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Courts - BREAKING - | Conor McGregor's bid to further appeal Nikita Hand case is rejected by Supreme Court

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Anti-Hamas Gazan clansman killed, in blow to Israeli policy

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Irish News - BREAKING - | 'Unconscionable' – Ireland will not take part in Eurovision Song Contest 2026 over Israel's inclusion

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Courts -- Jailed crystal meth businessman Nathan McDonnell will have big chunk of €795,000 home sale taken by Revenue

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Irish News -- Westmeath player wins overnight Lotto jackpot of more than €6 million

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Serial sex offender who tried to strangle woman in Dublin park argues DNA evidence should not have been introduced at trial

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Courts -- 'I only recognised her by her blood-soaked jewellery' – woman whose mother was beaten into coma by nephew describes seeing her in hospital

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Courts -- Ex-Royal Navy officer living in Ireland is jailed after being caught with thousands of child abuse images in undercover police sting

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Irish News -- Tenants ordered to pay €19,000 arrears after landlord hiked rent from €500 to €2,000

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Irish News -- 'Don't make the same choice': Coroner's plea after death of woman (24) on birthday night out

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Weather - LATEST - | Met Éireann issues wind warnings for three counties, forecasts 'above average' rainfall

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Irish News -- Revealed: Worst-hit hospitals amid surge in winter viruses as A&Es struggle to cope

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League of Ireland -- Aidan Fitzmaurice: Why Shels may buck the LOI trend of heeding festive season's 'caveat emptor' warning this window

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News -- 'Galway has lost one of its quiet pillars' – Kennys Bookshop lead tributes to 'outstanding bookseller' Dessy following his death

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Money -- What I spend on Christmas: 'We no longer get meat from the butcher and get a smaller turkey and ham from Aldi'

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Videos -- Simon Harris slams Sinn Féin as "hypocrites" in heated Dáil clash

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TV News -- I'm a Celebrity preview - Tom and Martin faced today's Bushtucker Trial 'Lethal Libraries'.

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Videos -- Enoch Burke to remain in prison over Christmas unless he purges contempt, High Court rules

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Irish News -- Children's Minister Norma Foley says she has confidence in Tusla as Kyran Durnin review to remain unpublished

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Irish News - Google reveals Ireland's top searches – including 'How to pronounce Éowyn', Maria Steen and 'What is 6-7?'

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Health Features -- Stay Well: What are Fodmaps, what do they do and would a low Fodmap diet be good for me?

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Irish News -- Strange history of Herzog Park: How Jerusalem's 'trimillennium' celebrations led to new name

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Dublin News -- Drugs, assault, arson and intimidation – the frightening scale of anti-social behaviour in Dublin city parks

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American families on moving to Ireland: 'Being able to send the kids to school and know they will be safe is such a gift'

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The disappearance of Sandra Collins, 25 years on: 'How long do you keep asking your sister's killer to tell you where her body is?'

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The millionaire, the Montauk yacht club meeting and the mystery of Martha Nolan's last hours

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The making of a matriarch: How Martina Burke went from fun-loving camogie girl to mother of a fundamentalist family

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'Love snuck up on me' – Katie Taylor on finding happiness with husband Sean McCavanagh and her new 'quiet' life in Connecticut

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Paul Kimmage: Silence from Sport Ireland is deafening but it's not an old story and it's not going away

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'A woman took her top off at the Christmas party — that's when it all slotted into place': the women who came out as lesbian or bisexual later in life

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World News - latest - | Russian attacks cut power and heating supply for tens of thousands in southern Ukraine

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North America -- Donald Trump stops immigration to US from 19 countries after National Guard attack

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Middle East -- Rafah crossing to open 'once final hostage's body returned'

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World News -- Vatican commission votes against allowing women to serve as Catholic deacons

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Europe -- 'It's obvious he doesn't want peace' – European leaders say Vladimir Putin is feigning interest in Ukraine deal

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Donal Fallon: Chaim Herzog was controversial, but there are plenty of stories of heroism from Ireland's small Jewish population

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Ciara Kelly: The Late Late Toy Show is wildly overrated. Unlike when it began, today's kids already have power, attention and every toy they can dream of

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Mary Regan: For once, ministers could be accused of being too ambitious with this infrastructure plan

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Catherine Prasifka: Toxic masculinity influencers like Andrew Tate promote an extreme form of misogyny that rebels against the gains of feminism

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Deirdre Reynolds: Ireland's legion of Saint Nicks need to put the razor down – do they not realise that facial hair is back in vogue?

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Mary Kenny: As a convert to Catholicism, Oscar Wilde belongs in St Mary's Cathedral, rather than Merrion Square

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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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Irish News -- National Children's Hospital is to ditch half of its private rooms for consultants

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Ireland's Daniel Wiffen wins gold in 1500m at European Short Course Championships

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The double jobbers burning the candle at both ends in impressive dual pursuits

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Premier League - Live - | Premier League scores, results and table: Manchester United take on West Ham at Old Trafford

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News -- European Union reaches a deal to allow gene editing in farming

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Farm Property -- Land sale of the year: €21m Rockwell Farms auction to continue with blind tender

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News -- Widespread culling 'not the response' to bluetongue in Northern Ireland – Muir

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Comment -- Why now is the best time in decades for new entrants to get into dairy farming

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Forestry & Enviro -- Ireland's Nitrates Derogation renewal includes 5pc nitrogen cut and wider river buffers

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Dublin News -- 'You're never too old' – lifelong learner James O'Reilly (82) becomes one of DCU's oldest graduates

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Dublin News -- Your Dublin Christmas gift guide: 10 great gift ideas, from flower subscriptions to sauna memberships

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Boxing -- Conor McKeon: Dublin welcomes Kellie Harrington's return – Just don't call it a comeback, she never went away

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'We will be unable to survive' - Galway taxi drivers bring city traffic to a halt in protest over Uber fare change

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Chaos at Wexford General as 14 ambulances queue at ED with some patients on board for 8 hours – 'This is unacceptable'

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Clare couple refused plans to continue public car park for Cliffs of Moher visitors

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Judge declares marriage void as husband unaware of partner's transgender wishes

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'I stopped playing with my favourite Barbie': girl names sexual predator at Tralee Circuit Court

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After 10 years, magical Christmas festival returns to south Dublin with walk through 50 trees

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Cork hurling legend Patrick Horgan stars in Centra Deli Drama – Ireland's newest soap opera

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'They're no different in Kilkenny. They love the same game that I love' – St Martin's legend 'Gizzy' on life in Ballyhale

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Gardaí in Donegal arrest man (40s) in connection with attempted murder of young man in Lifford

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Cork Council worker who called garda "a fat b*tch" escapes conviction after apologising

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Indo Sport podcast: New rules, media blackout & the male/female coaching imbalance | Nadine Doherty

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Just Between Us: 'Your gut is everything' – Kate Brayden on cheating, betrayal and beginning again

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The Big Tech Show: How Severance, Slow Horses and Pluribus have put Apple TV on top

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Books -- Banshees, bookworms and beetles abound: the best new Irish children's books, chosen by Juliette Saumande

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TV Reviews -- From raw broccoli wreaths to pyjama parties, Meghan's Christmas special on Netflix is quite mad and a little bit sad

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Music News -- Celebrated soul guitarist Steve Cropper dies aged 84

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Music -- From pop to pot: Rubber Soul and the brave new sound for the Beatles

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Book Reviews -- Our toddler critic's favourite picture books, as approved by Madeleine Keane

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'It just feels like a good time' – Vogue Williams reveals she and Spencer Matthews may try for another baby

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Olivia Petter: The boyfriend test you didn't know you needed – and why you should go for maths nerds

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Greg O'Shea: 'I just bought an apartment in Dublin. I wanted to buy a house, but quickly realised I couldn't do that'

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Beauty -- Louise McSharry: Take a chance on purple blush for a natural flush

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Celebrity News -- Nicola Coughlan and Helen Mirren to star in National Theatre Live cinema shows

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Celebrity News -- Doctor who sold ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry is jailed

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Emily Naper: 'I sat next to this very good-looking Irish man. And guess what? He had a rally car. What more d'you want at that age?'

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Tanya Sweeney: Harper Beckham got seven advent calendars – I didn't even get my daughter one

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Life -- 15 gorgeous Secret Santa and stocking filler gifts for under €15

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Food & Drink -- The 15 best cookbooks of 2025 – from a hot Irish bakery's debut to the only pasta book you'll ever need

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'Come here once and you won't look back' – sausages, 'stress-free' travel and the underdog spirit of Knock's unlikely airport

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'We put our heart and soul into this, so reading it was upsetting' – can Tripadvisor reviews still make or break Irish businesses?

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John and Francis Brennan: 'I don't understand why you would go into business in this country anymore'

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Inside Ireland's first Hoxton hotel, with reboots of Rí Rá and Dublin's beloved Library Bar

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20 Christmas hotel breaks in Ireland – from luxury blowouts to affordable festive family stays

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Politics -- 'Don't continue to be Scrooge' – row erupts in Dáil over cost-of-living crisis and college fees

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Irish News -- Eurovision bosses meet to decide on Israel's participation – so, what will the fallout be and what is RTÉ saying?

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Irish News -- Chair of National Review Panel recommends extending pupil tracking system across entire island

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Health -- Early access to new €2.24bn national children's hospital for CHI put back to later in month

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Irish News -- Former bus driver for Irish League club pleads guilty to importing drugs

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Crime -- Gangland charges recommended for two men over attempted murder of James 'Nellie' Walsh

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Irish News -- Man (50s) dies in single-vehicle collision in Cork

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Courts -- Man sent for trial over attempted €40k bribe of League of Ireland footballer

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Irish News -- 192 'children' in IPAs centres referred to Tusla were later deemed ineligible because they were actually adults

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Andrew Madden: Video stunt a confused but dangerous escalation in anti-immigration movement

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Saoirse Hanley: TikTok suggests the key to a harmonious Christmas is just deciding not to react. The new mellowed out me is putting it to the test

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Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh: Oversharing your details online makes identity fraud too easy for scammers

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Sam Kiley: Donald Trump cannot be trusted – it's time for Europe to take over Putin talks

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Mary Regan: It was clear this was a hugely tense moment for Zelensky who – between handshakes – was being updated 'hour to hour' on talks with Putin

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The Irish Independent's View: Herzog Park controversy highlights gaps in Ireland's place-naming laws

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​Sinéad Ryan: I love nothing more than curling up to a good TV show, but if it's subtitled or dubbed you can forget about it

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Letters: Children's innocence is stolen by technology, and parents are allowing it

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David W Higgins: How Ireland's falling fertility rates could reshape future generations and put grandparenthood at risk

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The Irish Independent's View: Workplace envy infiltrates Drew Harris house debate, but it should have been disclosed sooner

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Senan Molony: Catherine Connolly under the spotlight as Volodymyr Zelensky's visit poses first test of diplomacy

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Letters: Renaming Herzog Park will do nothing to hold to account those who are guilty of genocide

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Ksenia Samotiy: Times have changed and so have work parties, but part of me wants to experience the chaos of Christmas past

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Jeremy Warner: It's time to admit the truth – Brexit has been an unmitigated economic failure

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Paul Williams: Latest crime stats are encouraging, but too many still feel unsafe in Dublin city centre

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Irish Business -- Shelbourne Hotel's new owner enjoyed €10m-plus revenues in first two months

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Commercial Property -- Demand outstrips supply of retail space, according to Savills Ireland report

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World Business -- Rome and European Central Bank clash over Italy's gold reserves

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Business -- Plan by Irish businessman Gary Quin for $1bn bitcoin firm approved

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Commercial Property -- Property price register records 55 office lettings in Dublin since beginning of July

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Irish Business -- ECB says inflation in the euro area to remain around 2pc into the coming year

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Commercial Property -- Overseas firms compete for multi-let industrial market

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In The Workplace -- This Working Life: 'Many things have changed in retail, but it's still all about serving the customer'

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Irish Business -- Council stalls plan for Manna drone hub in Coolmine over noise concerns

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Technology -- Adrian Weckler's Christmas 2025 tech gift guide – from watches, phones and cameras to snappy accessories and handy stocking fillers

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Business -- Corporation tax receipts of €10bn sets monthly record

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Business -- Curragh shareholders see €18m of loans converted to equity as racetracks struggle

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Business -- Unemployment rate falls back to 4.9pc in November

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Personal Finance -- Remote working still a key consideration for first-time buyers

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GAA -- Rural GAA clubs fighting for their lives, demographic report shows

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Leinster Rugby -- Rieko Ioane to make Leinster debut as big names return for Champions Cup opener with Harlequins

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Other Sports -- PDC confirm deal for World Darts Championship to remain at Alexandra Palace until at least 2031

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Ulster Rugby -- Ulster v Racing 92: Team news, TV times and talking points as northerners welcome French test in Challenge Cup opener

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Rugby -- Club XV international to return with Ireland taking on Scotland for Dalriada Cup in February

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Cricket -- Joe Root revives England's Ashes hopes after finally ending wait for Test century in Australia

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Premier League -- 'We try to steal from everybody' – How set-piece espionage is working for Ruben Amorim and Man United

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Munster Rugby -- Exclusive

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Swimming -- latest

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International Soccer -- Why Donald Trump is poised to get controversial 'Fifa Peace Prize'

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Cricket -- Record-breaking Mitchell Starc continues mission to wreck England's Ashes hopes in Brisbane

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Golf -- 'I need to putt better' – Rory McIlroy off his greens as he trails by seven at Australian Open

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Rugby -- Andy Farrell and Caelan Doris react to the Rugby World Cup 2027 draw

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Premier League -- Why Matheus Cunha is in danger of becoming another Man United flop

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Premier League -- 'Teams who play us think they can get a result' – Arne Slot admits Anfield may be losing its fear factor

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