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Construction of new €20.3m 116-bed Wicklow hotel postponed

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LIVE - | Iran keeps up pressure on US and Israel with fresh strikes across the Middle East; EU urges 'lower taxes on energy' 07:15

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News -- Mother of three died after getting trapped under her rolling car at Sligo bog

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Crime - LATEST - | Reports of man in Deliveroo uniform approaching children led to arrest in Dublin 3 investigation

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Is it bad to spoil my grandchildren?

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Irish travellers advised to 'sit tight' on Middle East holiday and transit plans as airfares rise

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Rise in home-heating oil prices in Ireland dwarfs other parts of Europe

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Doireann Garrihy: 'It's next to impossible to be in the media without being insecure about the way you present – especially after a baby'

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Christian Brothers persist with moves that hinder abuse lawsuits' progress

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In The Workplace -- This Working Life: 'We should have direct access to patients – we have a backlog for the dentist, and the patient is losing out'

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Horse Racing -- Cheltenham 2026: Day Two cards, top tips, TV details and all you need to know

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Money -- Ask a money coach: 'How do I talk to my ageing parents about the cost of their later-life care?'

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Television -- Pat Stacey: Paudie has the dancing skills of a kitchen chair – if he wins it makes a mockery of RTÉ's 'Dancing With the Stars'

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Travel News -- Stop the hospitality slop! Clichés like 'timeless luxury' and 'hidden gem' make me want to check out

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Irish News -- Seizures of high-powered e-scooters and scramblers spike, but no crackdown on shops selling illegal vehicles

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North America -- Iran keeps up pressure on US and Israel with fresh strikes across the Middle East

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International Soccer -- Why Troy Parrott's fitness is so important as Heimir Hallgrimsson prepares for left-field solution to striking problem

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Crime -- 'I looked at my baby and feared he'd hurt another child like he did to me' – woman abused by uncle on her three-decade fight for justice

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Health -- Weight-loss jab Wegovy has 'highest risk of rare eye stroke', study finds

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Rugby -- Cian Tracey: Jacob Stockdale or Tommy O'Brien? What to do with Bundee Aki? Andy Farrell's selection dilemmas for Scotland

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Irish News -- From baby boom to bust: Why women in Ireland are having fewer children and what it means for the future

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Family Features -- Our four-year-old cries when she's left with the childminder – now I worry if she's miserable when we're gone too?

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Parenting -- Meet the Wicklow woman whose own adoption set her on the path to fostering two little sisters

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Irish News -- K-Pop's growing fandom: Its meaning, culture, music and why it's more than just a trend

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Health Features -- Ask The Doctor: My leg goes numb when I stand up and then I get pins and needles – should I be worried?

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Irish News -- Family criticise treatment since Irish woman's mystery death in Luxembourg

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World News -- The oil price on international markets has surged

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World News -- Donald Trump says US hasn't 'won enough' in Iran and is determined to 'achieve ultimate victory'

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Irish News -- 'I know it's frustrating': Tánaiste says government to see how Middle East war develops before cost-of-living supports

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Irish News -- Former president condemns US 'attacks on truth' during women's day rally

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Irish News - 'Everybody uses their cúpla focal' – how Monaghan cafe is thriving thanks to its ciorcal comhrá

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Courts -- Judge tells parents of girl (8) he will not risk child's €25,000 'bird in hand' settlement offer from council over playground fall

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Irish News - BREAKING - | Man (20s) arrested as gardaí investigate alleged sex assault and suspicious approaches to children in Dublin

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Legal Advice -- 'My late uncle left me a landlocked field accessed by a laneway that runs through a neighbour's farm, but now he says there's no right of way'

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Life -- 'Everyone says hello to each other here': Why leaving Dublin for a different life was the best move for me and my family

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Television -- Louis Theroux peeks into the rage-filled manosphere of men with abandonment issues and their coterie of OnlyFans girls

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Comment -- Catherine Prasifka: When it comes to regulating of Big Tech, Ireland is nowhere to be seen – we're not even at the table

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Used electric vehicles now thousands of euro cheaper than diesel, report finds

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An Ghaeilge i lár an aonaigh sa ré dhigiteach... agus seo iad na réaltaí!

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Today's top TV and streaming picks: Catch Me Daddy, A Woman of Substance and Louis Theroux – Inside the Manosphere

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'Vincent Browne told me to take a gap year abroad': Ray D'Arcy on his 'public humiliation' over losing his job at RTÉ

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Paul Kimmage: A convicted doper playing in the AIL and a curious testing regime raise some serious questions

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Ivor Fitzpatrick, media-shy solicitor to Ireland's elite, leaves €45m estate – but no will

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Burkes behind bars: What Enoch's mother and sister can expect from overcrowded prison

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'He didn't realise. It was too late by the time he caught it': Risteárd Cooper on the death of his brother from prostate cancer

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'I didn't mean to cause upset,' farmer in 'Bikegate' case told gardaí

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Europe -- Vladimir Putin suffers coughing fit in video posted by the Kremlin – then quickly deleted

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Africa -- Sudan militia 'intentionally starved' civilians in El Fasher, report finds

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World News -- US blasts through $5.6bn worth of weaponry in first two days of conflict

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World News -- Why did the US and Israel attack a girls' school in southern Iran, with 175 killed?

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North America -- Hottest place on Earth is carpeted with wildflowers

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John Downing: Exultant Michael Lowry has a few things to say to his accusers, begrudgers and naysayers

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Tabitha Monahan: Independents 4 Change, the party of Mick Wallace and Clare Daly, goes out with a whimper

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Natasha Leake: 'Where the hell is JD Vance?' Donald Trump's right-hand man appears to be missing in action

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Peter Flanagan: Someone shouts 'potatoes' at me during a comedy gig – it's something the Irish living in Britain have become used to

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Frederick W Kagan: Ukraine is more than holding its own, so why rescue Putin?

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Sinéad Ryan: Why I keep an envelope of emergency cash at home – and so should you

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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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Horse Racing -- Patrick Mullins: Majborough faces ultimate test in Champion Chase, while Sober can land Turners prize

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Six Nations -- 'If you've done something before and you've succeeded, it helps' – Josh van der Flier on Irish mentality against Scots

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Sheep -- 'Everyone's raving about Love Island, but I'd sooner be lambing sheep'

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News -- 'Only 50pc of cows producing a viable calf in some herds hit with bluetongue'

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Farm Property -- 220ac Limerick farm 'one of the finest and largest to come to the market in the mid-west' for €3.5m

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Beef -- Angry bulls, tricky calvings, trapped calves – sometimes sedative is your saviour

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Farm Property -- 51-acre residential farm in Kildare set to go under the hammer

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Dublin News -- 'Safety is paramount' – inside a cliff rescue training exercise with the Coast Guard

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Dublin News -- College Green plaza public consultation closing on Wednesday

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Dublin News -- Dublin council encouraging families with vulnerable members to register on housing list 'to avoid future homelessness'

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Dublin -- Fingal County Council to extend mobile sauna scheme to more locations

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Dublin News -- Council votes against scrapping extra rent for working children in social housing

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Courts -- Two men who separately took part in assault of man who later died after violent incident in Dublin city centre jailed

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News - Four vacant homes in Meath to be acquired for social housing

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From Wicklow to the Arctic Circle: Meet the Irish carpenter keeping 500‑year craft alive in Finland

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Fancy taking a bite on Cork's 'Big Breakfast Roll' for €770k?

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Plans for new Galway mural to celebrate city's marine life

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News -- Gardaí in Kildare issue urgent appeal for information on missing man (45)

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News -- Doctor fighting for his life following Sligo crash in which his wife died

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Drogheda & South -- Drogheda man begins 3,000km cycling challenge to support young boy's treatment

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News -- New €350k fire truck announced for Clare as team remember 'dedicated' firefighter

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News -- President Catherine Connolly acknowledges unique challenges faced by Donegal in two day visit to county

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The Indo Daily: Queues, cuts and €2 fuel: Irish oil crisis fears mount as Iran war drags on

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The Left Wing: The greatest Six Nations | Ireland selection debate | France blow up

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Indo Sport podcast: Bits & Bobs I Cocky Scotland I Rory's injury concern I Champions League bonanza

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Indo GAA podcast: Limerick show their hunger, Kilkenny don't | The beauty of week-off downtime

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Music News -- Wicklow singer explains St Patrick song: 'Brazilian books made him look like a wizard'

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Movies -- 75 years since The Quiet Man – my pilgrimage to the places portrayed in the classic movie

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Irish News -- The gang may be 'back together' but 'Ray D'Arcy Daily' feels like a rerun of a past radio episode

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Celebrity Features -- 'I clearly wasn't sober when I married this clown.' Liza Minnelli on David Gest in her popping flashbulb of a memoir

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Fashion -- If You Only hotlist: Fashion rising from the flames, bougie bottled cocktails and celebrating Irish main streets

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Fashion News -- From Paris to the pub: Designer JW Anderson pays ode to the traditional Irish pub in second collection with Guinness

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Style -- Coleen Rooney: 'I'm in the public eye since I was 16 – I don't care what anyone thinks"

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Sex & Relationships -- Dear Mary: I want to retire to Spain to escape the relentless rain and cold winters but my wife is refusing to leave our family behind

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Travel News -- Airlines hike ticket prices as Iran war propels fuel costs

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Ireland -- Our wintry cabin getaway: 'It's hard to believe we're just two hours from Dublin'

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Travel News -- 'It will be by far the longest passenger flight in the world' – what to know about Project Sunrise from London to Sydney

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Ireland -- 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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Courts -- Shop worker spared criminal record for stealing from employer's till 10 times

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Courts -- Motorist involved in fatal crash died days after decision to charge her with dangerous driving causing death

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Politics -- Ireland and Brazil open talks to introduce direct flights for first time

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Irish News -- Man who stabbed Laois mother Sharon Crean found guilty of manslaughter by diminished responsibility

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Crime -- Disgraced Swim Ireland coach Matthew Coward living homeless in Dublin following prison release

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Politics -- EU urges 'lower taxes on energy' as Irish Government to keep rising prices 'under review'

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Courts -- Commissioner has three weeks to reply to distress case after detective loaned bicycle to vulnerable elderly neighbour during Covid

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Irish News -- Health Minister urged to intervene in staffing 'debacle' in national ambulance service

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Courts -- Man jailed after he recklessly collided with garda causing her serious injuries while trying to evade officers from drugs unit

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Kirsty Blake Knox: A third of Gen Z men think women should 'obey' their husbands – new survey makes for depressing reading

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John Scally: Them and us – Ireland v Britain at Cheltenham is a story that runs deep with historical emotion

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Mary Regan: Connolly's comments, an awkward St Patrick's Day and a clamour for cost-of-living supports – how Iran war is shaking up Coalition

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Max Boot: Why Russia and China are the countries winning the US-Iran war

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The Irish Independent's View: Iran delivers Donald Trump a slap in the face in what could turn into forever war

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Petrol, pensions, mortgages and food: All the ways the Middle East conflict will hit you in the pocket

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Ksenia Samotiy: We need to talk about the expectations placed on women by other women when it comes to parenting

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Letters: Care of hedgerows is vital, but destroying them will bring about our downfall

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Douglas J Feith: The fog of Iran war is extra dense, because Donald Trump doesn't have a 'day after' plan

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Analysis: Ayatollah's hardline son takes over in Iran, tightening regime's iron grip on country

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Fionnán Sheahan: Let's see how the Ballymagash Coalition copes when an energy crisis hits country

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The Irish Independent's View: Economic spiral from disruption to oil supplies is clear

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Ian Anderson and Wendy Wood: You probably aren't addicted to social media – here's why

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Letters: Who is paying the bill for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's newly renovated home?

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Tanya Sweeney: The 'I want someone who looks after themselves' guy is really just looking to prove he can pull a classically beautiful woman

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Business -- Direct air link from Ireland to Brazil moves step closer

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Business -- Energy firm Certa secures deals worth €1.4m to deliver solar panels to businesses

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Business -- Crypto trader and e-scooter importer among Revenue's latest tax defaulters

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Money -- Numbers with health insurance up despite price rise cycle

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Business -- Cork timber-frame company is bought by Grafton

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Business -- Oil and gas prices drop as Trump moves to calm markets

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The Big Tech Show -- The Big Tech Show: Who is Sam Altman? Inside his life and his ChatGPT empire

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Money -- As Middle East conflict rages on, electricity is next to rise, while experts warn of two ECB increases

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World Business -- Age-verification rules hit Australians' access to online porn

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Irish Business -- Dispute over access for development of Galway wind turbines settled

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Business -- NTMA plans to 'tap the markets' in €1.25bn bond deal

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Money -- Smart meter glitch: households told they owe thousands of euro

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Business -- Big rise in total number of passengers travelling through Dublin Airport in February

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Technology -- German industrial output slowed even before Iran oil shock

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Champions League -- Newcastle denied famous win over Barcelona as Lamine Yamal strikes at the death

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Champions League -- Officials and Liverpool's wastefulness concern Arne Slot in loss to Galatasaray

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Horse Racing -- 'I'm trying to anyway!' – Pádraig Roche follows in father Christy's footsteps after success with his only Cheltenham runner

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Champions League -- 'My heart is absolutely broken for him' – Spurs keeper Antonin Kinsky hauled off after horror 17 minutes

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Champions League -- Sloppy Liverpool face uphill task in Champions League following defeat against Galatasaray

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Golf -- Rory McIlroy set to defend Players title at TPC Sawgrass

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GAA -- Martin Breheny: Friday night games make sense but this is why it won't happen

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Hurling -- 'Put away the All-Stars and start hurling' – Ex-Kilkenny captain Andy Comerford questions commitment of current players

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Horse Racing -- Wayne Bailey: Majborough can deliver for Mark Walsh at Cheltenham in Champion Chase

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Hurling -- Wexford hurling manager Keith Rossiter sees positive signs although promotion hopes dealt serious blow

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Horse Racing -- 'To win the Champion Hurdle outranks everything else she's done' – Willie Mullins on Lossiemouth victory

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Rugby -- Finn McEntee leads by example as St Mary's edge out Blackrock in nail-biting Leinster Junior Cup semi-final

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