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League of Ireland - Live - | League of Ireland: Dublin derby takes centre stage as Bohemians lead Shamrock Rovers

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Courts - BREAKING - | Dublin man (22) charged with murder of English tourist Anthony Herron in Temple Bar

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Tram derails in central Milan leaving two dead and 40 injured

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'I know that I've the mental strength to bounce back' – Joe Hodge on life in Portugal and World Cup dreams

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Trent Kone-Doherty seals Liverpool exit as Ireland U-21 winger makes move to Molde

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Donald Trump raises prospect of 'friendly takeover' of Cuba

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'Despite a post-mortem and a grave, the law says my baby didn't exist' – Wexford mum launches campaign after crash tragedy

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World News - latest - | 'I saw nothing and did nothing wrong' – Bill Clinton tells US committee he had no idea of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes

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Fionnán Sheahan: Not for the first time, best-laid plans of Mary Lou in Dublin Central have gone awry

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Former Brazilian footballer jailed for nine years for raping teen at knifepoint in Cork bedroom

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Mark Keenan: Ireland's property bubble really burst 20 years ago in 2006 – while those 'in the know' played a double game

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Food & Drink -- Food worth queuing for? How social media is creating a feeding frenzy for cool coffee shops and hipster pizza joints

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Sex & Relationships -- Modern Morals: Would it be wrong to sign up to a sugar daddy site? I'm a single mum and would like to be looked after financially

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Courts - latest - | Enoch Burke seeks Court of Appeal challenge to judgment barring him from school

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Courts -- 'Damien we are here with you. You are not alone' - inquest hears rally car was driving up to 160kmh before fatal crash

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Gaelic Football -- Philly McMahon: Winning would change everything for Mayo – and that's the problem

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Irish News -- High rent, huge demand, poor supply, flaky landlords – young Irish emigrants discover housing crisis isn't just at home

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Courts -- Former auctioneer who was jailed for stealing is hit with judgment of €45,000 for outstanding debts

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Crime -- Woman (60s) arrested by gardaí investigating stabbing death of man in Dublin house

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Politics -- One in five TDs are landlords or received rental income last year, latest figures reveal

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Six Nations -- Doubts over futures of James Lowe, Bundee Aki and Jamison Gibson-Park as trio offered to English and French clubs

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Crime -- Convicted dangerous driver linked to Kinahan gunman is questioned after garda knocked down by electric dirt bike

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Politics -- Tánaiste vows Government action over surging energy and healthcare costs

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Irish News -- 'What are we going to do as parents?' – Mothers on struggle to secure special school places for their children

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Hurling -- Derek Lyng laying fresh foundations in Kilkenny with defensive axis of Michael Carey and Darragh Corcoran

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Dublin News -- Pat's all, folks: Giant statue of St Patrick holding pint of Guinness removed from Temple Bar pub after complaint

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Money - Home economics: 'A friend and my daughter each own part of my house – if I need to go into a nursing home, how will I finance it?'

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'22 at the top of the world' – Waterford climber hopes to become youngest Irish person to summit Everest

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Money experts on the pros and cons of borrowing – and whether they have any loans themselves

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'At 17 all my heroes were gangsters – at 19 I did my first jail sentence': the ex-prisoner helping others to change

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Homes -- 'I just couldn't live in one of those bland houses – I simply love colour' – A home full of character in Phibsborough

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Comment -- Mary Kenny: Fifteen years after the success of Queen Elizabeth's visit to Ireland, her legacy is now tainted

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Irish Business -- 'We were all just, like, screaming. This is crazy.' No one was more surprised than Dubliner Aine Kennedy to see her hairbrush linked to Bad Bunny's Super Bowl half-time show

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The Harold's Cross home that evolved and grew alongside a family

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Take the plunge into this Newcastle home with a garden sauna and barrel pool

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This renovated home brings some Croydon cool to Dublin's Marino

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Fix it up: A Victorian villa with a big annexe in Dublin 4

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A vase to display your child's artwork and other must haves for your home

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Decor choices that sustain tradition, local crafts and the planet

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Middle East -- LATEST

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Middle East -- UK withdraws staff from Iran over threat of US airstrikes

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Britain -- Plumber-turned-Greens MP Hannah Spencer wins UK by-election in blow to Keir Starmer

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Middle East -- Israeli court temporarily blocks ban on NGOs operating in Gaza

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Joe Barnes: They started as 'toys', but now drones are killing hundreds every day in the Ukraine war

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Martina Devlin: Ireland in 'How to Get to Heaven From Belfast' is unified geographically and culturally – one place, not two

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Adrian Blomfield: Tehran's hand may be weaker, but it has called Donald Trump's bluff

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The Irish Independent's View: Mixed signals from Government serve only to create confusion

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Family -- 'He had a late-onset autism, when he was about four or five. He met most of his markers when he was a baby': Eamon Ryan on his son, Tommy

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Life -- Laura Woods: 'I have financial responsibilities like everyone else. Suddenly you're working full-time and then you're told that your services are no longer required'

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Life -- Copper Face Jacks turns 30: 'I met him, had a dance and a shift. I went back the next night, saw him, and thought, 'he's in Coppers two nights in a row – it's meant to be!'

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Sex & Relationships -- The Divorce Diaries: 'The sex stopped – he said you're the problem, you have to sort it out'

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Rugby -- Rúaidhrí O'Connor: Andy Farrell is in a strong position as rugby's game of musical chairs begins in earnest

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League of Ireland -- Drogheda United confirm they will cover full cost of Oriel Park pitch repair as fans sanctioned by club

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Golf -- Andrea Pavan thanks well-wishers after undergoing surgery following horror lift plunge

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News -- EU forges ahead with Mercosur trade deal in 'provisional' step

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News -- Chaos in Galway council chamber as countermotion in support of Bord Bia chief branded 'an abuse of process'

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Farm Property -- 44-acre Wicklow property fetches €120,000 above guide price at auction

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Forestry & Enviro -- Kilkenny County Council urge planning watchdog to reject 'mega' wind farm – 'It's David vs Goliath'

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Beef -- 10 key tasks to tackle this March to set up a strong spring

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Dublin News -- Dublin City Council's move to former DIT campus will cost €581m

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Business -- Transdev loses Dublin Luas contract after more than 20 years

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Donegal community launches petition calling for road safety measures following tragic fatal crash

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Meath father (60) jailed for eight years for sexual assault of woman with learning disability

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North & West Kerry -- Kerry abuse survivor demands redress for State's boarded-out children

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News -- Two men arrested after drugs worth €10,000 and 15 dogs seized from squalid conditions in Kilkenny

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News -- New funding clears the tracks for revival of historic Galway railway

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Courts -- Man who held up traffic on busy Sligo road was highly intoxicated and a danger to himself

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News -- Revealed: The shop where €11 million-winning Lotto jackpot ticket was sold, owner says 'it's only sinking in'

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South Kerry -- Kerry widower's stand to save late wife's daffodil field from rezoning laws

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Bray -- Sections of Bray to Greystones Cliff Walk in 'imminent danger' of collapse

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The Indo Daily: How the Collison brothers became the richest people in Irish history

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Indo Sport podcast: Dublin's decline | Mayo's 'Kobe-mania' | Who will replace Jarlath Burns?

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The Left Wing: Saracens offer Farrell millions | Ireland coaching candidates | More Munster upheaval

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Indo Sport podcast: Tiger's Masters Dream | Rory's Form | Gary Player vs Augusta

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Television -- Pat Stacey: Claudia Winkleman's new chat show is coming soon – can she succeed where other well-known faces have failed?

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Books -- It hosted the global elite, became a Nazi HQ, and a refuge for those returning from concentration camps – the history of Paris' most famous hotel

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Music Reviews -- 'The Mountain' is Gorillaz' best album in over a decade as themes of mortality are explored with a sense of celebration

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Books -- Madeleine Keane on books: World Book Day spreads joy, Sheila O'Flanagan hits the promo trail and Listowel Writers' Week line up is revealed

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Theatre & Arts -- Charming solo show pays tribute to brothers who were Abbey Theatre stalwarts with colourful lives

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Radio -- Declan Lynch: The Greatest Irish Song of All Time is Dearg Doom by Horslips. And the Liveline Séamus Culleton silence continues

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Fashion -- Pearls, power suits and lots of lace – Five big trends from London Fashion Week 2026

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Celebrity News -- 'Nobody notices the 20-year age gap with my wife' - singer Russell Watson on defying age as he approaches 60

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Podcasts -- Just Between Us: 'Love is love' – Jennifer Rock and Jill Deering on coming out, co-parenting and building a modern family

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Makeup -- Louise McSharry: How to get Margot Robbie's natural Wuthering Heights look

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Food & Drink -- Award-winning Waterford producers to lead this year's Festival of Food

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Family Features -- Bill Linnane: It's my son's confirmation, and what better way to mark this holy day than buying him his first mobile phone?

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Hotel review: I stayed in the fairytale castle where Ryan Tubridy tied the knot

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Why Ireland's passport officers welcome you home - the true story of a greeting that's 'not part of the training'

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Go Ireland: 100 places to eat, sleep, sip and explore in 2026, including 'the best-value hour I spent in a week'

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Travel News -- The 22 countries on Ireland's 'Do Not Travel' list – ignoring the advice will void your insurance

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Europe -- 'Everyone says hello, just like in Donegal' – I quit my career in finance to run cycling holidays in Spain

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World -- Visiting our adult children in Australia: 'We joke about setting up a Daughters Down Under support group'

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Courts -- Maximum awards to Zimbabwean care workers left living in poverty when promised jobs in Ireland fell through

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Courts -- Violent criminal jailed for life for murder of 'loving and caring family man'

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Irish News -- Top five baby names in Ireland for 2025 are revealed

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Irish News -- Shauna Fitzsimons described the struggle to secure the correct educational setting for her son Troy

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Courts -- Pharmacy customer lost temper and knocked products off shelf

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Irish News -- European Newspaper Awards: Mediahuis Ireland wins 10 prizes, including for podcast and cover design

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Courts -- Mum brought hatchet to dispute 'to protect her son', court hears

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Irish News -- How safe is a gel manicure? Women urged to wear sunscreen in nail salons

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Irish News -- Gardaí to examine possible disruption to major events over ongoing pay dispute

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Irish News -- Flares controversy: FAI agrees to CCTV and sniffer dogs at stadiums after minister's funding threat

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Tanya Sweeney: Balcony or 'shelf' cleavage is back in fashion – but I'm opting out this time

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Cónal Thomas: Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch gets his election show on the road early – but will his campaign keep the pace?

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Letters: Public might be OK with data centres' cheaper bills if the reasoning was explained

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Sophie White: Here's how to spot the signs of Millennial Woman Cry for Help – my current two-tone head of My Little Pony-esque hair included

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The Irish Independent's View: Survivors should not have had to fight for State's apology

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Deirdre Reynolds: Traitors' Paudie can't really dance, but he'll probably win 'Dancing With the Stars', despite his critics

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Mark A Fowler: There's a smart way for the US to promote regime change in Iran

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Donal Fallon: Gerry Hutch has a mountain to climb to win seat in Dublin Central battleground where local work matters

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Memphis Barker: How costly kill ratio that means Russia is losing 35,000 troops a month can sink Vladimir Putin's war

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Mary Regan: Government passes the blame on SNA policy, but some damage cannot be reversed

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Max Boot: US sleepwalking into a war with Iran without a clear rationale

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Dónal Lynch: Spare me the outrage. We all watched and judged along with Tyra Banks and the reality TV 'villains'

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David W Higgins: Here are the clues that Donald Trump is steering the US towards a major conflict with itself or the outside world

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The Irish Independent's View: Ireland and EU have no choice but to build resilience and defence

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Letters: War in Ukraine shows Europe must get serious about its own defence

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Business -- UK looks to scrap windfall taxes on North Sea oil and gas

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Technology -- Adrian Weckler: Loud phone alerts? Using AI in email? Here are the biggest tech no-nos to avoid

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Technology -- AI and other tech advances are fuelling scams and fraud, Central Bank warns

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Business -- Congress may review crypto bank charter application from family of Trump

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Business -- Earnings jump to $739m at Ardagh Metal Packaging

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In The Workplace -- Half of firms have cut DEI budgets and 43pc have scrapped dedicated diversity roles

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Business -- US ambassador tells business leaders he's 'annoyed' by talk about 'uncertainty'

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Personal Finance -- More than 300,000 homes now in arrears on electricity bills, latest figures show

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Personal Finance - LATEST - | 'Biggest rip-off of renters in a generation' – State's largest landlord says new rent rules could boost income by 25pc - 14:40

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Media -- Mediahuis says 60pc of subscriptions now digital, as group eyes further expansion

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Comment -- Insurance Ireland CEO: We have a chance to transform how Irish people save – but only if we design investment products around real lives

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In The Workplace -- Q&A: What do you know about the new EU pay transparency rules and how they'll affect you?

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Business -- An Post confirms up to 300 new postal delivery positions

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Irish News -- Money lessons in childhood linked to better financial stability in adulthood, says Bank of Ireland

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Technology -- Vodafone plans satellite-to-phone services in Ireland – for coverage 'not spots' and storms

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United Rugby Championship -- Connacht v Glasgow preview: TV times, details and all you need to know as Connacht welcome Glasgow

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United Rugby Championship -- Munster v Zebre preview: TV details, team news and all you need to know as Munster look to halt slide

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Ulster Rugby -- Ospreys v Ulster preview: TV details and team news as Cormac Izuchukwu is ruled out after concussion

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Athletics -- Cian McPhillips to miss World Indoor Championships as season cut short due to dental issue

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Soccer -- 'This will not be a universally popular decision' – VAR to be used in Northern Irish football for first time

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Sport -- Gráinne McElwain: Ní leor focail níos mó, caithfidh an rialtas díriú anois ar na comhlachtaí cumarsáide maidir le maslaí ar líne

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Premier League -- 'An impressive character' – Michael Carrick hails Harry Maguire's importance to Manchester United

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League of Ireland -- Who are your club's top young talents aiming to light up the League of Ireland in 2026?

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Soccer -- Robbie Keane's Ferencvaros draw Braga as Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest learn Europa League last 16 opponents

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Premier League -- Liverpool back in black after title win but squad rebuild saw wage bill go highest in Premier League before summer arrivals

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Soccer -- 'As the lads did in November, you see what it does for the country. I want to bring more moments like that'

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Rugby -- 'I didn't know if I would ever play again. I was told I possibly wouldn't even be able to run again'

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Premier League -- Manchester City to face Real Madrid in last 16 of Champions League

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Champions Cup -- Next season's Champions Cup returns to October slot as Lyon confirmed as final venue

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League of Ireland -- Dundalk state all pyro displays banned from Oriel Park as club prepare to meet 'significant' cost of repair work

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