‘Unsubstantiated opinions’ and ‘empty rhetoric’ are not substitute for facts, says judge

High Court will rule on application to challenge coronavirus laws on Wednesday

Authority also tracking and reporting on how often the force uses new powers

Small children among crowd of around 50 supporters protesting Covid-19 restrictions

Applicants say laws amount to ‘effective suspension’ of citizens’ constitutional rights

People told to return home by officers and that they were breaking the 2km rule

Case by John Waters and Gemma O’Doherty is ‘one of most important in State’s history’, court hears

Supporters of Gemma O’Doherty and John Waters gathered as pair brought judicial review over Covid-19 restrictions

Rally by former workers was broken up, but large gathering was let remain in courts building

Kathy Sheridan: Ask hard questions but beware of dangers of change for sake of change

Political rhetoric of our time is conditioned by insult and hardly concealed violence

We hear about TV’s current Golden Age but Family was as great as anything today

Hunter embodied the clean-cut image but was forced to deny his gay sexuality for years

Naoise Nunn on the first Leviathan

When it comes to tournament telly, there’s only one Après Match

The authoritarian version of Catholicism is over. In other forms it is alive and well

In 1983, the conservative Catholic John Healy could also be a staunch opponent of the Eighth Amendment

Kerry TD reckons it’s okay to cut hedgerows, as birds are too smart to nest by busy roads

Review: The actor reaches a new level of lunacy in Brian Taylor’s film

A campaign to get Ireland to follow Britain out of the EU is doomed to fail

Kenny decries the “hypocrisy” of Nigel Farage taking a European Parliament salary

Review: Cinema’s dullest couple adjust to married life in this tedious instalment

Fans of Trump and Farage look for more open debate on Ireland’s future in the EU

Former Ukip leader calls on anti-EU Irish to organise and fight 2019 European elections

Hot topics on Twitter this year included Brexit, #Ophelia and, em, chicken nuggets

John Leahy says poll would be damaging for country with Brexit talks at a crucial stage

Writer criticises the use of ‘Holocaust’ to describe mother-and-baby home deaths

In Five Foot Two, Lady Gaga tries to control the message. But it’s clearly tough and lonely at the summit of the pop world

Here’s our autumunal picks for the streaming services

Magazine became known for its in-depth investigative journalism

Russia and Ukraine are not the only countries with form when it comes to Eurovision controvery

General also felt Dublin proposal for UDR deployment away from its home areas would cause ‘Protestant uproar’

From The Beatles to The Pogues, Oasis and The Smiths, musicians of Irish descent played a key role in UK scene, writes Johnny Rogan

‘PJ Mara doesn’t so much do a job as weave a spell. His social skills are described in terms approaching awe’

Part of the reason Mara was effective was his character traits made him well suited to role

Gaze, the Dublin gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender film festival, opens Thursday. Here are five screenings we’ll definitely be attending

Sculptor’s invention became icon of suburban satisfaction and source of personal pride

Fianna Fáil leader says Power’s resignation related to refusal to allow her run as sole candidate

Group concerned at how same-sex marriage Yes vote might play out in family law cases

On eve of broadcast-moratorium campaigners believe people have made up their minds