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Carpool, slow down and do your laundry at night – families to be warned to cut energy use in government campaign amid Iran crisis

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Serviced sites to be made available in Kerry to allow 'couples to put down roots'

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Wicklow friends overcome Middle East travel chaos to climb Kilimanjaro for charity

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Emmet Dalton's unpublished account of the assassination of Michael Collins up for auction

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Fresh abuse allegations against wrestling star Vince McMahon from former WWE employee

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Sarah Carey: Insomnia is torture – but too often those seeking medical relief are shunned by doctors

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Crime -- Woman brutally attacked by gang in latest hijacking spree as gardaí warn of nationwide surge

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Irish News -- 'His hand was black and blue from hitting the door, that's how hard he fought to get out,' says daughter of man who died in pier tragedy

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Hurling -- 'There has to be drama' – hurling's hottest modern rivalry to begin another thrilling chapter

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Sex & Relationships -- Asking for a friend: 'My son has just been diagnosed with autism and ADHD. My husband also got tested and has ADHD. How will all this affect our relationship?'

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Irish News -- Status Yellow wind alert for Ireland as Storm Dave brings 100kmh gusts over Easter weekend

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Politics -- Mary Regan: Key question in Dublin and Galway by‑elections is whether Sinn Féin can tap into anger over Iran war cost-of-living fallout

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Six Nations -- 'I'm at peace with the whole thing. I don't begrudge it. I missed the World Cup. Hopefully I'll be at the next one'

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Money -- Home economics: 'Should I break my almost expired fixed rate mortgage contract and risk a penalty charge so I can lock in at a better rate?'

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Irish News -- 'Trust is being eroded' – consumers warned over websites openly selling 'high-quality' fake online reviews

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Money -- Hidden costs and travel alerts – how your holiday plans could be affected this summer

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Comment -- 'In zero gravity, it feels like you're covered in pixie dust' – astronaut on what Artemis II passengers are experiencing right now

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Irish News -- Revealed: the age group in which children have lowest protection against measles

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Irish News -- 'He went to school until a week before he died' – mother of teenager who died of cancer on eve of 16th birthday praises his 'great strength'

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Bray -- 'Please don't do coke in the bathroom' candle criticised by Wicklow charity helping drug users

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TV Reviews -- 'The Young Offenders', Season 5, review: A sparkling return to form for our favourite tracksuit-clad Corkonians

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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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New collection highlights Colm Tóibín's mastery of the short-story form

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

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Bonnie Ryan on life in New York: 'Four of our best friends from Ireland live beside us. It helps you feel at home'

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WRC rejects whistleblower penalisation claim by worker at Wilson's Hospital School

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'Lost' memoir reminds us of what we owe Seán Lemass, 'a leader whose vision transformed Ireland'

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Kevin Dundon: My surprising hack for cooking spring lamb will make the most of its naturally delicate flavour for your Easter dinner

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Home help: My home still feels cluttered no matter how often I tidy – is there an easy way to declutter that actually lasts?

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South Kerry -- Kerry boy to chop off his long golden locks to help children in Africa – 'I have never had a short haircut'

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19 of the best pubs in Ireland for a Sunday roast – from an old-school thatched bar to a city-centre favourite

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Tanya Sweeney: My €200 16-week blowdry was transformational – then I was seduced by the prospect of self-improvement

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

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James Kavanagh: 'I regret not having a strict exercise regime. I'm a messy millennial and grew up partying and not really caring. I want to become buff'

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Restaurant review: 'Tasty though they are, the bagels are expensive at this little pocket of urban European cool'

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World News -- Pope Leo XIV delivers Easter message rejecting Trump administration's depiction of 'warlike' God as Iran conflict rages

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Europe -- Orban rival casts high‑stakes Hungarian election as choice between democracy and autocracy

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Europe -- 'The Kremlin is shifting its tactics to increase civilian suffering,' Ukrainian officials claim

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North America -- Incoming US attorney general insists Pam Bondi was not fired for her handling of Epstein case

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Middle East -- US crew member rescued after aircraft goes down in Iran

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Britain -- Protesters climb fence at Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's home

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Senan Molony: Ireland faces major tourism hit as Trump's war means Americans won't travel abroad

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Louise McSharry: I've no time for the 'not all men' brigade when sexual horror confronts us daily

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James Crisp: How Donald Trump's Iran war has lost him the support of Europe's far-right leaders

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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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Hurling -- 'Everything Ben has said is hard to argue with' – Rob Downey echoes O'Connor's calls for 'hard and fair' game

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Munster Rugby -- 'They drove our week' – Alex Nankivell reveals how Jack Crowley and Craig Casey raised Munster's standards in South Africa

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Premier League -- Jamie Carragher: If Arne Slot fails to win these big games for Liverpool, the pressure on him will become intolerable

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

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

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

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Tralee -- Kerry publican celebrates 70-year family tradition – 'You can't help but think of your parents'

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Courts -- 'John B Keane wouldn't write it better' – Kerry man applies for bail, on principle

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

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TV News -- Wicklow woman on 'First Dates Ireland hits' it off with farming man from Muff

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Homes -- Derelict home in Wexford to go under the hammer with starting price of €120,000

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News -- Revealed: historic pub and €3.7m student apartments among Galway city's 107 derelict properties

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South Kerry -- Kerry parents are 'on their knees' warns full-time carer with respite services in 'crisis'

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News -- Louth councillor speaks of barriers facing her daughter, a student with Down Syndrome

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Indo Sport podcast: Brandel Chamblee's Masters preview | The Tiger cloud, Rory's outlook & his Augusta verdict

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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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John Banville: 'I'm counting on an aneurysm. I don't want to be in the old folks' home'

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What to watch on TV and streaming today: Flaming Feasts, Anthropoid and Secrets of the Bees

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Book Reviews -- Justice For My Father: A son's relentless quest to find the IRA killers who shot Brian Stack

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Book News -- Madeleine Keane on books: Louise O'Neill, the Read Irish Women ­Challenge and Neil Tully's debut in star events

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TV Reviews -- Eilis O'Hanlon: Iberian mystery drama proves murder is best when it's just a bit of a fun

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Celebrity News -- 'He kissed me right out of my shoes': Sharon Stone reveals 'best smoocher' in Hollywood

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Celebrity News -- Blake Lively moving ahead with case against 'It Ends with US' director Justin Baldoni

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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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Celebrity -- William Shatner addresses cancer hoax: 'This is the downside of AI'

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Louise O'Neill: 'I wanted to write the book that I'd like to have read in the early days of my break-up'

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'One Saturday, we had a funeral, a wedding, a first communion and then mass. It was too much': Ireland's priests are feeling the pressure

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Donal Skehan's crunchy, saucy, cheesy, salty weekend dishes – birria tacos, sloppy joes and harissa fried chicken

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Three to try: Posh prosecco to pair with your Easter chocolate

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Our family trip to India – an amazing holiday, but this country of extremes is not for everyone

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Hotel review: 'It lacks some in-house facilities, but is still one of my all-time favourites in Dublin – if not Ireland'

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Ireland -- 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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Irish News -- 'Religion should be done at home' – TD says divestment of Catholic schools moving at 'nought miles an hour'

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Irish News -- Air Corps praised for helping 96-year-old cancer patient reunite with wife hours before his death

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Irish News -- Pedestrian seriously injured in Donegal after being struck by lorry

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Irish News -- Public warned to 'ignore' scam email claiming to be from Garda Commissioner accusing them of serious crimes

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Courts -- Skerries Golf Club wins unfair dismissal claim despite honorary secretary trying to swear oath on work diary instead of bible

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Politics -- Hauliers warn minister they need 35c-a-litre reduction in fuel costs or trucks will be off the road

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Irish News -- Department of Justice apologises after statement reporting death of Canadian General John de Chastelain

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Courts -- Jonathan Gill (44) appears in High Court facing extradition to Belfast accused of gangland figure Robbie Lawlor's murder

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Irish News -- Teenage cyclist seriously injured in Galway crash

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Courts -- Music tutor faces prosecution over allegations he trafficked and drugged teenage boy

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Irish News -- NI council chief caught driving at more than double the speed limit on way to funeral

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Health -- SETU launches its first strategic plan for pharmacy education in the south east

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Katriona O'Sullivan: My children would say that I love them, but I do not think they would describe me as nurturing – and I feel bad about that

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The Irish Independent's View: Fallout from Donald Trump's futile war on Iran will be long-lasting

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Declan Power: Veto power has turned UN into an empty vessel – Triple Lock must go so that Ireland and EU can ensure peacekeeping efforts

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Usha Vance kicks off husband's 'likeability' tour as vice-president warms up bid for White House

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The Irish Independent's View: Quest for peace in the world must be intensified, especially at Easter

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

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

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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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Letters: Soccer remains number one for Irish sports fans, but rugby is growing fast

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

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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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Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh: Anyone who has worked in a GP surgery knows women who were broken by men, but never got their day in court

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The Irish Independent's View: Trump's bombast and bluster are obstacles to ending conflict

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

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Business -- Embattled oil firm San Leon slapped with €43k judgment by Revenue

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Money -- 'If you are using credit cards to take out cash, you need to cut up your card' – money experts share their credit card dos and don'ts

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Premier League -- Inside 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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Business -- Cross-border lending by Irish banks is less than European average

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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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Business -- Queallys' Dawn International secures $1.4m ruling against US firm

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

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World Business -- Tesla's EV sales miss expectations again, as its unsold inventory continues to build up

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Irish Business -- Publican gets green light for 43-bedroom hotel in Dublin city centre after redesign

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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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Ladies Football -- It's time for underage success to translate to senior, insists Catherine Dolan as Cavan chase Division 2 crown

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Golf -- 'He's the most competitive person I know' - Shane Lowry's S&C coach on hard work, weight change and what makes Offaly man tick

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Champions Cup -- Leinster's history boys eager to recast their European future after inspiring trip to Kilmainham Gaol

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Champions Cup -- 'Sam still has a huge role to play' – Leo Cullen adamant Prendergast still in his plans despite Edinburgh snub

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League of Ireland -- Watch: League of Ireland Review Show - Friday, April 3

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League of Ireland -- Kaylem Harnett hits superb late winner as Wexford FC come from behind to beat Bray Wanderers

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League of Ireland -- Zeno Ibsen Rossi nets at both ends as Dundalk down Shels after ding-dong five-goal thriller

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League of Ireland -- Shane Farrell 'seems to be OK' after his collapse on the pitch overshadows game as Drogs and Bohs continue run of draws

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League of Ireland -- Frantz Pierrot strikes late winner for Galway United to plunge sorry Derry City into bottom three

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League of Ireland -- Kerry FC undone by McGlade double as Cobh take win on Good Friday for the Ramblers

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Connacht Rugby -- Cathal Forde drives Connacht revival as they surge into Challenge Cup last eight

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League of Ireland -- St Patrick's Athletic deliver title statement, going top of the pile after blowing away Sligo Rovers

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League of Ireland -- Graham Burke on the spot to secure point for Shamrock Rovers at Waterford

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Gaelic Football -- Fast start sees Déise run away from Tipp to progress in Munster U-20 Football Championship

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Gaelic Football -- Skipper Daire Culligan hits two goals in Munster U-20FC as Clare see off Limerick

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