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Politics - LIVE - | Excise duty on diesel to be cut by 20c and petrol to be cut by 15c, Government announces emergency tax measures on fuel

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Couple face trial over €274,000 theft, fraud and pandemic funds laundering

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New survey of teachers reveals three-quarters work 'above and beyond' contracted work hours

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Brondby back Steve Cooper after Welsh boss accused of dropping Bosnia's Benjamin Tahirovic ahead of play-off

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Seán O'Connor: They say never meet your heroes, but I did in Prague – on a night to remember

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Irish News -- Body discovered following fire at same Co Offaly home in which Tadgh Farrell (4) and Mary Holt were murdered in December 2025

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Crime -- How detectives demolished web of lies spun by self-styled 'weirdo' who murdered Natalie McNally

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Legal Advice -- We transferred the farm to our son but his new relationship has us terrified for its future

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Health -- Companies with doctors as directors awarded thousands of euro to treat waiting-list patients without going to tender, HSE audit finds

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Crime -- Retired superintendent warns 'culture of fear' is crippling An Garda Síochána – 'It can't just be brushed under the carpet'

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Irish News -- Three men arrested over attempted murder of woman in Clondalkin

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International Soccer - Breaking - | Massive match-fixing scandal rocks Czechia football just two days ahead of crunch World Cup playoff with Ireland

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Money -- 'Irish people tend to stay closer to the upper end of the gifting scale' – how expensive is it to be a wedding guest and where can you cut costs?

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Health Features -- Everyone's talking about: The 'Chinese baddie' diet – what is it and does it improve digestion and banish bloating?

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Money -- Breaking

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Irish Business -- Donal O'Donovan: Markets can't keep up with war in Iran, and that's going to be bad for the real economy

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Food Reviews -- Lucinda O'Sullivan's restaurant review: 'As rubbish sacks were hauled past, it felt like we were bit players in a farcical demo of how not to run a restaurant'

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Money -- Revealed: How much war in the Middle East is expected to add to average grocery bill in Ireland this year

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Soccer -- Daniel McDonnell: Three reasons to be cheerful and three to be fearful about Ireland's play-off prospects against Czechia

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Courts -- Man (39) pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to murdering grandfather in Donegal Gaeltacht

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Money -- Rules revamp aims to make mortgage switching easier and protect vulnerable

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Music -- The great Irish festival guide – from all-night ragers to relaxing retreats, your summer fixtures, all mapped out

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Health Features -- Throat cancer: 'The open mask made my radiotherapy bearable – some people stop treatment because they can't bear the closed mask'

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International Soccer -- The Troy Parrott Effect: From songs to greeting cards – and even a parrot named Troy - we can't get enough of the Republic of Ireland's hat-trick hero

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Britain -- Former BBC broadcaster Huw Edwards hits out furiously at TV drama about his downfall for grooming teenage boy

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World News -- "If it goes well we're going to end up with settling this otherwise we're going to keep bombing our little hearts out," says Trump in response to Iranians' 'fake news' dismissal

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World News Video -- Air Canada Express Plane Collides With Fire Truck At LaGuardia Airport

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International Soccer -- Finding Heimir: An exclusive Irish Independent documentary

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Life - 'When I see more women in the media making films, I'm inspired by that – if they can, I can'

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Fashionable after 50: 'There is no age limit to being stylish'

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Consumers don't believe multiple recent health insurance hikes are justified

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'I thought a five-day solo hike would reclaim a lost self. My menopausal body had other plans'

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Comment -- I'm trolled on TikTok but social media is driving customers to our farm shop

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers: 'I drank alone. I wanted oblivion all the time. I'd buy two bottles of vodka and lock the door'

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Two weeks after being ordered to prison, why are Enoch Burke's mother and sister still at large?

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Amy Molloy: How a massive dream home in rural Co Meath ended up as 'a costly pile of rubble'

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Dear Mary: My adult daughters are living at home and want their boyfriends to stay over but my husband says no

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Electric vehicles or petrol cars – which are cheaper to run?

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A lost boy: the harrowing story of one Dublin child, failed by those who should have protected him, whose life is now blighted by drugs and crime

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North America -- Two pilots killed in Air Canada plane crash identified

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World News -- Trump administration launches more probes into Harvard University

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Britain -- Arson attack on Jewish ambulances in London was 'antisemitic', says British prime minister Keir Starmer

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Asia-Pacific -- Hong Kong police can now demand phone and computer passwords under new national security rule

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World News -- Bill Cosby found guilty of 1972 sexual assault as woman awarded $19m

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David W Higgins: Why Ireland's ban on nuclear power and offshore drilling should be lifted

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Sam Kiley: Trump forced to hit pause as Iran exposes limits of power without a plan

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Ksenia Samotiy: Losing my phone was a brief relief from the digital dependency that has become the norm

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Letters: Only Americans can stop Donald Trump's demolition of global peace and stability

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The Irish Independent's View: World economy is at the mercy of Donald Trump's erratic whims

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Fionnán Sheahan: Posh parents are spoiling Hot School Meals scheme for the plain people of Ireland

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Legal Advice -- 'I put the family home into my wife's name to get agricultural relief, but now we are separating and she says I have no entitlement to the house. Is this true?'

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Courts - LATEST - | Watch: Drone footage shows Meath home demolition underway, as owner says 'send the bill to Mickey Mouse' because her family can't pay

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Entertainment -- Emotional speeches, a few boos and a missing actor – 10 big moments from the Oscars 2026

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Family -- The Divorce Diaries: 'I was planning on breaking up with him, and then I found out I was pregnant'

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International Soccer -- From Curtis Fleming to Troy Parrott, Vincent Butler's gift to Irish football with his lifelong service at Belvedere

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United Rugby Championship -- 'Mouthy' Leinster must do their talking on pitch, says Tyler Bleyendaal

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Shoppers buy 36pc less steak as beef prices rise

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Beef quotes take another hammering – despite soaring export sales

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Limited supplies drive up lamb prices by 90c/kg

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Funding cut by 90pc for some TAMS schemes – Department of Agriculture

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'We're not getting anything near market price' – How Irish farmers are being hit by the war in the Middle East

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Dublin News -- Councillor calls for anti-drinking signage on Drury Street as sunny weather brings back crowds

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Dublin News -- 'You can feel the movement of the water while looking out at the sea' – Ireland's first floating sauna to launch in Dún Laoghaire

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Dublin News -- American fast-food franchise In-N-Out Burger to host Dublin pop-up

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Dublin -- At least 130 cases of 'squatting' reported in south Dublin council homes last year

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Irish News -- Czechia vs Ireland: The best bars to watch the game as the Boys in Green prepare to take a step closer to World Cup dream

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North & West Kerry -- From Kerry to Everest – woman climbs for hospice and nursing home

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Courts -- Taxi driver cleared of drug charge after court finds error in summons

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Meet the Wicklow café host whose warm welcome made him the best in the county

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Resident objects as new plans for 430-home Waterford project deemed to 'exclude families'

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Ronnie Drew's son honouring his father in special show in Leitrim's The Glens Centre

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Former Galway village shop to be turned into residential accomodation

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Wexford students win big with project raising awareness about money scams

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Maxi Zoo expands in Cork with opening of its 35th store in the state

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Judge left stunned by woman caught driving without headlights while 11 times over legal limit

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Monaghan poultry operator fails in expansion bid

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The Big Tech Show: How a floppy disk gave me ransomware

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The Indo Daily: The YouTube killer: Stephen McCullagh guilty of Natalie McNally's murder

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Indo Sport podcast: Bits & Bobs | Michael Lyster remembered | Mick McCarthy shots fired | What do viewers want from their pundits?

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The Indo Daily: Extra: Trump announces five-day Iran pause as Simon Harris looks set to announce Irish fuel cuts

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TV Reviews -- 'Billy Idol Should Be Dead' review: The rise, fall and rise again of an enduring and endearing rocker

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Music -- Elbow's Guy Garvey: 'My advice for life? Have as much sex as possible'

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Music News -- Wexford piper to perform 'The Brendan Voyage' on home soil for the first time

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Television -- What to watch on TV and streaming today: Home of the Year, Theater Camp and Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special

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Television -- Pat Stacey: The doom-mongers were wrong – SNL UK's first night delivers more hits than anyone expected

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Celebrity News - BREAKING - | Married At First Sight star Mel Schilling dies aged 54 'surrounded by love'

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Jedward star John Grimes set to enter 'Celebrity Ex on the Beach' next week

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Celebrity -- 'Charlie was so broken when I rescued him; it was from my other lurcher that he learned how to be a dog again' – Model Thalia Heffernan on her two rescue dogs

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Celebrity News -- Chappell Roan 'really sad' after security clash at hotel made footballer Jorginho's daughter cry

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Homes -- Rising energy prices drive up demand and cost of energy-efficient homes in Kilkenny

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Homes -- Landlord exodus accounts for nearly half of all house sales in Carlow this year

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Interiors -- The interiors edit: How to style the perfect 'shelfie'

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

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Pól Ó Conghaile: I tried to find 10 decent-value short breaks in Ireland – here they are, from €50pp to five-star deals

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Travel News -- ICE agents deployed to over a dozen US airports; activities to include 'arrest of all illegal immigrants'

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Travel News -- Remote Spanish airport once again becomes parking lot for planes, this time due to Iran war

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World -- 'Cairo is not just one city, it is many cities stacked on top of each other' – here's how to do a bucket-list trip

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Politics -- Government to cut taxes on petrol by 17c and diesel by 22c for the next two months

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Crime -- Gangland killer Dessie Dundon gets prison cleaning job back as parole hearing looms

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Irish News -- Cost of a typical family's shopping set to rise by €700

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Irish News -- Concern as road deaths surge by 19pc

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Irish News -- 'Significant amount' of police officers were searching for Noah Donohoe, inquest hears

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Courts -- Hospital bag thief was qualified nurse who had hit 'rock bottom'

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Irish News -- Allison Morris: Cheers, applause and tears as family finally get justice for Natalie McNally

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Politics -- State agencies will no longer need cabinet sign-off to invest in defence companies

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Courts -- Man on a drinking 'bender' spat in the face of a shopkeeper

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Courts -- Man had four types of drug in his home

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Irish News -- Who is the Roscommon-born priest on verge of sainthood and whose life was portrayed in a Hollywood film?

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Courts -- Cancer patient who claims employer cut her hours as it no longer wanted her as 'face' of company after treatment is awarded €20,000

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Politics - latest - | Dublin Lord Mayor selected to contest by-election for Fine Gael - 20:41

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Mark Keenan: Measures designed to boost rental supply are actually cutting it – and at a rapid pace

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The Irish Independent's View: Short-term pain for long-term gain is a hard sell to renters

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Martin Breheny: My friend Michael Lyster – the consummate professional who made it all look so simple

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Ruth Medjber: When we go away and rent a big house on Airbnb, we get a small taste of what life would be like if there was no Airbnb

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Senan Molony: Why Simon Harris must 'go big or go home' when it comes to Government's fuel package

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Paul Kearns: Invisible Palestinians and imaginary Iranians — how Israel's media is presenting this war

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Malachi O'Doherty: Gerry Adams' incredible run of good luck just won't stop

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Sarah Breen: What was I like in the 90s? I'm glad to say that little evidence remains

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Shane Ross: My father almost completely cut me out of his will as he felt I had lost the run of myself and become utterly obnoxious

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Brenda Power: Meath house demolition is another victory for the State against the small man

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Brendan O'Connor: Nothing builds community like the demoliton of a gigantic house

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Eilis O'Hanlon: Forget waiting for Superman or government handouts — if you want to beat the energy crisis, just layer up

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The Sunday Independent's View: For or against it, inheritance tax must be made fairer

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Colin Murphy: How post-apartheid plans for South Africa were forged in Foxrock

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Conor Skehan: Sudden switch to offshore wind could blow back on entire economy

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Irish Business -- Pre-tax profits surge 36pc to €48.96m at Irish arm of Sports Direct

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Business -- Mercosur deal to come into effect on May 1

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Business -- Don't expect cheaper petrol everywhere on Wednesday morning, industry warns

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Technology -- HubSpot invests €40m in Dublin to build AI ahead of 'SaaS-pocalypse'

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Irish Business -- Taoiseach opens €43m flagship university enterprise building on Waterford Crystal site

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Small Business -- How a Wicklow barista helped take Catalyst from coffee hatch to award‑winning café

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Business -- Irish shares rebound and oil falls as Trump talks up Iran talks

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Small Business -- Wexford entrepreneur who owns successful hair health business lends her expertise to five star Monart spa

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Money -- 'Even the simple distribution of heirlooms can become contentious' – how to divide inheritance in blended families and avoid arguments

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Comment -- Lynn Boylan: Oversimplifying causes of current fuel cost crisis risks enabling profiteers

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Irish Business -- The week ahead in business: war to dominate as investors watch markets closely

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Hurling -- Liam Rushe makes return to Dublin hurling panel after four-year absence

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Soccer -- Nathan Collins calls for cool heads and 'dark arts' ahead of Ireland's Prague challenge

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International Soccer -- 'Maybe it would be better for me if I accept the apology, but I never accepted it' – ex-Czech star can't forgive Ciarán Clark

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Gaelic Football -- Colm Keys: Paudie Clifford's absence spoils Donegal's chance to road test new approach for stopping Kerry's playmaker

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Gaelic Football -- 'It didn't feel I was away for too long' – Gavin Devlin relishing reunion with Louth football

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Horse Racing -- Noel Meade eyes Punchestown tilt for his Champion Bumper hero The Mourne Rambler

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Athletics -- 'My stock has fallen off a cliff. I didn't realise how bad that would be. It's an ego hit but I just have to get on with'

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Golf -- Watch: John Daly falls down steep slope as caddie jumps to the rescue

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Gaelic Football -- Wexford defender Eoin Porter on cloud nine after Ryan's last-gasp goal secures back-to-back promotions

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International Soccer -- Bohs assistant Stephen O'Donnell links up with Ireland U-21s as assistant

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Leinster Rugby -- Rúaidhrí O'Connor: Rieko Ioane must produce much more to live up to his billing and get into Leinster's match-day 23 for Europe

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Gaelic Football -- 'There's nobody pulling rank, there's nobody that's pointing fingers or blaming anyone' – Kildare boss Brian Flanagan

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International Soccer - Exclusive - | Czechia legend Vladimir Smicer: 'The Irish play more with their heart, more for the country' 19:30

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