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Student who missed exams after being raped appeals against ruling in favour of UCD

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Irish News -- Parents urge council to back down after state's largest private creche told to remove unauthorised structures

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Technology -- Sky's war on dodgy boxes: 'A member of the family who is a garda has one – half the station has them'

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Irish News -- John Burns: When the MetroLink griping starts, we will wish Seán Sweeney was still on board

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Money -- Older homeowners who wish to downsize set to benefit from new rule change from Central Bank

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Munster Rugby -- Seán O'Brien: 'I was happy in Exeter, but Munster came knocking'

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Food & Drink -- 'Life is too short to eat crap chocolate' – Nine famous faces share the Easter eggs they'll be tucking into this Sunday

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Weather -- Status Yellow warning and nationwide weather advisory for Ireland as Storm Dave to bring 'very strong' winds

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Music Reviews -- Pat Carty on U2's new 'Easter Lily' EP: Surprise release of the second batch of songs in just weeks shows how great a band they still are

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Crime -- Gang boss arrested and faces extradition to Northern Ireland over Robbie Lawlor gangland murder

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Gaelic Football -- 'The two boys won't play in London' – Mayo to rest Kobe McDonald and Darragh Beirne for Ruislip opener

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Food & Drink -- 'Working with chocolate is a beautiful job' – Savouring the Easter magic at Clare's Hazel Mountain chocolate factory

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Life -- Inappropriate stories from Irish weddings: Bad dancing, bad manners and a lot of underwear on show

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World News -- Artemis II: Nasa spacecraft fires engines to leave Earth's orbit in first manned moon mission in five decades

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Entertainment -- Taylor Swift waxwork unveiled at National Wax Museum

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Irish News Video -- Up to 19,000 derelict properties could be hit with new 7pc tax being introduced next year

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Irish News Video -- Alan Shatter has failed in a bid to recover his legal costs after a case against the IRS in America.

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Videos -- Transport Minister Daragh O'Brien says 'supply is robust' but will have to continue to 'monitor every single day'

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Irish News Video -- People who worked in Britain have just days left to sign up for cheap top-up of UK state pension

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Home economics: 'Four families share a holiday home but only one pays the bills. What should we do?'

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North America -- Donald Trump fires Pam Bondi as US attorney general

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Money -- 'I thought I would get €5,000, a month off work, and then I'd go back and that would be it' – how much do authors really make?

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Parenting -- Bill Linnane: I pay my son €5 for every try he scores – at least it gets him off his video games

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Life -- Geraldine Herbert: We love watching bad driving on social media, but why doesn't more dashcam footage lead to safer roads?

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Health & Wellbeing -- Ruth Medjber's life stories: 'Imagine if all the women that had babies were feeling on top of the world rather than coming home a bit broken'

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Heresy, lingerie and restoration in Rathfarnham

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Fix it up: Georgian townhouse in Dublin 7 needs a royal revival

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Meath house was a 'thank you' gift from the stone men of the west

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Interiors: Freshen up with new spring decor ideas and a solid decluttering

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Europe -- 'Not elegant or up to standard' – Emmanuel Macron decries Donald Trump's jibe about him being shoved by wife Brigitte

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North America -- Another victim of serial killer Ted Bundy confirmed with help of advanced DNA technology

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Europe -- Rescuers lose hope for humpback whale stranded in Baltic Sea

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Martina Devlin: Fenians' daring Easter escape from Australian penal colony stirred Irish quest for freedom

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Peter Flanagan: If Helen of Troy's face launched a thousand ships, Paul Mescal's shorts launched a thousand Aer Lingus jets

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Mark Keenan: Feck the begrudgers – 10 reasons why the modular garden home rental is a no-brainer if we get it right from the start

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Donal Fallon: Sad paradox of people sleeping on pavement outside the GPO where our nation awoke and rose

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Ramesh Ponnuru: Amid the fog of war, Trump's speech was a hall of mirrors

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Marc Champion: Kyiv shows new resilience as it learns to live without US aid

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Courts -- Dublin solicitor who was accused of sexual assault by son leaves almost €50m in his will

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Celebrity News -- 'We have pitched it lower to allow market decide': Shane Ross on slashing price of family home by €900,000

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Education -- Shorter school days and more breaks under review as Dáil committee pushes for 'holistic' Finnish model

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Sex & Relationships -- Asking for a friend: 'My partner got really angry and hit me. They apologised a few days later but now keep telling me I just need to get over it'

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Darts -- 'That was out of order. I was fuming about that' – Luke Littler slammed after Premier League defeat

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Farm Property -- Up to €540/ac paid for leasing ground as 'appetite for land shows no sign of being quenched'

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Beef -- 'I wasn't a farmer when I inherited a 220ac farm – I had to learn everything from scratch

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Homes -- See inside restored Georgian rectory set on 55 acres in Kildare on sale for €3.25m

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Forestry & Enviro -- Film industry in rural Kilkenny village could be in jeopardy if eight-turbine wind farm gets the green light

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Dublin News -- Roving security team to tackle surge in anti-social behaviour in Dublin parks

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Crime -- 'Scrambler ban is no use if it can't be enforced,' say parents of Grace Lynch (16) after garda is convicted over pursuit of two riders

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Celebrity -- 'It's fun, colourful and will bring fans in' – Taylor Swift unveiled as latest addition to Dublin's National Wax Museum

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Dublin News -- 'I didn't realise how much I cycled until my bike was gone' – new initiative in Fingal to tackle bike theft among children

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Joy in North Cork as new angling season kicks off with great turnout

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Limerick woman takes first steps in media career with major TG4 internship

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Wicklow beauty business closes as owner says salon became 'unsustainable'

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Louth man (37) jailed for stamping on elderly victim in the street

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Cavan secondary school's multi-million euro expansion hopes thrown into doubt following planning appeal

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South Kerry -- Kerry teenagers do their bit for local cancer initiative 'that lift the hearts' of cancer patients

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New Ross -- See all the photos of the Confirmation day in Ramsgrange

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New Ross -- Fundraising concert in rural Kilkenny village will raise funds for palliative care unit in Waterford

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News -- Teenager and woman appear before Thurles court over assault of Scarlett Faulkner

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News -- Inmate who died after 'erratic behaviour' in Midlands Prison is named locally

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The Indo Daily: 'Six-year hell' – Has the battle to find 'bad cops' in An Garda Síochána gone too far?

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Indo GAA: Aidan O'Shea - Muting social media, 2021 regrets and Kobe's wow moments

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Indo Sport podcast: Leinster's European pressure | Finn Russell's Irish weakness | Henry Pollock hype

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Just Between Us: Would you let your partner sleep with someone else? Polyamory explained with Leanne Yau

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Music News -- U2 give fans an early Easter surprise with batch of six new songs

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What to watch on TV and streaming today: The Young Offenders, Bill Bailey: Thoughtifier and Bob Marley: One Love

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Donovan on writing Hurdy Gurdy Man: 'George Harrison added a verse, which I couldn't record. It was a shame, really'

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Roger Casement: The contradictory rebel who nearly sank the Easter Rising

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Sex & Relationships -- The Divorce Diaries: 'He actually slapped me across the face on a night out, very early in, and I stupidly let it slide'

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Celebrity News -- New Taylor Swift wax model unveiled in Dublin – and fans have given their reaction

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Beauty -- Louise McSharry: The five best serum foundations – and a super cheap body moisturiser

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Fashion -- The bow: 13 ways to add the perfect pretty spring accessory to your wardrobe

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Fashion -- Orla Dempsey: As Hollywood fashion stylists become celebs in their own right, here's the lowdown on what the job is really like

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Celebrity News -- 'The apps are grand for a bit of craic' – comic Norma Sheahan on being a 'poster girl' for divorce

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Modern Morals: My brother hasn't paid me back for my mum's funeral and it's brought up old feelings about him

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Is having a daycap better than the classic nightcap? I tried it for a week with mixed results

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Interiors -- A high-end outdoor sofa from Ligne Roset and other must haves for your home

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Aillwee Cave at 50: 'It was a shot into the unknown... people thought we were absolutely bananas'

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Irish News -- Irish holiday-makers could face surcharges and cancellations as price of jet fuel climbs

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Europe -- 30 years ago, six men started an annual trip – they didn't realise it would become a lifeline

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Ireland -- 10 Center Parcs swaps in Ireland - family-friendly stays that are cheaper, cosier or comfier

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Irish News -- The Indo Easter quiz 2026: Put yourself to the test with our bumper bonanza of questions

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Courts -- Prisoner claims he was bullied into bringing mobile phone inside jail

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Irish News -- Two men arrested as Gardaí seize drugs worth €1m in Louth

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Irish News -- Five arrested in suspected botched burglary after car crash in Dublin with three hospitalised

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Irish News -- Waterford sheep farmer rent row moves to London as protesters occupy rare bookshop owned by duke

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Crime -- Two men arrested as gardaí seize drugs worth €1million

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Irish News -- Sky should drop 'greedy' legal action against dodgy-box users, TD Paul Murphy says

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Courts -- Verdict of medical misadventure over death of Mayo teenager who suffered brain bleed after surgery

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Irish News -- Red Luas line and Dart services partially suspended over Easter weekend

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Health -- Revealed: Higher levels of one vitamin in midlife are associated with reduced brain marker for Alzheimer's later on, study shows

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Irish News -- Brazilian student Johnny Santos (27), who was killed in collision with cement truck in Dublin, had been in Ireland only three weeks

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Irish News -- 'Thank you for always being part of this with me' – Tracy Clifford's show pulled after 10 years as Doireann Garrihy returns to airwaves amid RTÉ shake-up

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Irish News -- MetroLink's €550k boss Seán Sweeney quits in fresh blow to transport project

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Courts -- Retired urologist faces tribunal over alleged patient care failures and failure to triage hundreds of GP referrals

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Letters: Government could slash mortgage costs with a 10‑year interest subsidy

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Sophie White: There's no cure for ambition, you don't need permission to wear sleeveless tops and the other lessons I've learned in my 41 years

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Roland Oliphant: Without might of the US at its back, West would face its most profound crisis in 80 years

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Lorraine Courtney: It's time to cap the number of TDs – we have enough political noise as it is

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Aisling Moloney: It might feel like the early days of Covid, but lockdown with the lights off is not on cards yet

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Jim Geraghty: Trump blows his top regularly with world leaders, but Putin gets a free pass while plotting against US

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Adam Harris: When it comes to autism, ableism is alive and well in Ireland

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Saoirse Hanley: They say smart is the new sexy. But if popstars and supermodels are embracing their nerdier sides, what does that mean for the rest of us?

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SEAI chief: Criticism of retrofitting misses the point – upgrading your home is about better health, more predictable bills and greater national energy security

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The Irish Independent's View: Simon Harris's feel-good savings plan lacks the fine print

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Darragh McManus: How fitting that the mischievous and brilliant Flann O'Brien died on April Fool's Day

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Letters: Tánaiste demonstrates how he's more than happy to take one for the team

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Catherine Prasifka: HBO's Harry Potter feels far too dark – it's supposed to be for children, after all

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Alex Woodward: How ICE agents have become Donald Trump's own personal police

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Max Boot: How Ukraine's drones have paralysed Russian invasion

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World Business -- US private credit sector hit by higher level of borrower defaults

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Irish Business -- Revenue wrote off €270m in taxes in the last year

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World Business -- SpaceX preparing for lift-off in the biggest stock market listing ever

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Irish News -- Alan Shatter wins €123,000 tax refund from IRS after sale of house in Florida, but fails to recover legal costs

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Commercial Property -- New trade park close to Dublin Airport signs up first logistics occupiers

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Business -- Irish consumers waste one day per year dealing with bad customer service

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Money -- Last day to avail of 'generous' option to top up UK pension

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Irish Business -- Less than two weeks into the job, Dublin Bus CEO Billy Hann was grilled by ­politicians over the reliability of its service

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Business -- Ex-Cairn Homes finance chief joins board of Goodman-backed Hibernia Line

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Technology -- From punch cards to AI – why IBM is still reinventing itself after 70 years in Ireland

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Commercial Property -- High-profile Ballymount warehouse for rent at €1.275m per year

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World Business -- Nike shares fall due to gloomy outlook for year ahead

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Commercial Property -- Tranche of Stepaside apartments for sale at an average of €207,500 each

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Business -- Tesla gets planning permission for new sales outlet on Dublin's northside

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World Business -- Chelsea break record for biggest loss by Premier League club

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Hurling -- Why league silverware matters to Clare's Mark Rodgers in annual Munster wheel of death: 'You just can't beat momentum'

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Camogie -- 'I didn't ever believe that I could play senior' – Clare professor Sinéad O'Keeffe aims to shine in league test

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Other Sports -- 'That was out of order' – Gian van Veen hits out at Luke Littler's behaviour as Dutchman edges fiery clash

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Six Nations -- France's Bielle-Biarrey named Six Nations Player of the Championship for second year running

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Golf -- 'I will be out for an extended period of time' – Phil Mickelson withdraws from Masters due to 'family health matter'

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Golf -- James Corrigan: With no Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson at Ryder Cup who can Team USA turn to next?

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Boxing -- Deontay Wilder promises 'explosion' as Derek Chisora arrives for face off in tank with Nigel Farage ahead of final fight

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Premier League -- Kevin Palmer: Chaos, collapse and an empty crown — the Premier League's hollow season with standards on the floor

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League of Ireland -- Leeds debut at 16, playing with Saka, working with Bielsa and a reboot with St Pat's – Ryan Edmondson's winding journey

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Horse Racing -- Watch: 300/1 outsider Crokes Cross equals record for longest-priced winner in racing history with Kelso victory

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Gaelic Football -- Kerry teenage star Tomás Kennedy likely to miss Munster U-20 games while committed to senior panel

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International Soccer -- Daniel McDonnell: Everything feels low key after Prague, but LOI has never been more important for the next steps

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Golf -- Rory McIlroy reflects on 'truly surreal' moment after bringing all four Major trophies to Giant's Causeway

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Olympics -- 'It restores dignity, fairness and safety' – UN official 'welcomes' IOC ban on transgender women in female competition

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International Soccer -- Fifa charging up to €9,500 on open market for World Cup final tickets

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