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Tax cuts and increase to living alone payment are a priority for this year's budget, says Fianna Fáil

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Eilis O'Hanlon: How can anyone ever honestly vouch for someone else's good character?

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Obituary: Gráinne Uí Mhaitiú, broadcaster and artist recognised for work on 'Bosco' and 'SBB ina Shuí'

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Dubai fintech aims to set up in Dublin to enable expansion into EU market

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Irish News -- Woman found dead with newborn baby believed to have suffered complications during birth

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Irish News -- Jonathan Creswell can never hurt another woman, says aunt of murdered showjumper Katie Simpson

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World News - latest - | Irish citizens stranded on hantavirus-hit cruise ship to be flown home and will quarantine in HSE facility

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Ladies Football -- Frustration, anger and a flawed process casts LGFA in unflattering light over racism claim

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Money -- It's a hidden tax on women – the €250k levy that is mostly aimed at daughters

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Irish News -- Singer Tommy Fleming and wife Tina split after 20 years of marriage

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Sex & Relationships -- Dear Mary: My daughter has cut all contact with me – her siblings agree she has changed since meeting her husband

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Politics -- Dara Calleary interview: Budget plans, the Fianna Fáil leadership and Leo Varadkar's 'divisive' comments on rural Ireland

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Health -- Revealed: The true scale of weight-loss drug use in ireland

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Food & Drink -- Chef Angelo Vagiotis: 'If people think Michelin just discovered me in Galway in 2025, that's actually quite far from the truth'

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Courts -- Detective garda in 'Bikegate' controversy to get backdated sick pay

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GAA -- 'Connacht final day is special' – Even at 71, Paddy Joe Burke's enthusiasm for watching his beloved Roscommon is undimmed

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Irish News -- 'When country people move to D4, their accent changes — they turn into Pat Kenny' – Comedian Rory O'Hanlon

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Sex & Relationships -- 'Surely it's better for them to have a relationship with the machine than with nobody' – why more and more people are falling for AI chatbots

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Irish Business -- Russia-linked Aughinish Alumina plant seeks permission to expand waste processing operation despite war claims

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Irish News -- Liam Collins: How I survived for a week on the state pension of €289.30 — until I didn't

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Irish News -- Michael McDowell denies MetroLink objections were tied to his Dublin property interests

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Rugby - Exclusive - | Robbie Henshaw: 'It was a heavy blow. Unfortunately, I lost consciousness, but my neck felt fine'

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Irish News -- Expert warns health minister that treatment for prostate cancer is 'suboptimal'

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Courts -- Carlow man who rammed brother's Audi and assaulted gardaí jailed for four years

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Interiors -- My favourite room: 'I wanted to go from baking to making chocolate itself' – Kasha Connolly on co-building her factory and Scandi-style home

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Politics -- 'I reject Hutch's commentary' on ethnic minorities, says Micheál Martin as he prepares for his party's centenary

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Wexford residents give alpaca friends a welcome return to local nursing home – 'The smile on their faces said it all'

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GAA: All the action from this evening's matches, as Cork beat Waterford in Munster SHC

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How Nathan McDonnell hid a tarnished reputation behind Tralee business circles – 'It was all smoke and mirrors with him'

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Hotel Review: 'We're bringing life back to the building' – an Irish grand dame gets a €7m makeover

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John Mulligan: Chawke name was a symbol of success in pub game until siblings ended up in court

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Motor News -- Auto advice: When it comes to the cost of fuel, what counts as price gouging?

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Comment -- Emer O'Kelly: Choosing to have a baby in your 50s is monstrously selfish. And I should know

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Celebrity News -- Vernon Kay spoke of 'changing relationship' weeks before split from Tess Daly announced

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Beauty -- Triona McCarthy: Looking for something extra in beauty care? Check out this calming cologne and a serum with SPF

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Celebrity Features -- Aoife Rooney: Katie Price has a new four-part documentary coming – but is there really anything we don't know about her already?

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An optical illusion in Co Kilkenny: A four-bedroom house that's bigger on the inside

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Kitchens to suit your everyday needs and design mistakes to avoid

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From an old stable to a modern seaside townhouse in Bray

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Two-seater sofa with a round and half-moon coffee table, and other must haves for your home

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In the salerooms: an Hermès black Togo Birkin handbag and a 19th-century davenport desk

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Home Economics: 'We saved our house deposit abroad to get a higher interest rate. Will that affect our ability to get a mortgage in Ireland?'

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Britain -- Keir Starmer turns to Gordon Brown to save his premiership

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Europe -- Diminished Putin salutes troops on Victory Day, but big guns are barred from Red Square

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Britain -- Child killer Ian Huntley is cremated with no mourners and bill footed by British taxpayer

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Middle East -- US says it is expecting response to peace proposal soon as tensions flare in Strait of Hormuz

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Europe -- Russia and Ukraine have agreed three-day ceasefire, says Donald Trump

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Britain -- 'I'm not going to walk away' – Starmer vows to fight on after crushing losses in elections in England, Scotland and Wales

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Shane Ross: West's awake to Fine Gael win, but my money's on Soc Dems' Daniel in Dublin Central

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The Sunday Independent's View: What are the Taoiseach's true spending priorities?

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Conor Skehan: What I learnt about coalition politics from the heart of government

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Holly Cairns: It's my duty as a legislator to listen when women say they feel like criminals

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Family Features -- The Divorce Diaries: 'He cheated when I was pregnant – I found messages and pictures from her on his spare phone'

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Food Reviews -- Restaurant review: Exceptional food, cracking staff – and a main course for €10

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Comment -- Sarah Carey: Do you believe the Rapture is coming? Millions of Americans do – and here's why that matters

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Courts -- Man sexually abused as a boy in 1980s refuses to accept €20,000 brought to court by shopkeeper as token of remorse

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Sport -- Conor McKeon: Running to a stand still

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How I tried to make cheese without killing my grandmother

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Ireland must not repeat brucellosis and TB mistakes as BVD nears eradication – Animal Health Ireland

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Remembering the people who built rural Ireland

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Farmer becomes a 'pariah' locally after pleading guilty to 173 offences in 'one of the worst cases of animal neglect'

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Brazil nears its China beef quota in big shift to trade flow

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Dublin News -- 'It's such an iconic place' – Protest held against plans to redevelop Stephen's Green Shopping Centre

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Health -- 'I got the idea when my friend fainted before an exam' – Dublin teen develops glove that can predict seizures

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Dublin News -- Housing minister to meet Oliver Bond residents following outcry over scrapping of regeneration scheme

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Dublin News -- Waste compactors installed in Dublin's north inner city as bin bags to be banned for 110 more streets

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Comment -- Donal Fallon: Dublin's north inner city doesn't need a giant tourist attraction – it's crying out for sports pitches or a pool

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Dublin -- Dublin Airport to see 11 million passengers this summer

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North & West Kerry -- Kerry man shares touching handwritten letter he received from David Attenborough – 'I never expected a response'

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Homes -- Three turnkey two-bedroom Wicklow homes in bustling towns for €350,000 or less

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Wexford man accused of stealing e-bike is denied bail – 'He would not behave himself'

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Limerick's Traveller TikTok stars inspire young people to stay in education – 'Do not give up'

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David Attenborough commemorated in Wicklow with striking seaside mural on 100th birthday

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SNL UK's Navan writer Gráinne Maguire: 'To be in a writers' room with Tina Fey was out-of-body stuff'

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Wicklow man ordered to pay €5,000 after racist abuse of garda while in custody

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Offaly native psychotherapist awarded for research on compulsive scrolling

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Wicklow man given 120 hours of community service for assaulting 82-year-old neighbour outside home

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Man jailed for attack on Louth OAP as victim walked home from pub

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The Indo Daily: 'All Ana wanted was a friend' – Eight years on from the disturbing killing of Ana Kriegel

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Indo GAA podcast: GAA+ plant their flag | Galway's dynamic duo | Cormac Costello's legacy

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'There was no such thing as mental health back then. You were mental or you had health' – PJ Gallagher on tackling depression

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Serge Pizzorno of Kasabian: Calling for Kneecap to be banned from festivals is 'completely ridiculous'

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Today's top TV and streaming picks: Bafta Television Awards, Where Eagles Dare and The Grand-ish Tour

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Eurovision: Is the boycott over Israel the beginning of the end for the song contest?

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Tess Daly and Vernon Kay announce their marriage is over after 22 years

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Celebrity -- Nationwide's Zainab Boladale: 'In a lot of spaces within Irish media, I was the only black person there'

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Sex & Relationships -- Asking for a friend: I found out the guy I've been seeing has a history of addiction. Should I walk away now or give the relationship a shot?

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Fashion -- Clogs, Crocs and Birkenstocks: 11 pairs of super stylish slip-on shoes

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Fashion -- Fashion forward: Designer Ginny Seymour on creating a capsule wardrobe, work-life balance and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy's influence

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Celebrity News -- The Only Way is Essex star Jake Hall dies in Majorca aged 35

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Irish News -- 'I've always wanted to become a mother' – MEP Maria Walsh announces pregnancy following IVF treatment

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Food & Drink -- Notions and necessities: From food, book and dance festivals, to jewellery and skincare, it's all here

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The hills are alive... with Peter Doherty: Summer festival surprises hiking around Verbier and the Val de Bagnes

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Travel News -- Hibernia Line: New Irish ferry company to sail six days a week from Cork to France

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Ireland -- The Fab 50: Ireland's best places to stay in 2026, from a revamped motel and rainforest stay to a cabin that feels 'like a hug'

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Health & Wellbeing -- 'We were both diagnosed with MS within days of each other – so we jumped in our van and hit the road for a year'

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Irish News -- Top gardaí exposed to 'personal legal risk' when making hard decisions

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Politics -- Eoin O'Malley: After 100 years of evolution, where next for Fianna Fáil?

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Irish News -- Wastewater testing in five Irish locations to provide HSE with real-time data on drug trends

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Irish News -- Cork should have an Olympic-size swimming pool, says Sports Minister Patrick O'Donovan

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Health -- More than 700 child operations cancelled because 'ward bed was not available'

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Sam McBride: While migrants once poured out of Ireland, they now pour in. They know this is a great place to live

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Sarah Breen: On a traditional Irish staycation, you have to go looking for the fun

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Letters: RTÉ is the engineer of its own decline — to benefit of others

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Sarah Carey: Amid rising antisemitic sentiment, a family visit to my nephew's bar mitzvah was an enlightening experience

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Senan Molony: Why British election results suggest problems might ultimately pile up for Ireland

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Édaein O'Connell: A stranger in a pub compared me to The Bird O'Donnell – younger me would have been crushed

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Richard Curran: AI may be the future, but what lies ahead is still uncertain, so don't sacrifice soft skills

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John Downing: 'Kaiser Bill' and the gay sex scandal that rocked Germany

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If Iran continues to play the long game with US, Donald Trump's Epic Fury operation may end up an epic failure

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James Kirkup: No Tony Blair on horizon for a flailing Labour finding two-party politics is thing of past

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Katriona O'Sullivan: I got totally honest on LinkedIn – and it's my most popular post to date

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Letters: Alcohol-free beer might be the answer for airlines to keep a leash on passengers

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The Irish Independent's View: Historic shift in UK politics puts Nigel Farage in lofty position

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Luke O'Neill: Yes, we dread another pandemic — but here's why there's no need to panic over hantavirus

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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: China can far outlast America over the Middle East conflict

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Irish Business -- Enterprise Ireland unveils 'best in class' new €21m accelerator programme for start‑ups

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Business -- Richard Curran: With $34bn wiped off its value, Flutter investors now know that punting on bookies isn't just a one-way bet

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Media -- Any Other Business: Local radio stations might take a leaf out of the Meta playbook

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Irish Business -- Iran peace deal could be good news for homeowners – with paused mortgage rate hikes and lower energy bills, experts say​​​​​

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Irish Business -- Echelon hit with €2.67m council bill for latest phase of Arklow data centre project

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Money -- Your Questions Answered: 'I'm buying a rental unit for €300k. Can I set up a company to cut tax?'

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Business -- Public bodies made most tax settlements over 'bogus self-employment'

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Money -- Your Questions: 'I already have a structural guarantee on my new build. Why do I need home insurance?'

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Money -- Thinking of selling your home this summer? 14 things to avoid that can lower its value

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Money -- Home Economics: 'Where should we borrow for our extension and what planning permissions do we need?'

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Money -- From insulation to 'vampire energy', act now to save on winter bills

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Technology -- Ask Adrian: My MacBook is old and slow, so it's time to get a new one – any advice on what model to go for?

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Business -- St Patrick's Festival hit with €448,000 Vat bill by Revenue

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Technology -- PTSB fined €277,500 by DPC for failing to prevent malicious actors accessing customer bank accounts

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Premier League -- Boos and groans around Anfield too loud to ignore but Slot will feel he deserves more time

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Premier League -- Joshua Zirkzee's shortcomings exposed once again as Manchester United's attack fails to fire

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United Rugby Championship -- 'That is obviously not a good sign' – Munster sweat over Edwin Edobgo after lock leaves Galway in a sling

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Golf -- Patrick Keeling takes narrow Irish Amateur Open lead as wind plays havoc at Seapoint

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Hurling -- Donegal settle for draw with Roscommon in Christy Ring Cup

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Six Nations -- 'We go into next week full of confidence' – Scott Bemand says Ireland looking forward to Women's Six Nations finale

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United Rugby Championship -- Connacht boost URC play-off hopes thanks to thumping bonus point derby win over Munster

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Soccer -- Robbie Keane's stock rises further after steering Ferencvaros to Hungarian Cup glory

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Six Nations -- Ireland player ratings: Wafer shines brightest, aided by big performances, in win over Wales

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Six Nations -- Aoife Wafer puts in dominant display as Ireland douse Welsh fire with bonus-point Women's Six Nations win

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Hurling -- Brian Hayes-inspired Cork put Waterford on brink of championship exit

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Gaelic Football -- Joe Brolly: Cork footballers will never kick on while they are so riddled with fear

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Gaelic Football -- Wexford lay down Tailteann Cup marker with resounding win over Limerick

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Gaelic Football -- Offaly kickstart Tailteann Cup campaign with battling win over Clare

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