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Saturday, December 27, 2025 7:31 AM ET

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World News -- Thailand and Cambodia agree ceasefire to end border fighting

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

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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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Family of Wexford mother killed in hit and run abroad set up fundraiser to 'seek justice'

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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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Irish News -- Officials worried that 2005 plan for national identity cards in UK 'could undermine Irish citizens'

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Irish News -- Secret Garda security briefing note identified Sinn Féin's Gerry Kelly as key figure within the IRA

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Irish News -- Crafts Council was not 'up to scratch' to organise gift for Bill Clinton in 1995, officials said

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Irish News -- Shannon Airport was once proposed as an emergency landing site for Nasa's Space Shuttle

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Irish News -- Boyzone hysteria and concert safety prompted concern among government ministers in 1995

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Politics -- 'It's quite like the House of Commons': British PM John Major joked he did not object to being 'shouted at' by justice minister Pádraig Flynn

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Irish News -- Top secret study examined if Northern Ireland could become 'UN Trusteeship'

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Irish News -- 'The situation is grave' – the Irish documents about Edward VIII's abdication the UK wanted to keep private

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Tanya Sweeney: 'Music is the closest thing we have to actual time travel. A song doesn't just remind you of who you once were; it seems to summon her'

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Frank Coughlan: Falling visitor numbers suggests State is not getting bang for its buck when it comes to hiring influencers

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Lorraine Courtney: Why St Stephen's Day is the best part of the festive period

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Miriam Donohoe: Why I uprooted myself from a comfortable life in Ireland at age 61 to volunteer in Uganda

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Suzanne Crowe: With charities providing so much of our core public services, volunteering is priceless

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

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

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World Business -- UK government climbs down on farmland inheritance tax levels

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Irish News -- Ryanair fined €256m in Italy for 'abusive' strategy preventing travel agencies from purchasing flights

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World Business -- US bars imports of foreign-made drones

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