyer Amal Clooney on their side

Maldives sinking further into repression as state remains impervious to criticism

Royals and celebrities still visit the islands despite its poor human rights record

Jennifer O’Connell: You’ll be sorry when the robot journalists take over

This year, computer software will produce more than a billion stories on the web. The majority will never be read, but in this era of McJournalism does anyone care?

Gerard McKerr, one of the Hooded Men, dies aged 71

Man one of group of 14 allegedly tortured by British soldiers during Northern Ireland Troubles

Interrogations of hooded men were ‘taped’

Attorney General asked to follow-up on new documents showing British army retained more than 400 hours of interrogation recordings

Retrial of two jailed Al Jazeera journalists to begin this week

Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed jailed for allegedly helping Muslim Brotherhood

Delay in Cairo trial of Halawa could ‘deepen depression’

Trial of Irish teenager detained since 2013 postponed until February 8th

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