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Police search Rhode Island's Brown University after gunman kills two, wounds nine on campus: 'The unthinkable has happened'

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Nigel Owens interview: 'I'm wondering if rugby has lost its way'

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Australasia - BREAKING - | Two people in custody after gunshots at Sydney's Bondi beach, police urge people to avoid area

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Irish News -- 'This is unprecedented': Children's hospitals in crisis mode as ICUs fill up – weeks before flu hits peak

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Irish News -- Conor McGregor's wedding in Vatican is an 'insult' to survivors of violence, campaigners tell bishop

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Irish News -- Government was warned in 2020 that Covid pandemic left vulnerable children 'invisible' and at greater risk of harm

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Irish News -- Liquidator appointed to asylum-seeker accommodation provider that was highlighted in Dáil

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Irish News -- US releases names of deported Irish citizens as crackdown sees 80pc surge in numbers removed from country

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Irish News -- Hundreds of landowners agree payouts from Uisce Éireann over Shannon pipeline

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Irish News Video -- Richard Quirke - the reclusive entertainment icon who left a €54m empire

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Irish News Video -- DAA bustup with Kenny Jacobs coming to a head

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Videos -- Twink's beloved bird Timberlake killed during Christmas panto rehearsals: 'Timby was on my shoulder for past 26 years'

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Enniscorthy -- The folklorist preserving Ireland's hidden history and traditions – 'You can go anywhere in the country and easily fall into conversation with a stranger'

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'I will absolutely not lose the run of myself. I am too long in the tooth to be getting notions' – Paudie Moloney on Traitors fame and taking on Dancing With the Stars

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Premier League -- Eamonn Sweeney: Keith Andrews is defying his critics, why the reluctance to give him credit?

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Restaurant review: 'This burger by a two-star Michelin chef tastes as close to perfect as I've ever had – and it's coming to Dublin'

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Ballymaloe's Rory O'Connell: 'I want younger people to think that what I'm teaching them is worth learning'

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Tanya Sweeney: When I moved to London in 1997 it swallowed me whole and spat me out – for today's Irish twentysomethings it's so much easier

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Donal Skehan's festive bites to feed a crowd – tomato breakfast eggs, gingerbread muffins and Irish cream and chocolate brioche French toast bake

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Operation renovation: 'Our house is a love story between two cultures, Irish and Italian... a perfect blend'

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Britain -- Virginia Giuffre's family hit out at UK's Met Police for dropping investigation into Andrew 'smear campaign'

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Britain -- Protest over Girlguide ban in Edinburgh on trans children

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World News -- Belarus releases 123 prisoners in deal brokered by US envoy

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Middle East -- Floods kill 12 in Gaza as UN migration organisation warns 795,000 people are at risk

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Britain -- Met Police will not investigate Britain's Prince Andrew accusations, force says

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North America -- Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and former prince Andrew seen in new photos released from Epstein files

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Brendan O'Connor: If World War III comes, how will we cope without WFH and wifi?

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Eilis O'Hanlon: Flu crisis has been made worse by our national case of long Covid

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David Quinn: Trump's social media vetting plan is a sign of growing US paranoia

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The Sunday Independent's View: Flu vaccine rush linked to an underlying health problem

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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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Irish News -- National Children's Hospital is to ditch half of its private rooms for consultants

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International Soccer -- 'What are they saying about our Heimir?' – Protective Icelanders happy to see local hero winning over Irish step by step

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Comment -- Want to stop billionaires buying farmland? Fix the inheritance tax system

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Rural Life -- Case of elderly farmer who contracted TB from his own herd highlighted

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Comment -- Oat production has dropped 97pc since the Famine – we can't talk food security while tillage takes a back seat

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Irish Business -- Ticket prices for next year's National Ploughing Championships are on the rise

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News -- France seeks to delay Mercosur accord

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Dublin News -- Dublin Zoo hippo (18) sees the world for the first time after groundbreaking surgery

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Irish News - Breaking - | Man (40s) dies in workplace accident in south Dublin as Health and Safety Authority launches investigation

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Dublin News -- Repaired St Anne's Park toilets to be handed back to council next week after fire damage

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Dublin -- 'We can't let gambling become a part and parcel of our town' – Fingal councillors on growing number of casinos in Swords

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Irish News -- 'Deeply troubling' – Dublin accounts for 70pc of all homeless people, new Focus Ireland report finds

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Dublin News -- Essential repairs to Iveagh Markets building to begin, months behind schedule

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Bray -- From Kerry to Wicklow – inspirational couple behind Irish brand Outwest to open new store

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Dublin News -- 'Blatant' thief who stole from same store 27 times in five months gets probation

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Dublin News -- 'Very pleasant young man' caught throwing knife from car after late-night chase sent to restorative justice programme

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Dundalk & North -- Dundalk's 'Paint Man' celebrates 40 years in business and plans to 'live over the shop'

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Courts -- Teenage boy in custody to be moved for Christmas under interim care order

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Wexford & District -- Wexford coffee truck owner 'devastated' by break-in less than two weeks to Christmas

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News -- "He was a gentleman": Cork charity to help lay Welshman without family to rest

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Dublin News -- Three store worker convicted of exposing his genitals to customer at Nutgrove shopping centre

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News -- How one Limerick restaurant is brightening Christmas for over 160 children in need

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The Big Tech Show: A folding iPhone in 2026? Apple's hits and misses in 2025 and what it will do in 2026

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Indo Sport podcast: Bits & Bobs | Friday Mailbag | Ranking the top three sports | Evan back in form

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The Indo Daily Extra: Vatican vows - Inside Conor McGregor's '15 minute' Roman wedding

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The big Westlife interview: Who Simon didn't like, who was the golden boy, would Brian come back, who Louis says were the 'guinea pigs'

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Today's top TV and streaming picks: Nollaí, Ice Age and Taylor Swift: Eras Tour Final Show

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Theatre & Arts -- Obituary: Joanna Trollope, ovelist crowned 'queen of the Aga saga' for her tales of bourgeois angst

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Entertainment -- Is astrology even real – and does it have to be?

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Beauty -- Triona McCarthy: If I could gift myself ANYTHING this Christmas, these luxury scents and sets would top my list

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Celebrity News -- Twink's beloved bird, Timberlake, killed during Christmas panto rehearsals – 'Timby was on my shoulder for the past 26 years'

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Celebrity -- Comedian Jason Byrne: 'When you divorce, it's really hard, and it's like constantly being punched in the face and you don't want to do anything'

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Celebrity Features -- 'It's another brilliant story' – Martin Compston on the long-awaited return of 'Line of Duty', his funny new series and Scotland's World Cup chances

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My favourite room: 'I had to stay out all night to put a spell on it, that it would be safe' – Singer and shaman Mary Coughlan's mountaintop build in Wicklow

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Auto advice: What are some tips for making long car trips more jolly?

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Scandals, stars and some bottles of the 'good stuff' — celebrating 120 years of the 'Sunday Independent'

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Motoring review: Would you drive a convertible at Christmas? The handling on this small car is so good you'll soon forget any hair problems

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Conversation starters, party bottles and big-hitters – 40 best wines to buy for Christmas

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Reviews -- Hotel review: Donegal's house for all seasons is a 'riveting, infectious and heartfelt' stay

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World -- Social media checks, 'foreigner fees' and Esta updates – everything to know about travel to the US in 2026

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Travel News -- Emirates is hiring cabin crew in Ireland: here are its salaries, perks like free flights home, and height requirements

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Travel News -- Aer Lingus lists six new routes for 2026, including next transatlantic flight from Dublin Airport

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Travel News -- US plans to ask all tourists – including from Ireland – to share five years of social media history

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Europe -- First Look: Inside Guinness's new London brewery – 'stouties', baby pints, and a tour with tasting flights

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Eoin O'Malley: When politicians have to plead with European Court of Human Rights judges, democracy is in danger

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Colin Murphy: What do the Collison brothers and Jack Chambers mean when they talk about 'abundance'?

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Sarah Breen: I told my daughter I would buy her a smartphone before secondary school. Here's why I'm breaking that promise

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Shane Ross: Angelic Kevin Bakhurst turns his Oireachtas critics from rottweilers to pussycats

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Naoise Dolan: Some 'words of the year' are rage bait but here are some that made me smile

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Declan Lynch: Europe must stand up to Trump, and Mamdani shows how it can be done

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Máiría Cahill: Without names, Stakeknife report reads like a ghost story removed from reality

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Luke O'Neill: Flu vaccine is the best Christmas gift you can give yourself

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Dr Brendan O'Shea: As a GP on the flu front line, my biggest challenge is finding the patients most at risk

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Sarah Carey: All choices in agonising fatal foetal abnormality cases must be discussed with parents

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John Downing: Ireland's first monolingual Irish dictionary is a bold mission statement

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Conor McKeon: Just when you thought it was safe to talk about Irish football again, along comes 'Saipan' the movie

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Letters: Collapse of US support is a major wake-up call for all of Europe as war rages

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The Irish Independent's view: Irish society is richer than ever, so why are so many struggling this Christmas?

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John Downing: Nerves jangle in Brussels as Andrej Babis, populist billionaire Trump fan, returns as Czech prime minister

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In The Workplace -- Gina London: How can we lean into our main character energy? Just ask Zoe Lister

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Irish Business -- Ireland's cyber security sector is a beacon of innovation and resilience

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Irish Business -- Efforts to rezone land for housing yield mixed results as infrastructure failures bite

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In The Workplace -- Calling all workers. Is your employer Ireland's best – or worst? Let us know

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Business -- Pilots urge ASL Airlines to attend talks this weekend as dispute escalates

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Irish Business -- Spar operator wants to buy shops from retiring Irish owners

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Business -- Profits up 35pc at Irish arm of TK Maxx retail chain

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Money -- Some key tips to help you get through winter if you're struggling to pay energy bills

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Business -- DAA boss Kenny Jacobs braces for potential move to suspend him

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Health -- Your money questions: 'What does it mean for our home insurance if we are away for Christmas?'

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Money -- Which is the cheapest Irish supermarket for Christmas store-cupboard staples?

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Business -- Pilots at Dublin-based ASL issue second strike notice after company asks WRC to intervene

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Irish News -- Data centres told to increase use of renewable energy

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Premier League -- Rory Smith: More questions than answers over Mohamed Salah's future on a day of ambiguities at Anfield

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GAA -- Colm Keys: The West's awake as neighbouring Kerry clubs celebrate on the double

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Premier League -- Cole Palmer dazzles on Chelsea return to end wait for victory

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Rugby -- Connacht power to victory in Challenge Cup rout against Black Lion

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Premier League -- 'Sometimes you need luck' – Bukayo Saka admits Arsenal were fortunate to see off battling Wolves

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Rugby -- Ulster dealt crushing blow as Cardiff snatch victory with final kick of game in Challenge Cup thriller

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Munster Rugby -- 'That's not realistic' – Gloucester's George Skivington defends picking a weakened team against Munster

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Munster Rugby -- 'He's pretty unheralded' – Clayton McMillan hails prop Conor Bartley as he admits Munster have a lot to improve on

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Swimming -- European champion Ellen Walshe sets more records at Irish Winter Championships

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Premier League -- 'That makes me sad' – Scott Parker heartbroken by Burnley fans' reaction to Fulham defeat

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Gaelic Football -- Rory Beggan inspires Scotstown to claim their first Ulster title in 36 years against battling Kilcoo

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Champions Cup -- Bernard Jackman: Squad depth and attitude can make all the difference for Leinster in Europe

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Horse Racing -- Gordon Elliott's impressive run of winners continues with a treble at Fairyhouse

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Champions Cup -- Munster claim bonus point Champions Cup victory against Gloucester but there's plenty of room for improvement

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