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Monday, March 16, 2026 12:55 PM ET

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Courts -- 'Ten years, what justice is that?' – homeowner jailed for killing Jordan Ronan (20) after he stole from van

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Irish News - Breaking - | Council seizes Meath house at centre of 20-year planning dispute

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LATEST - | Gerry Adams may have 'spectacularly deluded' himself into thinking he was not in the IRA, court told - 17:43

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Clare town's St Patrick's Day parade organisers hit back at online vitriol – 'We won't let online bullies divide us'

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Teen drove at over 180km/h during garda pursuit, court hears

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Dual citizen who bought guns legally in US and sold them to Irish crime gangs jailed for ten years

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Simon Harris faces criticism as Bray to Greystones Cliff Walk reopening misses St Patrick's Day deadline

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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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TV Reviews -- Conan O'Brien is the best thing that's ever happened to the Oscars – these were his best lines

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Oscars parties in pictures: What Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal and Maura Higgins wore – plus the rest of the A-list

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Courts - BREAKING - | Senior Kinahan gang member Sean McGovern pleads guilty to directing criminal organisation

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Fionnán Sheahan: Virtue-signalling populism from Micheál Martin won't mix with Donald Trump's unpredictability

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Six Nations -- Rúaidhrí O'Connor: The feel-good is back in Ireland squad, the next step is harnessing it and kicking on

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Health & Wellbeing -- Ask Allison: I'm recently married and I'm an average weight – but I keep getting asked publicly about my size and if I'm pregnant. Help!

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Irish News -- 'He competed and, at the highest level, he triumphed' – Ronnie Delany's son delivers eulogy at funeral of Olympic champion

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Movie News -- 'Beautiful chaos' – Jessie Buckley wins Best Actress Oscar for 'Hamnet'

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Comment -- Memphis Barker: Trump has made the mother of all miscalculations on Iran war strategy

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Money -- Michael Houghton: 'We became accidental landlords six years ago. The whole system has started to make less sense, but our strategy remains simple'

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Politics -- World Bank rules block Paschal Donohoe from helping Fine Gael in by-election to fill old Dublin Central seat

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Rugby -- Andy Farrell drops big hint on new Ireland deal, admitting: 'You know I love this'

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Business -- John Kerry Keane, who sold the 'Kilkenny People' for over €35m, dies after a long illness

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Opinion -- Tanya Sweeney: I thought publishing my first book would be a life-defining moment – but it just made me more insecure and more jealous

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Food Reviews -- The supermarket cottage cheese taste test: 'It is the most expensive – but the texture is solid and grainy, and the flavour bland'

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Wexford & District -- Grief, gaming and being your true self – Meet the Wexford store owner creating a community for unashamed nerds

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Entertainment -- Jessie Buckley wins best actress Oscar for Hamnet

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Movies -- Nominees and stars dazzle on Oscars red carpet

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Irish News Video -- Taoiseach 'reluctant' to put timeframe on decision for fuel hike intervention

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Crime -- Man jailed for killing wife laughed in faces of her family when confronted

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In The Workplace -- Dear Vicki: Should I persuade my son to take over the business, or should I give control to my deputy?

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Irish News -- John Scally: As Irish eyes gaze towards Hollywood, I fondly remember a forgotten Oscar winner with huge Irish influence

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News -- Jessie Buckley's Tipperary secondary school is 'immensely proud' of Oscar winner

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Celebrity News -- 'I mended Brian May's hedgehogs and he taught me to play guitar' - Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick

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Bigger extensions and bike sheds in the frame as planning rules set to be ripped up for home renovations

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Dubai's dark secrets — Irish expats on the truth behind the UAE's beachclub lifestyle

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Newstalk could have handled my switch to weekend show in a better way, says Pat Kenny

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Kinahans abandoned plans at 'last minute' to flee UAE hideout for sanctuary in Russia

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Motherhood unfiltered: 'There was fear the entire time. It's probably the reason I don't think I'll have another child'

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Dear Mary: I've fallen for my fiancée's sister and am wracked with guilt. How do I get out of their lives with minimal hurt?

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Middle East - LIVE - | Taoiseach says it's not EU's role to help Donald Trump unblock Strait of Hormuz; Israel plans at least three more weeks of Iran war

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North America -- Trump deportees still stuck in a Salvadoran prison a year on

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World News -- Potential for American boots on ground as elite unit makes its way to Strait of Hormuz

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Middle East -- Israeli strikes kill 16 across West Bank and Gaza in one of the deadliest day in weeks

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Analysis -- Michael Birnbaum: Nuclear threat poses challenge to Trump's ability to end war in Iran

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Europe -- Volodymyr Zelensky says new peace talks rebuffed by Russia, held up by US

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Senan Molony: How Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini helped push Ireland and US together

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Sarah McGuinness: Why I took a career break at age 24 just a year after landing my dream job as a political correspondent

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The Irish Independent's View: Irish pubs' status is under threat as pint price hikes continue unabated

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Letters: Some eulogies may go too far, but they can still fulfil an important function

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Family -- 'He had a late-onset autism, when he was about four or five. He met most of his markers when he was a baby': Eamon Ryan on his son, Tommy

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Life -- Laura Woods: 'I have financial responsibilities like everyone else. Suddenly you're working full-time and then you're told that your services are no longer required'

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Life -- Copper Face Jacks turns 30: 'I met him, had a dance and a shift. I went back the next night, saw him, and thought, 'he's in Coppers two nights in a row – it's meant to be!'

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Sex & Relationships -- The Divorce Diaries: 'The sex stopped – he said you're the problem, you have to sort it out'

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Gaelic Football -- NFL permutations: Dublin require four-point win in Salthill next week to stay in Division 1

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Connacht Rugby -- 'It benefits everyone, doesn't it?' – Stuart Lancaster 'pretty hopeful' IRFU and Connacht can sort new Bundee Aki deal

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Premier League -- Richard Jolly: Arne Slot is lost for solutions and Liverpool's problem is clearer than ever

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Premier League -- 'We are running out of time' – Dominik Szoboszlai urges boo-boys to stay on Liverpool's side in their top-four quest

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United Rugby Championship -- James Lowe blow for Leinster as James Ryan battles calf trouble ahead of URC return

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Comment -- Why I'm turning our stock bull into burgers for the farm shop

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Farm Property -- Laois and Louth farms sell in excess of their guide prices

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Beef -- Why putting animals out to grass in less than favourable conditions is a bad idea

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Irish News -- 'They're going to hunt us off the hill' – sheep farmers say 900pc rent hike will put an end to centuries-old tradition

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Comment -- Darragh McCullough: Mother's Day, a Christening and €10,000 of flowers — what could possibly go wrong?

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Irish News -- MetroLink property deals could be kept secret as State negotiates to buy land along route

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Dublin News -- Dublin St Patrick's Day parades 2026: Times, routes and everything else you should know

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Irish News -- 'It meant normality could carry on at home', says cancer patient who received free lifts to treatment from the Irish Cancer Society

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Irish News -- St Patrick's Day parades 2026: use our interactive map to see what's happening across Republic of Ireland

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Irish News - latest - | Boy (3) who died after he was struck by vehicle in Dublin car park is named locally

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Irish News -- 'An Oscar for Killarney, Kerry and Ireland' – Killarney erupts with pride as Jessie Buckley wins Best Actress Oscar for 'Hamnet'

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Wexford & District -- Owners of popular Wexford bar to retire but the business will continue under new ownership

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News -- Drogheda toll system criticised as motorists leave €100,000 behind on M1

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Galway man makes impassioned plea before Oireachtas to improve mental health services in Emergency Departments

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Kerry man assaulted and held pregnant ex-partner captive for two hours in 'horrendous' attack

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Cork man running 5,200km through 14 capital cities across Europe in fundraising challenge for CUH

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Clare TDs excluded from new Midwest hospital announcement – 'They forgot to contact us'

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Train dream in Cork gets rolling down the line as restoration plan wins support of City Council

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Indo Sport podcast: Farrell has Ireland's mojo back | Super McCloskey | What now for the 10s? | Six Nations Review

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The Indo Daily: The rise of 'looksmaxxing' and how it infiltrated MAGA wartime politics

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Indo Sport podcast: Six Nations Super Saturday ends with last-gasp French title and Irish Triple Crown

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Indo GAA podcast: Kevin McManamon Interview: Psychology, Dublin desire and Jim Gavin's 'bullfighter' speech

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Food & Drink -- 'Slán go Feoil' on RTÉ feels 10 years too late as I know plenty of gin-swigging grannies who have gone veggie

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TV News -- Pat Stacey: Not 'The Quiet Man' again! Why is TV so awful on St Patrick's Day?

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The Old Hollywood inspiration behind Jessie Buckley's beautiful Chanel Oscars dress

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Oscars 2026 in pictures: Stars on the red carpet at the 98th Academy Awards

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Beauty -- Triona McCarthy: How to get nails like beautiful bride Roz Purcell and bring your talons back to life

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Food & Drink -- Notions and necessities: From singalong events to bridal showcases and California cool-style getaways, it's all here

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Recipes -- Healthy eating: You can't 'beet' a super salad that combats both high blood pressure and erectile dysfunction

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Health Features -- 'I survived breast cancer but I lost three siblings to the disease'

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Life -- Meet three Irish influencers sharing their grá for the language on TikTok

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Health & Wellbeing -- Milliner and influencer Jennifer Wrynne: 'The day after my fourth child's christening, I found the lump in my breast'

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'I had no idea there was another city below my feet' – why underground Paris enchants me

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

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Hotel review: A great chef and 'one of Ireland's most eye-catching cocktail bars' in Co Waterford

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Ireland -- The book club stay in a lighthouse: 'The howling wind and battering rain outside only made it feel more welcoming'

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Travel News -- Pól Ó Conghaile: Would I be mad to book a trip to Australia or Asia now? What's the latest Middle East travel advice?

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Europe -- Butlins at 90: 'It may be missing the charm it once head, but we don't get in the least bit bored during a cold school holiday'

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Irish News -- Woman (40s) tried to hold up premises with imitation firearm, gardaí say

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Irish News -- As oil prices surge, experts say renewables could shield Ireland from future shocks

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Weather -- St Patrick's Day set to be mostly dry with rain along coastal counties

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Irish News -- 'It's been a long time coming': In an Irish bar in LA as Jessie Buckley wins her Oscar

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Irish News -- 'Adept liars': babies can deceive their parents by 10 months, new study shows

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Irish News -- Why Guinness 'pintflation' is hitting drinkers hard

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Courts -- Crack cocaine is 'Russian roulette for users. There is a high probability it will kill you', judge tells drugs accused

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Irish News -- Tánaiste Simon Harris attends St Patrick's Day events in London and will meet UK chancellor Rachel Reeves today

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Irish News -- Discovery on Donegal beach could solve 200-year-old maritime mystery

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Courts -- 'Frustrated' Afghan refugee hurled abuse at asylum officials because he was not getting accommodation in Ireland

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Irish News -- 'Irish is so poetic, it comes from the heart,' Syrian man on learning Gaeilge

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Irish News -- Landlord company hit with €11,000 sanction for overcharging students to secure tenancy in Dublin apartment complex

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Analysis -- As oil prices surge, here is how renewable energy could shield Ireland from future shocks

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Irish News -- 'I didn't really want to be a sister, but felt it was something I should try out' – Irish nun who helped impoverished Kenyans

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Brenda Power: When some of us are willing to pay €35 for an apple tart, can we really blame anyone else for our cost of living?

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Eilis O'Hanlon: Irish and British friendship is easy until we're jockeying for position

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Shane Ross: The establishment still can't lay a glove on the untouchable Michael Lowry

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Máiría Cahill: Micheál Martin should be spared a witch-hunt in the face of Donald Trump's fiery crucible

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Sarah Breen: Sweating in a sauna, singing 'Killeagh' and buying Francis Brennan's bedsheets — 10 signs you're Irish in 2026

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Fewer people are now reading for pleasure — just how worried should we be?

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Eoin O'Malley: Jim O'Callaghan dares to do the obvious with new approach to immigration

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Saoirse Hanley: Chin up, Timothée Chalamet, if you lose at the Oscars, you can do what I did after failing my Taekwondo exam, or try putting on these brave faces

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Leslie Ann Horgan: Sorry, Ashley Tisdale, mum groups are not toxic, they're a lifeline

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Barry O'Halloran: Donald Trump is learning too late that war is a two-way street

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Colum McCann: Disgruntled customers at a Connecticut gas station come up with new meanings for MAGA

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Letters: Plight of murder victim Siobhán Kearney's family brought me to tears

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Brendan O'Connor: All of life now is just One Battle After Another

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The Sunday Independent's view: School lunch scheme needs a serious rethink

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Colin Murphy: Social divide of 'The Plough and the Stars' is still alive 100 years on

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Business -- Oil markets face into another week of utter turmoil

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Irish News -- 'Pintflation' – the number of drinks the average wage can buy has gone flat

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Irish News -- Call for employers to be more flexible about staff working from home as commuting costs surge for motorists

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Irish Business -- Markets veteran Rory Gillen to net over €7m from sale of investment firm

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Money -- Home economics: 'How is Fair Deal applied when ageing siblings share the original family home which they own jointly?'

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Middle East -- Iran war 'throws a grenade' into Irish business world as route disruption dismantles global supply chain

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Money -- Your Questions Answered: 'Should I sell my Revolut portfolio and put the money into my pension instead?'

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Irish Business -- Plans for €5bn investment in new Dublin data centres focus on microgrid technology

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Irish Business -- Survey reveals Irish companies are doubling down on investments in UK

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Irish Business -- Richard Curran: The Government cannot continue pocketing this misery tax on fuel

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Irish Business -- Group Eleven to treble drill at Limerick sites after €7.5m fundraise

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Money -- Thinking of buying a holiday home in Ireland? Here's why it's a bad investment

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Media -- Any Other Business: Outrage stops at the Border when it comes to Cannes trip

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Money -- My Money: 'I once worked on an assembly line and I wrote songs about it. But they were terrible'

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Irish Business -- Councils identify enough land to build half-a-million new homes – but infrastructure worries remain

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Premier League -- Harry Maguire and Casemiro both backed for another year at Manchester United

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Six Nations -- Dubbed 'the greatest Six Nations in history', here are 15 things that made it the craziest

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Ladies Football -- 'This poem is still being written' – The LGFA's love letter to their sport

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Premier League -- The reasons threatening to drag 'sleepwalking' Liverpool towards the Conference League

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Premier League -- 'To put in a performance like that' – Jamie Carragher questions Arne Slot future after Tottenham draw at Liverpool

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Premier League -- Explainer: Why Premier League is on course for fifth Champions League spot

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Gaelic Football -- Seán O'Shea's 'lovely golf shot' off the deck against Mayo shows a man in full flow for Kerry

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League of Ireland -- 'This is where leagues are won and lost' – Patrick Hickey on ties that bind for leaders Bohemians

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League of Ireland -- League of Ireland previews: Team news, talking points and verdicts for tonight's Premier Division clashes

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Premier League -- Jason Burt: Chelsea's referee huddle was an embarrassment – they must stop this performative nonsense

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Premier League -- Scouted at four and a wonderkid at 16: Max Dowman's remarkable rise to Arsenal superstardom

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Boxing -- Irish boxing's stellar Croke Park audition leaves no doubts as to what's next, as three world champions crowned

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Premier League - Exclusive - | Emile Heskey interview: 'At first, I didn't want my kids to go into football' 06:30

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Six Nations -- 'It's surreal at the moment' – Six Nations debut try announces Darragh Murray on the international stage

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