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Irish News -- 'They were just lovely, quiet, gorgeous men' – tributes to elderly brothers who died in Sligo farmhouse fire

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Racketeering and extortion by paramilitary groups 'added as much as 10pc' to building costs in North, files reveal

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Digital euro: what it is and how we will use the new form of cash

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Eamonn Sweeney: Thomas Frank favours results over aesthetic but has provided Spurs with little of either so far

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Fionnán Sheahan: From Michael Lowry's two fingers to Catherine Connolly's 914,143 votes – it's 2025 in numbers

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Baby loss: 'I just felt as a dad, I was sort of being ignored after my baby died – and by not talking, I let it happen'

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Irish News -- 'I should not have to worry about this as a cancer patient' – vulnerable patients paying up to €17 a day for hospital car parking

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Irish News -- Irish officials concerned over 'opulence' of Prince Charles's proposed yacht trip to Ireland

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Irish News -- 'Horse carcasses were being fed to hungry dogs' – animal welfare inspector tells of horrors he has witnessed on Ireland's puppy farms

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Money -- Nine money lessons I learned this year: from family finances and debt to freebies and frugality

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Health & Wellbeing -- Ask Allison: My friend and I were always overweight but now she is on the GLP-1 jab and I'm ashamed to say I'm jealous

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Irish News -- Government 'walking into even bigger rental crisis' as number of landlords selling up set to escalate

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Politics -- 'We would welcome him to Ireland' – Taoiseach hopeful Donald Trump will attend Irish Open or Ryder Cup

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United Rugby Championship -- 'Let's be honest... the style of the game has gone backwards' – Concerns aplenty for Irish rugby heading into 2026

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Irish News -- Russian submarine followed spy ship into Irish and British waters as it mapped gas pipeline

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Politics -- 'One of life's milestones that has been on hold for me' – Dáil's youngest TD on epilepsy and learning to drive after a year seizure-free

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Lifestyle -- Edward Hayden's New Year's Eve canapés are worth the effort

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Irish News -- Fears of 'riotous situation' among Ireland fans as ticket agent collapsed shortly before USA '94 World Cup

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News -- 'A crisis level of collisions' – Government chiefs under fire as road death numbers surpass 2024 figure

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Politics -- Roderic O'Gorman pushes for Green Party membership drive, hoping to emulate growing success of party in Britain

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Style -- Triona's tricks: 50 clever ways to hack your beauty routine

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Horse Racing -- Michael Verney: Gordon Elliott's purple patch lays down title marker but Willie Mullins always finds a way

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Celebrity News -- ' I'd lose my job if I revealed any spoilers to my family – plus, there's no fun in knowing', says 'Traitors' host Claudia Winkleman

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Irish News Video -- Swimmers brave the cold for a traditional Christmas morning dip

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Irish News -- Charity busk draws hundreds to Dublin city centre

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The Indo Daily -- A Pint of Plain: Fionnán and Donal Fallon's Christmas Pub Crawl

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Irish News -- President Catherine Connolly releases her first Christmas message

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Irish News -- Baby whose emergency delivery saved her and her mother's life is home for Christmas

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Book News -- Want to help make 2026 the year of the book? Here are some page-turners to whet your appetite

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Irish News -- Mick O'Dwyer's sons freeze their late father's estate as his widow seeks to contest move

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Irish News - latest - | Two men (80s) die in house fire in rural Co Sligo

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Irish News -- Woman in Jeffrey Epstein files told FBI she was trafficked into Ireland for 'politicians and notable men'

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Courts -- Construction company fined €70,000 as brick layer suffers career-ending injuries after collapse of scaffolding

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Life -- Actor Anna Healy on her unconventional marriage: 'The last six weeks, I've probably seen him four days. He's coming tonight and I'm looking forward to seeing him. It's really nice and spicy'

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Home & Garden -- Diarmuid Gavin: My month-my-month guide to the gardening highlights to look out for in 2026

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Dundalk & North -- Laurence McKeown's new book looks at H Block prisoners' resistance after the hunger strike

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News -- Special highlights series from Electric Picnic to run on TG4

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Book Reviews -- An Irish festive collection with some gems... but it can all feel a bit middlebrow

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Television -- Today's top TV and streaming choices: The Celebrity Apprentice Christmas Special, The Last Rifleman and Tell Me Softly

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Review of the year, 1995: Renewed peace efforts, 'Playboy' ban lifts, 'Irish Press' closes and the first peek at Luas plans

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'Nationalist alienation', Ping Ping's death and one family's five-decade fight over ship bombed by Germans: Day Two of the Irish State Papers

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Abdication secrets, Boyzone hysteria and Shannon as a NASA stop: Day One of the Irish State Papers

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Telecoms firms resisted government plan for mobile phone 'black outs' to prevent bomb detonations

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Media commentators 'hostile and critical' of president Mary Robinson after 1995 visit to South America

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Dublin Zoo officials 'distressed' at news that visiting panda Ping Ping died after his return to China

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World News -- Extroverted, hedonistic and powerful – do you carry any of the six traits scientists say make a person 'cool'?

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Europe -- Danes post their last letters as 400-year-old national mail service comes to an end

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Europe -- Albin Kurti's ruling party set to win Kosovo election, but may need coalition support

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Irish News -- 'Rising star' Gavin Newsom called off meeting with then-taoiseach Bertie Ahern at last minute during 2005 visit

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Asia-Pacific -- Low voter turnout in Myanmar for first election since 2021 coup

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Asia-Pacific -- Thai and Cambodian diplomats meet in China amid new ceasefire agreement

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Sinéad Ryan: Why I'm an ardent re-gifter and you should be too

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The Irish Independent's View: Small landlords are fleeing and renters face new challenges under incoming tenancy rules

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Letters: Michael O'Leary's comparison of State and private sector is too blunt; structure is vital

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Legal Advice -- Legal advice: 'My father's new partner has moved into my farmhouse – can she claim rights to my property?'

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Entertainment -- Twink: 'The man for that job was either Oliver Callan or Al Porter but they wouldn't have the balls to give it to him'

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Courts -- 'I object, I object, I object': Residents protest over unauthorised extension to Sutton home they say looks more like 'an airport hangar'

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Golf -- 'One wants €45k for a week despite being 93km away' – Teeing up a rental windfall from the Ryder Cup? Here's how to set a realistic price

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Premier League -- Richard Jolly: Ruben Amorim's philosophy has failed, meaning he has wasted 13 months at Manchester United

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United Rugby Championship -- 'We're closing the gap' – Defiant Clayton McMillan confident Munster are catching up with Leinster

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Rural Life -- From loss to life on the land: how farming found its way back into her life

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Beef -- 'I could be selling dry cows on a Saturday morning after selling a farm for €3m on a Friday afternoon'

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Comment -- From food producers to grass cutters: our dismal future

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Beef -- UK farmers' anger grows as Australian beef exports into Britain rise

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News -- No time-frame for full BVD eradication

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Dublin News -- On duty with the Dublin Fire Brigade: 'I assisted the delivery of six babies, they never named any of them after me'

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Irish News -- 'I'm cold to the bone but it's great fun' – swimmers enjoy Christmas dips all around the country

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Politics - LATEST - | Darragh O'Brien 'won't speculate' on cost of purchasing Ranelagh objectors' homes as Metrolink challenge withdrawn

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Crime -- On the beat with Store Street gardaí – 'We're busy from morning till night, there's rarely a break here'

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Irish News -- 'Pigs in blankets are repulsive and not an Irish tradition' – James Kavanagh gets 'brutally honest' about rating Christmas dinners

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Irish News -- From beach snaps to care packages of Bisto and McDonnells curry sauce: An Irish Christmas abroad

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From hunter-gatherers to medieval farmers – The hidden past of the M9 motorway

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Wexford teen enjoys homecoming celebration after U17 World Cup experience – 'Scoring my penalty topped it off'

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News -- Thirty new safety camera zones to become operational in Cork from January 1

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Courts -- 2025 Year in Review: 9 Unusual Stories from the Kerry Courts

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Farm Property -- More than 20 acres of Wicklow agricultural land hits market at €325,000

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Courts -- Kilkenny man arrested in connection with fatal road traffic accident in Wexford is refused bail

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Walks -- 10 best Wicklow walks to help you feel invigorated

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Other Sports -- Sligo man runs seven half marathons on seven continents in seven days

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Sport -- Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club head greenkeeper not ready to be put out to grass after 40 years' service

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News -- Five family-friendly Carlow walks to stay active this festive season

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Just Between Us: 'I made €20k in my first 24 hours on OnlyFans' – Niamh O'Connor on why she walked away

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The Indo Daily: The trouble with EuroMillions – Dolores McNamara's €115m win, 20 years on

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Podcast reviews: Siobhán McSweeney and Sali Hughes, the cultural impact of the Beatles, and a riot grrrl explores how music shapes us

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Real Health: How to react to a burn with Plastic Surgeon Professor Odhran Shelley

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TV News -- Actor Jason O'Mara on his decision to stop drinking at 23: 'When I stopped drinking, there was almost immediate relief'

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Entertainment -- Hidden gems: The movies, albums, TV and books you might have missed

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Celebrity News -- Holly Ramsay arrives to her wedding with famous father by her side

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Food News -- Clodagh McKenna: My stepdaughter had a real affiliation with Cork and is now completing Ballymaloe Cookery School course like me

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Celebrity -- 'Some of my first intimate experiences were with women,' says Kate Winslet

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Celebrity -- Dermot Bannon on haters, housing and his health: 'I was weeks away from a heart attack – I was terrified'

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Sex & Relationships -- Asking for a friend: My husband and I have a great life together but I'm not in love with him and there's no intimacy. Should I settle for my kids' sake?

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Tommy Sands: 'We were awoken by the person we were staying with. His English wasn't very good but then he just said: Your brother is dead'

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The 50 best good-news stories of 2025 – from a 'lion' on the loose in Co Clare to the first 21st century TD

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Off to the great gig in the sky: the musicians, writers and cultural icons we lost in 2025

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Inside Cordoba – from festivals to flamenco, Lady Olenna's balcony and 'my favourite restaurant in Spain'

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Hotel review: Hats off to new Co Waterford townhouse with cocktails on room service

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'Would you mind if I shared the armrest?' – your 2026 guide to in-flight etiquette, from recline rage to elbow wars and seat kickers

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20 activities to blow off the Christmas cobwebs – from walks with pints to swims with saunas and games with strangers

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Pól Ó Conghaile: How does Dublin Airport's Drop & Go parking work, and is it worth the extra cost?

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Yummy Brummie: An overnight stay with 'easily the least stressful airport-to-destination experience I have had'

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Irish News -- Confidential report found garda numbers were 'insufficient' to deal with Lansdowne Road riots

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Irish News -- Opus Dei feared Irish members could face backlash in the wake of paedophile priest Fr Brendan Smyth scandal

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Irish News -- 'Make sure you're enrolled' – unions advise workers to check they are signed up for My Future Fund pension scheme

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Irish News -- Ireland considered taking legal action against Sellafield nuclear facilities in mid-1990s

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Irish News -- Charles Haughey expressed 'reservations' over quality of Pearse and Wolf Tone portraits in Government Buildings

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Irish News -- Irish officials feared PSNI raid on Sinn Féin offices over spying scandal would have 'grave implications' for peace process

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Irish News -- Irish officials unhappy with Eddie Jordan's Formula One race team engagement with state functions

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Irish News -- Attorney general claimed Reynolds' statements about paedophile priest Smyth's extradition were 'seriously misleading'

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Courts -- 'Reckless' man 'in the stew' for buying €10k stolen motorbike for €200

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Rachel Moiselle: Seven out of ten people say Ireland has no antisemitism problem — here's why they should think again

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Sam McBride: Ahmed al-Ahmed's bravery at Bondi Beach is a living contradiction to anti-immigrant hatred

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David Quinn: Ireland's 2026 EU presidency is our chance to draw red lines in Brussels, but will we take it?

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Declan Lynch: US magazine scales new heights of stupidity in naming 'architects of AI' as person of the year

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Caitríona Perry's year in Washington DC: In Donald Trump's second administration, records are set and norms are smashed

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Brendan O'Connor: Goodbye to all our troubles from 2025... here's to the unexpected ones lying in wait next year

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Eilis O'Hanlon: My predictions for 2026: Parrott lifts the World Cup, Simon Harris takes the 'Late Late' gig and Israel wins Eurovision by default

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Shane Ross: Carnage continues on Irish roads, but apathy trumps action for politicians

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Conor Skehan: AI could deliver a few nasty surprises in 2026, so are we ready?

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Eoin O'Malley: If Micheál Martin started his career today, he would probably join Sinn Féin, but what about other party leaders?

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Colin Murphy: Racing with my running club has made me feel like I'm a teenager again

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The Irish Independent's View: If Donald Trump is serious about that Nobel prize, it's time he started building peace

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Ishaan Tharoor: Glimmers of hope cannot conceal the fact that Gazans must once again face another winter of despair

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Édaein O'Connell: Put the 2026 goals page away for a bit. If you want to make one resolution, go ahead – but keep it simple

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Louise McSharry: I'm not suggesting we can fix the world overnight, but I am saying we can try a bit harder

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Irish News -- Budget Vat cut would be an 'extremely significant' cost to the taxpayer, department officials warned

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Money -- How 'trade down' loans will take the grey area out of lending for retirees

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Technology -- TikTok is the latest Big Tech company to take media regulator to court

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World Business -- Gold, silver and platinum reach new highs at the end of a record year for metals

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Media -- Iconic Media to buy stable of local newspapers in Northern Ireland

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Technology -- Planning permission granted for three Amazon data centres in north Dublin

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Money -- From hair tools to bed linen, savvy shoppers share the 'buy it once' bargains they'll be snapping up in the January sales

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Comment -- Martina Devlin: We're swimming in cash, but many are drowning in debt as prices keep rising

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Technology -- From ChatGPT to dodgy box wars: 13 tech trends that defined 2025

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Business -- Families at war – 10 business bust-ups that started at home

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Business -- DAA boss Kenny Jacobs says he's taking legal advice after suspension by board

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Money -- Last-minute regulation signed to stop employers undermining My Future Fund

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World Business -- FDA clears pill version of Novo Nordisk's weight loss drug Wegovy

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Irish Business -- Planned new laws will give regulators power to tighten controls on pricing and contracts

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Money -- Petrol and diesel prices hold steady in December to the relief of motorists

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Horse Racing -- Michael Verney's Leopardstown Day 4 preview: Lossiemouth and Zillow can strike for Mullins

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Premier League -- Tottenham claim narrow win over Crystal Palace to ease pressure on Thomas Frank

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Premier League -- Bournemouth braced for Liverpool to rival Manchester City for Antoine Semenyo

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Tennis -- Nick Kyrgios defeats Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets in 'Battles of the Sexes'

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Other Sports -- 'It feels like you're flying sometimes' – heaven is a halfpipe for freestyle skier Ben Lynch as he chases Olympic dream

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Gaelic Football -- 'A lot of thought has went into it' – All-Ireland winner Niall Grimley steps away from Armagh panel

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Premier League -- John Terry to sell 'tear-stained' and 'full kit' Champions League final shirts

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Premier League -- Dominic Calvert-Lewin makes his point against Sunderland as Leeds go five games unbeaten

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Darts -- 'I can lose my head a bit' – Luke Littler admits he needs to work on his mind games

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Horse Racing -- 'I wish I could have gone around again' – Patrick Mullins guides Final Demand to Grade One glory at Limerick for Willie Mullins

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Horse Racing -- Affordale Fury brushes aside big names to win Savills Chase as Teahupoo enjoys Christmas Hurdle success at Leopardstown

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United Rugby Championship -- Richie Murphy 'absolutely delighted' by Ulster's win over Connacht but concerns remain over another late wobble

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Rugby -- 'This time of year is about picking up wins' – Leo Cullen relieved to see Leinster escape Thomond Park with narrow victory

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Rugby -- Felix Jones and Jerry Flannery to provide coaching support to crisis-hit Bulls

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Soccer -- The Damien Duff interview: 'There was only one person that I let down when I left. I hope I don't upset other people. But the only person I let down was Joe'

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