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Politics -- Coalition leaves door open to further cost‑of‑living measures as Taoiseach says 'no one knows' how Iran war will unfold

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New Ireland recruit Harvey Vale, the QPR midfielder who has come from nowhere and why he's proud of his Kerry roots

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My analogue living challenge: What one Gen Z writer learned from swapping her smartphone for cameras, books, vinyl records and VHS tapes

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Audi confirms it is working on a new electric A2 model

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Toyota's small car gets a big glow-up as fully hybrid Aygo X rewrites the rulebook

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Jamie Carragher: Mo Salah will depart ahead of Ronaldo in pantheon of Premier League greats

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Celebrity -- Bryan Dobson: 'I didn't want another job and didn't want to be committed to something'

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Courts -- Mother tells court she begged God 'take me and not the children' as family jumped from upstairs window after home firebombed

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Irish News -- 'Everyone is looking over their shoulder' – fear in Edenderry after latest fire death

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Jobs -- This Working Life with Peter Gallagher: 'I was on the leadership track at Nasa, but I left for a one-year lecturing job at UCD'

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International Soccer -- Meet Miroslav Koubek: The 74-year-old home-grown manager Czechia turned to in a crisis to save their World Cup dreams

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Money -- Ask a money coach: 'I think my friend is involved in a Ponzi scheme. Should I tell his wife?'

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Travel News -- Dubai destination swaps: How Irish holidaymakers are rethinking travel as war continues and flight prices rise

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Irish News -- Nurses and midwives seek higher mileage rates as fuel crisis deepens

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Politics -- Cónal Thomas: After three weeks of dithering, Coalition finds €250m with apparent ease to help vulnerable during energy crisis

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International Soccer -- 'Legends forevermore' – Ray Houghton wants Ireland's current crop to experience what he achieved under Jack Charlton

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Wexford & District -- 'Unfolding crisis' in Rosslare as coastal erosion threatens to claim Kelly's Hotel – 'We cannot wait another winter'

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Irish News -- Robots to deliver meals in new children's hospital – but half of rooms still not ready

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GAA -- Conor McKeon: From Liveline to nothing, where has all the outrage over games on GAA+ gone?

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Middle East -- Donald Trump wants out of war, Israel doesn't. This is a win for Iran

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Family Features -- Dr David Coleman: A parent asked me if they were being too soft on their kids – here's my reply

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Parenting -- 'For some of us, social media isn't the problem – it's part of the support': What Irish teenagers really think about social media restrictions

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Courts -- Personal insolvency solicitor seeks dismissal of misconduct case against him

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Irish News -- 'Just soaking up the atmosphere will be brilliant' – thousands of Irish fans descend on Prague and say no ticket, no matter

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Health & Wellbeing -- Ask The Doctor: I have a small lump on the inside of my foot – what could it be?

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Irish News -- 'It's time to let the light in' – journalist calls on Pope Leo to launch probe into coercive control and grooming in Opus Dei

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Irish News Video -- Angry scenes in the Dail as opposition react to 'half-baked' energy support package

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

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Irish News Video -- 'We support the immediate intervention... to cut excise duty on, diesel, petrol at the pumps,' says Labour Party TD Ged Nash

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

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

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Music News -- Dónal Lynch: Justin Timberlake should now channel the spirit of George Michael after bodycam clip released

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Irish News - International model hits out at homophobic and transphobic harassment during photoshoot in Dublin

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Chloë finds a hobby: I jolt the white cue ball as if I'm playing hurling – I miss entirely

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'Project Hail Mary' author Andy Weir: 'I met Jeff Bezos for beers, he seems pretty cool'

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25 brilliant bedtime reads for your kids, chosen by Sarah Webb

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Middle East -- Strait of Hormuz tankers redirected into $2m 'Tehran toll booth'

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Health -- 'Mutant strain' of meningitis behind fatal outbreak in Kent

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North America -- Kristi Noem advert cost US taxpayer tens of thousands for make-up and horse rental

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Europe -- Exit-polls show PM Frederiksen ahead but weaker in Danish vote

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Latin America -- At least 66 soldiers killed in Colombian military plane crash

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Europe -- Daylight drone strike on Lviv apartment block as Russia launches major attacks on civilian areas of Ukraine, officials say

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North America -- New US security secretary boasted of hitting his children

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Lorraine Courtney: A nightly tourist bed tax for Dublin? This dirty old town is a far cry from Rome

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The Irish Independent's View: Leaders denounce war while grappling with energy shock

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Saoirse Hanley: Having a wonky left eye has been an insecurity of mine for my whole life, but has taught me so much

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Catherine Prasifka: Why the 'don't comment on other people's bodies' mantra has gone too far

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Letters: Sarah Carey is wrong – we should be telling women about their breast density

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

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

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

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

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

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Gaelic Football -- Frank Roche: Galway can picture life without Declan Comer and Shane Walsh, but Dubs can't cope without Con O'Callaghan

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Beef -- The West's Golden Calves: How one Roscommon farm produces €8/kg Charolais weanlings

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Farm Property -- €600,000 for 22ac residential farm in West Cork dairy heartland

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News -- TAMS solar concerns raised as Department says no contractors taken off approved list

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News -- Shoppers buy 36pc less steak as beef prices rise

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Beef -- Beef quotes take another hammering – despite soaring export sales

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

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Courts -- €425,000 for family of motorcyclist who died in crash with Dublin bus

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Irish News - LATEST - | Gardaí say Alexis Campion remains in hospital after being set alight at her home as three held on suspicion of attempted murder

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

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

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Michael O'Leary dons Mayo jersey at Ireland West Airport and says it can continue to grow with Government help

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Leitrim defibrillator project showing device locations online hailed as model to follow nationwide

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Concerns grow for popular Donegal festival as organisers step down

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Two drivers hospitalised following crash in Donegal

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Kerry woman's State apology after 68 years bearing the pain and indignity of abuse

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South Kerry -- Plans for Kerry catering college move foward as long derelict Pretty Polly site to be transferred

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Courts -- Louth stabbing accused due back in court after bail refused

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News -- Tipperary families left 'in limbo' as housing delays force tenants to overhold

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

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News -- New Galway fire station plans move to contractor phase as 2027 completion date set

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The Left Wing: Munster's collapse | Leinster's decline | Connacht's revival | Ulster's missed chance

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Indo GAA podcast: Brolly, Spillane & O'Rourke pay tribute to Michael Lyster | League ends on a high

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Indo GAA podcast: Limerick & Galway forwards hunt tackles | TJ Reid the GOAT? | Leinster championship power rankings

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

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Television -- Pat Stacey: 'Last Week Tonight' is the most intelligent and politically astute comedy show on TV – but it could be under threat

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Today's top TV and streaming picks: Eva Pau's Asian Kitchen, Jack Reacher and Bait

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Irish News -- latest

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Irish News -- New student beds built by private developers on state land will have no dedicated rent controls

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Courts -- Croatia Lord of the Dance show worth €730k 'in doubt' amid fresh twist in dispute involving Michael Flatley

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Crime -- Breaking

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Courts -- 'No one helped us' – harrowing words of young siblings as court hears of man's terrible cruelty to his children

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Irish News -- Smyths Toys recalls children's 'dig' toys over traces of asbestos

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Irish News -- Taoiseach rules out return of ban on no-fault evictions

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Courts -- Courts Service trialling AI to replace human stenographers

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Politics -- LIVE

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Tanya Sweeney: I don't have a female best friend – and sometimes it feels like a failure

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

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Letters: Taoiseach's defence of diplomacy sadly fell on deaf ears in White House

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

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Susannah George: Why Iran does not appear ready to give in despite such heavy losses

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Irish Business -- Glenisk returned to profit last year, as work continues on new €20m plant

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World Business -- EU agrees trade deal and defence partnership with Australia

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Irish Business -- Supreme Court to consider commercial loan clause that allowed Bank of Ireland to hike interest

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Business -- Dublin Airport passenger growth 'constrained' for years

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Money -- Thousands who have yet to pay property tax warned money will be taken from wages

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Commercial Property -- Established Wexford off-licence is available to lease for €13,000 a year

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World Business -- Sheryl Sandberg says new AI data centre start-up reminds her of early Facebook

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World Business -- Billionaire owner of online platform 'OnlyFans' dies aged 43

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Business -- Shoppers to spend an average of €32 on Easter eggs this year

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World Business -- UK 'urgently' needs more North Sea oil and gas, says new report

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Irish Business -- Plans lodged for 288-bedroom Staycity aparthotel in Dublin docklands

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

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

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Business -- Spend in build-up to St Patrick's Day shifts from pubs to gift shops

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

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Premier League -- Rory Smith: Liam Rosenior and Arne Slot show that the impossible job is getting harder

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Soccer -- Katie McCabe plays full part as Arsenal take control of Champions League quarter-final against Chelsea

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Athletics -- Michael Johnson agrees to return $500k 'secret' payment from Grand Slam Track

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United Rugby Championship -- 'He's the ultimate team man, of the highest integrity' – Stuart Lancaster hopes retiring Jack Carty can still help Connacht

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Hurling -- Martin Breheny: League underlines harsh reality facing Dublin footballers and Kilkenny hurlers

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Golf -- Scottie Scheffler withdraws due to imminent birth of second child, as Séamus Power earns surprise Houston start

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International Soccer -- Five Czech players to watch out for – from the fit-again star striker to a veteran out of retirement

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Premier League -- 'Unfortunately, the day has come' – Mohamed Salah confirms he will leave Liverpool at end of season

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Soccer -- Government agrees to give FAI extra time to repay €1.5m debt to ease financial pressure on association

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International Soccer -- Bill Belichick aims for Dublin reset, as he tells Prague-bound Ireland to 'prepare for hard things'

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Snooker -- 'I'm still a hard-nosed b******' – Barry Hearn on reason he agreed to let World Snooker Championships stay at the Crucible

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Premier League -- Arne Slot leaving Liverpool 'feels inevitable' – Former Reds midfielder Danny Murphy

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