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'I've got a good doctor. I'm in good hands' – John Ryan on his health battles after landmark Munster appearance

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Irish News - BREAKING - | Teenagers among five people injured after suspected arson at Dublin house

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Children among those injured as Russian drones strike Ukraine's Odesa

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'Vile antisemitic graffiti' on Louth road condemned as 'hate speech'

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Manchester United's stop-start first half of the season may unravel into one giant missed opportunity

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Courts -- Man facing tax probe in Germany declared bankrupt in Ireland with debts of €27m

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Irish News -- 'We have to do everything to spare people that trauma': Taoiseach pledges 'renewed' focus on road safety following 190 traffic deaths in 2025

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Irish News -- 'Mary Lou does not talk to me' – Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín hits out at Sinn Féin 'pettiness'

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Irish News -- Former Labour leader Pat Rabbitte steps down as chair of Tusla

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Boxing - Latest - | Manhunt for truck driver involved in Anthony Joshua crash

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Premier League -- Rage on – Everything that annoyed Roy Keane in 2025

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World News - LIVE - | Happy New Year: Sydney rings in 2026 with fireworks display

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Irish News -- Actor David Heap dies aged 76 after long illness: 'A special man and a beautiful soul'

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Family Features -- Regulating kids' smartphone usage doesn't work – they shouldn't have one in the first place

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Money -- Ask a money coach: 'Was I wrong to ask my stay-at-home wife to go back to work?'

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Technology -- My deepfake doppelganger even fooled my own mother – that's how difficult it is to spot AI-generated disinformation

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Travel News -- The year of the invisible woman: 'We are almost never represented – not on websites, not on brochures, nor on social media'

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Crime -- Gardaí launch probe after claims prison officer had sexual contact with female inmate

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Irish News -- 'A baby can't live this way' – one mother shares her story of a second Christmas facing homelessness

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Irish News -- State's €10.5m legal bill as parents fight to have their children assessed

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Celebrity -- Tommy Bowe: 'I still get the '10 siblings' jokes on a daily basis. To be fair, it's absolute car-crash television – I was just raging it was me'

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Business -- 1,931 fines in 2025 for drivers who dawdled too long at Dublin Airport's drop-off zones

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Irish News -- Remembering John O'Donohue, a poet, author and sage – who offered words and learnings for a modern life

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Irish News -- Maeve McTaggart: From Dáil disorder to self-appointed diplomat McGregor and that blue Hermes handbag, it was a colourful year for Irish politics

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United Rugby Championship -- Tadhg Furlong still dreams of GAA fields while living in rugby's real world

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Bray -- New Year joy for Wicklow mum-of-two as homelessness ordeal ends with new home

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North America -- JFK's granddaughter dead at 35 after terminal cancer diagnosis

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Videos -- I created an AI deepfake of myself in 10 minutes and the result scared me

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Irish News Video -- Virtual reality tech aims to educate Belfast youngsters about importance of sexual consent

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Irish News -- Indo Politics Awards 2025

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Videos -- Taoiseach 'deeply concerned' as road deaths soar to highest level since 2014

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How to be cool in 2026: From what to wear and to listen to – and what to avoid – we ask the experts how to get with the zeitgeist this year

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Nia-Malika Henderson: 2025 showed why Melania Trump comes dead last in the league of first ladies

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Hugs, sweat and tears – the sporting moments of the year from Augusta to Croke Park and the sofas around the country

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Family Features -- Bill Linnane: I've taken thousands of imperfect photos this year, but they're our family's greatest hits of 2025

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TV Reviews -- BBC's 'Titanic Sinks Tonight' tells a good story, but some myths on the disaster persist

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Health Features -- 'I wonder if friends come to see me or my assistance dog Mozart – everyone loves him'

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Review of the year, 1995: Renewed peace efforts, 'Playboy' ban lifts, 'Irish Press' closes and the first peek at Luas plans

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Mayo woman died after hospital that prioritised fee-paying patients refused to admit her

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Health bosses embarrassed after nurses went on strike in 1965 over 'inferior' food and 'unappetising meat'

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Father of loyalist killed in prison accused government of 'selective' approach to justice issues in Northern Ireland

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Young members of the DUP refused to socialise at 1995 forum promoting 'understanding'

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Irish diplomats left red-faced after U2 cut short their ticket allocation for 1987 Joshua Tree tour

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Britain -- Camilla says she was 'furious' after she was attacked on train as teenager: 'This boy, man, attacked me, and I did fight back'

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Europe - LATEST - | Passengers warned of more delays as Eurostar services resume

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Europe -- Iran vows 'harsh' response to any attack after Trump threats

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World News -- Volodymyr Zelensky in talks to include US troops in Ukraine as part of security guarantees

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Asia-Pacific -- China launches rockets into waters around Taiwan in 10 hours of live-fire military exercises

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Charles Lipson: Volodymyr Zelensky must be absolutely certain that Donald Trump will blame inevitable collapse of the peace talks on Vladimir Putin

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The Irish Independent's View: On the cusp of a new year, strive to embrace hope, not despair

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Letters: When immigration policy exists to solely serve profit, you can expect problems

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Catherine Prasifka: We often just bob along to life's currents, but New Year's offers us that chance to steer the boat

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Max Boot: Don't confuse Trump's delay on selling out Ukraine with genuine progress towards ending the war

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Legal Advice -- Legal advice: 'My father's new partner has moved into my farmhouse – can she claim rights to my property?'

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Entertainment -- Twink: 'The man for that job was either Oliver Callan or Al Porter but they wouldn't have the balls to give it to him'

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Courts -- 'I object, I object, I object': Residents protest over unauthorised extension to Sutton home they say looks more like 'an airport hangar'

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Golf -- 'One wants €45k for a week despite being 93km away' – Teeing up a rental windfall from the Ryder Cup? Here's how to set a realistic price

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International Soccer -- Seán O'Connor: Josh Cullen's injury is heartbreaking but it opens a door for one of these Ireland players

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Dairy -- How this 190-cow farmer fears he could lose £100,000 next year

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Beef -- What this winter's silage tests taught me about feeding cattle right

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Farm Property -- Three prime Sligo grass farms hit the market

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Rural Life -- Meet the midlands farmer who turned alpacas into a lifestyle business

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Tillage -- Spring cropping decisions – is there a stronger case for beans?

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Women's Sport -- The triumphs, trials and tribulations that defined 2025 – Women's Sport Year in Review

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Dublin -- Jackpot joy, gold for Ireland and our Parrott hero: The Dublin stories that made us smile in 2025

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Irish News -- New Year's Festival Dublin 2025: Everything you need to know

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Dublin News -- Meet the man running from Galway to Dublin in memory of his father – 'I know my dad would be happy looking down if we can help'

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Mayo footballer Ryan O'Donoghue gets engaged to long-time girlfriend

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Donegal Lotto winner has less than two weeks to claim €500,000

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News -- Legendary Irish snooker player spotted in Galway pub as former world champion poses with staff

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North & West Kerry -- Kerry couple close rural post office with 'a good bit of sadness but a greater amount of satisfaction'

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News -- Donegal band Onóir formed during Covid lockdown now eyeing Croke Park as fame keeps rising

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West Wicklow -- Hundreds of candles lit for walk at Wicklow's Russborough House parkland

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Gorey -- Motorist arrested in Wexford for driving under the influence of cocaine with a young child in the car

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South Kerry -- Over €40k raised thanks to Kerry family's charity walk

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Drogheda & South -- Fox hunting 'a rural pursuit' that should be banned, urges Louth TD

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News -- Bomb scare, business openings and a high-flying businessman being serenaded by Ed Sheeran – The top five stories in Longford in 2025

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Money Talks: 'Get uncomfortable with it' - How to conquer your new year money resolutions

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Indo Sport podcast: Bits and Bobs 2025 review | Part 1 | McIlroy's moment, Budapest euphoria and Leinster's crumble

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Indo Sport podcast: A Closer Lookback | The Stabbing of Monica Seles

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The Left Wing: Leinster get revenge, Frawley's second chance and Munster's missed opportunity

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Television -- The best New Year's Eve TV shows: Ronan Keating puts Jools Holland and Graham Norton to shame by actually going 'live'

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Television -- What to watch on TV and streaming on New Year's Eve: Mrs Brown's Boys, Notting Hill and The Manipulated

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Entertainment -- Pop culture review of 2025: Samantha Mumba's Eurovision rant, Swiftwatch and unconsciously coupling at a Coldplay gig

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Beauty -- Louise McSharry: Four beauty products that genuinely changed the game in 2025

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Celebrity News -- 'Looks like we made it' – Bonnie Ryan announces pregnancy after recently opening up about fertility struggle

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Style -- Triona's tricks: 50 clever ways to hack your beauty routine

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Life -- Pat Carty: Which came first, the rockstar or the rock-star hair? And what happens when you can't field a mullet anymore?

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Parenting -- What the heck is a 'Velcro kid' and is yours one?

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Health & Wellbeing -- Ask The Doctor: I'm fit and active but have started snoring loudly – could it be sleep apnoea?

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Parenting -- 'Spending time outside with my kids is the one thing that I pledge to do more often in the new year'

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World -- He set out to walk around the world – after 27 years, his quest is nearly over

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Ireland -- Pól Ó Conghaile: How does Dublin Airport's Drop & Go parking work, and is it worth the extra cost?

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'I used my precious annual leave to volunteer at a circus hotel in Sweden - here's how it went'

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Hotel review: Hats off to new Co Waterford townhouse with cocktails on room service

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'The first one was for me and my girlfriend': How I turned a passion project into a camper van business

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Irish News -- Special sick-pay scheme for healthcare workers with long-Covid will end today

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Irish News -- Revealed: Medical staff with long-Covid could be left without sick pay for over three years

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Irish News -- Leading bank partners with modular homes builder to offer green mortgages for quick-build homes

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Irish News -- Workers warned that failure to adjust tax bands and credits will see them paying more income tax in new year

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Irish News -- Thousands caught speeding including motorist detected at 207km/hr in 100km zone

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Irish News -- Stormont officials wanted to keep two Belfast airports – despite being warned Dublin Airport would outcompete them

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Irish News -- Pedestrian (40s) dies after road crash in Kildare

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Irish News -- Concern over 'unscrupulous operators' switching ear tags on cattle, declassified files show

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Irish News -- Olympic star Rhys McClenaghan awarded MBE in King Charles' New Year Honours – but Rory McIlroy snubbed

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Neale Richmond: How Ireland will make its place on world stage count in 2026

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The Irish Independent's View: It is only right that we care for the carers in their invaluable work

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Mary Kenny: Make up and medicine can hide the ageing process – but there is no fooling the brain

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Suzanne Crowe: Having reduced alcohol intake, I wouldn't go back – I relish mornings with no regrets and my newfound stamina

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Fionnán Sheahan: From Michael Lowry's two fingers to Catherine Connolly's 914,143 votes – it's 2025 in numbers

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Sinéad Ryan: Why I'm an ardent re-gifter and you should be too

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Letters: Michael O'Leary's comparison of State and private sector is too blunt; structure is vital

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The Irish Independent's View: Small landlords are fleeing and renters face new challenges under incoming tenancy rules

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Peter Vandermeersch: As the media grapples with AI, lawsuits and increasing distrust, we must commit to more — and better — journalism

3 days ago

Sarah Breen: Floss, feed your soul and find the horizon — try New Year's resolutions that will make a real difference

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Emer O'Hanlon: I gave up the Pill and rediscovered my feelings — and I'm not the only one

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The Sunday Independent's View: Voters need credible remedies

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Letters to the editor: Irish secularists are still subject to the tyranny of the majority in schools

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Naoise Dolan: Why Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux's musings on men and misfortunes don't apply to me

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Rachel Moiselle: Seven out of ten people say Ireland has no antisemitism problem — here's why they should think again

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Business -- Profits rise 34.5pc to €5.5m at Savills Commercial

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Business -- National defence identified as a threat to business in new year

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Money -- Call for cut in insurance premiums after reduction in levy on policies

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The Big Tech Show -- The Big Tech Show: How tech will change your life in 2026: our 10 predictions

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Irish News -- Microsoft boss warns AI could grow out of our control in the near future

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Money -- Project Pan: 'I spent over €500 on beauty products this year, here's how I plan to spend zero in 2026'

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Business -- AI will play even bigger role for recruiters during 2026, says expert

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Crime -- 'That money was supposed to be my security' – fraudsters steal €30,000 from single mum's divorce settlement

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Business -- Bosses sitting on €2bn of shares at ten of Ireland's biggest companies

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Irish Business -- DAA upheaval was dominant story in the aviation sector

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Business -- Global stock indices eye record highs as end of year looms

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Business -- SoftBank to pay $4bn for investment firm DigitalBridge

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Business -- Valeo Foods sees operating profits jump 24pc to €85.3m

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Money -- More than a million people must act now to avoid health insurance hike

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Six Nations -- How toxic undercurrent to No 10 rivalry is dividing Irish rugby supporters

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Soccer -- Watch: DR Congo fan's extraordinary 'statue' pose for entire Afcon match

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Premier League -- 'I'm really confident' – Ruben Amorim positive about Man United's potential despite latest setback

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Premier League -- Willy Caballero defends Cole Palmer withdrawal as Enzo Maresca comes under fire

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Premier League -- Ruben Amorim says he is 'really confident' about Man Utd's potential

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Premier League -- Mikel Arteta 'so happy' after Arsenal end Aston Villa's winning run

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Premier League -- Tottenham 'will be in the market' for players in January, says Frank

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International Soccer -- Seán O'Connor: A memorable year for U-17s at World Cup and green shoots to watch out for in 2026

15 hours ago

Hurling -- 'It's not going to all be sunshine and rainbows' – Limerick's Cathal O'Neill reflects on barren year for John Kiely's men

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United Rugby Championship -- Stuart Lancaster won't rule out further Leinster swoops after Ciarán Frawley switch

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