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Indo Sport Podcast -- Indo Sport podcast: Bits & Baubles — 2025 edition

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Real Health: How to react to a burn with Plastic Surgeon Professor Odhran Shelley

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Seachtain: Éist arís: Páirc na Gaeltachta: The Dublin Irish speaking area that didn't stand a chance

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Just Between Us: Hidden tales from the Monto: Dublin's hidden notorious red-light district

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Health Features -- Stay Well: What is indigestion and how can I manage it or avoid it?

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Irish News -- 'Fewer people are getting married full stop, that's a worry' – Archbishop Eamon Martin wants a minister for marriage to help declining wedding rate

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'We will hunt them down' – Benjamin Nygren says Celtic have Hearts in their sights after Wilfried Nancy's maiden victory

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Petition to bring Waterford man with multiple sclerosis back from nursing home in Wexford

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Dublin man appears in court over alleged SuperValu theft in Wicklow

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Irish News -- Bono and Imelda May join Grafton Street Christmas Eve charity busk

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News -- Part of site in Cork set to host Ireland's largest solar farm subject of waste-management probe

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Irish News -- 'Pigs in blankets are repulsive and not an Irish tradition' – James Kavanagh gets 'brutally honest' about rating Christmas dinners

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Courts -- Revealed: The 'Irish Independent' stories that struck a chord with readers in 2025

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Business -- Families at war – 10 business bust-ups that started at home

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Soccer -- Norman Whiteside interview: 'I scored the winner in the FA Cup final but it was all about Kevin Moran being sent off'

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Irish News -- Cork girl (13) who lost legs in farming accident returns home for Christmas

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Irish News - Latest - | Gardaí to question man arrested in Brazil over death of toddler Daniel Aruebose

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Irish News -- From beach snaps to care packages of Bisto and McDonnells curry sauce: An Irish Christmas abroad

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North & West Kerry -- Meet the Kerry midwife delivering bundles of joy over Christmas – 'It's an honour to do this job'

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Irish News -- 'Boys, we're going to take this seriously': The story of Irish folk trio Amble

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TV Reviews -- The best and worst TV of 2025: Double Traitors is not enough but it's time for Strictly to waltz off

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Tralee -- Christmas in Bethlehem behind the iron gates and checkpoints of occupation

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Television -- What to watch on TV and streaming on Christmas Day: Call the Midwife, Mrs Brown's Boys, Wonka and Barbie

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Music News -- Thin Lizzy's first hit: 'We felt like splitting up. Then we got a telegram: Whiskey in the Jar is No 8 in the charts. Come home'

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Irish News -- Charity busk draws hundreds to Dublin city centre

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Irish News -- President Catherine Connolly releases her first Christmas message

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Irish News -- Baby whose emergency delivery saved her and her mother's life is home for Christmas

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Life -- The big Irish Independent quiz of 2025

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Food & Drink -- Chef Darina Allen: 'I am 77 now and I do not want to retire and I don't want to be nudged towards that. It's awfully hurtful'

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Horse Racing -- 'Every year there was something to do with horses on my Santa list' – The 22-year-old jockey spending his first Christmas as a professional

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Movie Reviews -- Sentimental Value review: Gripping Nordic saga with a career-best Stellan Skarsgard won at Cannes and will surely be in running for Oscars

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News -- Happy Tails: How amputee rescue dog Cassie found love and joy in Galway

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Technology -- From ChatGPT to dodgy box wars: 13 tech trends that defined 2025

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Food & Drink -- Katy McGuinness on 10 years of reviewing: 'Not everyone is happy when I write about them – one manager had T-shirts printed with a line from a bad review'

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TV Reviews -- Eilis O'Hanlon's TV review of 2025: It was the year of The Traitors, but spare me from all the zombies

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TV critic Eilis O'Hanlon's picks for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Stephen's Day

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

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Christmas film guide: From Scrooges to Santas, saints to elves, and all the Die Hards, our critics have snowploughed through the streamers to plot their festive favourites

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

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Edward Hayden's Christmas dinner is a twist on the classics

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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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A Pint of Plain: Fionnán and Donal Fallon's Christmas Pub Crawl

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Europe -- Zelensky reveals details of latest US-led plan to end the war in Ukraine

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Australasia -- 'It truly feels like a miracle' – officer shot in head and blinded in Bondi Beach massacre reunites with family for Christmas

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North America -- At least five dead after medical plane carrying child patient crashes in Galveston Bay, Texas

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Middle East -- Israeli defence minister is accused by Hamas of 'violation of ceasefire agreement' after Gaza settlements comments

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Britain -- Newly released batch of Jeffrey Epstein files reveal 'A' in Balmoral asked Ghislaine Maxwell for 'inappropriate friends' for 'fun'

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Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh: For two nights this year, Oasis weren't just a band – they were a portal to pure, uncomplicated joy

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Deirdre Reynolds: Man-flu may not be real, but I'm proof that woman-flu is – and it's awful

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Suzanne Crowe: With charities providing so much of our core public services, volunteering is priceless

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Catherine Prasifka: For young adults without a home of their own, Christmas is not a return to childhood but a reminder they never left

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Donal Fallon: The spirit of Dickens' classic lives on in those working towards a fairer society for all children

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The Irish Independent's view: Hope for the future at Christmas after a troubled year

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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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Rural Life -- The steep price of deceit: What two divorce cases tell us about how the courts are dealing with marital breakdown on farms

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Comment -- Is it harsh to make my children work on Christmas morning?

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Britain -- Keir Starmer in U-turn on farmers' inheritance tax after protests

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Dairy -- Santa Paws: When cats climb the tree at this vet clinic

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Farm Property -- €495,000 sought for 18ac Connemara hobby farm with modernised house and shore frontage

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Politics - LATEST - | Darragh O'Brien 'won't speculate' on cost of purchasing Ranelagh objectors' homes as Metrolink challenge withdrawn

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Crime -- On the beat with Store Street gardaí – 'We're busy from morning till night, there's rarely a break here'

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Irish News -- 'Stay on the good list' – Santa offers Christmas message to the children of Ireland

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Life -- Chloë finds a hobby: After a year of hobby hunting, here are my best and worst of 2025

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Dublin News -- 'There hasn't been a Christmas without an engagement' – how Dublin's Fitzwilliam Hotel makes the festive season sparkle for every guest

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South Kerry -- Kerry woman's first Christmas in her new home – 'I feel peace now, proper peace'

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News -- Tears, barks and honeymooners at Shannon Airport as families reunite for Christmas

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Waterford volunteers to be on patrol saving lives over Christmas – 'take a moment to check in on a friend'

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Why one Wicklow newsagent has opened on Christmas Day for 11 years – 'It started after mam passed'

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Sham Ryan recovery appeal raises nearly €250,000 for Waterford man nearly killed by wasp sting

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Dundalk & North -- End of an era as Xerox toner manufacturing plant in Louth to close at end of year

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News -- Feed Cork experiencing a busy Christmas as its number of clients rise each week

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News -- Man set cars on fire in a 30-minute arson spree around the centre of Sligo

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Gorey -- New coastal eco holiday park planned for north Wexford

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News -- Tipperary families store rainwater as town would run out of water in two days without restrictions

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The Indo Daily: 'Ireland's Alcatraz' — The colourful history of Spike Island

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Sex & Relationships -- Affairs, betrayal, sibling rivalry and ungrateful adult children: The most read advice columns of the year

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Celebrity -- The real Lost Boys: How Hollywood destroyed the young lives of the two Coreys

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Britain -- Russell Brand faces new rape and sex assault charge as first trial set to start

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Parenting -- 'It's a little bit of magic I've carried through from my own childhood' – Irish families share their favourite Christmas traditions

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20 activities to blow off the Christmas cobwebs – from walks with pints to swims with saunas and games with strangers

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

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Yummy Brummie: An overnight stay with 'easily the least stressful airport-to-destination experience I have had'

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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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How I blew away the winter cobwebs in freezing Tromso, where there's a warm welcome, and the delightful ritual of Kaffe og Kake

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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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Irish News -- Ireland joins 14 countries condemning new Israeli settlements in the West Bank

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Irish News -- Hundreds brave the cold to make a splash for charity

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Irish News -- 'I really thought that he was going to kill me' – survivor on day she finally left abusive partner

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Irish News -- In pictures: Swimmers brave the cold for charity Christmas Eve splash

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Irish News -- 'A Christmas nightmare for the families' – driver killed in horror crash as car and lorry collide in Limerick

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Crime -- Motorist doing 139kmh in 60kmh zone among 1,000 drivers caught speeding in garda crackdown

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Irish News -- LATEST

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Health -- Vaccinating boys against HPV 'is key to eradicating cervical cancer'

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Courts -- Stalker spared jail for 'horrible' crayon letters threatening to 'reveal affair' and anonymous phone calls

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Irish News -- Snowdrifts, near famine and Bohs crowned – how the fledgling Irish Free State coped a century ago

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Irish News -- Ambulances took over an hour to respond to 1,500 emergencies in first six months of this year

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Willie O'Dea: Dickens characters are plentiful in a sometimes-bleak Leinster House – sadly, Bob Cratchit has left the building

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Catherine Ardagh: My son finally has a school place that meets his needs – but others are still waiting

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Mary McCarthy: Why I'll be sailing home for Christmas from now on

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The Irish Independent's View: Justice for Sophie Toscan du Plantier remains as distant as ever, 29 years on

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Martina Devlin: Ireland's age of book-banning is over – in the US, it looks like it's ramping up

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Letters: US threats to Venezuela are unacceptable – so why the international silence?

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The Irish Independent's View: Special education in fee-paying schools needs clarity

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Fionnán Sheahan: No Focal at all as Micheál Martin plugs in to Downing Street's polling experts

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Dmytro Kuleba: Volodymyr Zelensky's caution over ceasefire talks entirely justifiable

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Jenny Maguire: So-called 'clean girl' aesthetic borders on white nationalist chic – it's time to get back to glam

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Ciara Kelly: I love to kick millennials as much as the next person, but we can thank them for the age of manifesting and daring to dream

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Letters: EU's credibility in tatters as it fails to act on using Russian assets for funding

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Máiría Cahill: Victims of domestic violence need to know that love doesn't hurt

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Declan Lynch: Cancellation of Boxing Day football is an attack on our civilisation

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The Sunday Independent's view: All we want for Christmas is health service reform

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Irish Business -- Operating profits at Blarney Woollen Mills Group increase by 14pc to €4.98m

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Business -- NTMA told it must publish data that proves prize-bond draw is actually random

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World Business -- US bars imports of foreign-made drones

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Business -- Irish Nationwide formally enters liquidation

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Business -- AMCS losses triple to €60m as it books costs linked to takeover

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Irish Business -- Lansdowne secures funding to pursue $100m claim against Government

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Business -- 'Always Remember' is crowned Christmas number 1 bestseller

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Business -- Housing at former Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum gets go-ahead

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Irish Business -- New tools developed to assess stress in retail and hospitality

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Irish Business -- Mount Everest conqueror's Clare hotel business scales new heights

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World Business -- Flutter's FanDuel launches 'prediction market' app

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Business -- Businesses confident heading into 2026 despite tariff uncertainty

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World Business -- Trump suspends US offshore wind licences citing 'national security'

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Business -- Irish division of Gareth Sheridan's Nutriband is targeted for involuntary strike-off

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Money -- 'My main advice would be to plan earlier than feels necessary' – seasonal entrepreneurs share the financial lessons they learnt this year

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Soccer -- Paul Kimmage: 'Saipan' is not a documentary, it's a dangerous and unholy collision of fact and fiction

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Darts -- 'He's been playing crap lately and for him it's time to retire anyway' – Michael Van Gerwen takes fresh swipe at Peter Wright

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Premier League -- 'It's impossible to be top-four, top-five with our set-piece balance' – Arne Slot 'annoyed' by Liverpool weakness

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Boxing -- Jake Paul reveals biggest mistake that cost him 'nice little arse whooping' against Anthony Joshua

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Premier League -- Mikel Arteta provides Arsenal injury update on Gabriel Martinelli after penalty shoot-out victory over Crystal Palace

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United Rugby Championship -- 'They were all noted' – Leinster's Rónan Kelleher says Munster's Croke Park celebrations give 'added bite' for derby

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Hurling -- 'I had my words with him. We parked it there' – Tipperary's Willie Connors reveals hard conversation with Liam Cahill

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Irish News -- How 'Killeagh', the song that captured magic of grassroots GAA in rural Cork, shot Kingfishr to the Christmas No 1

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Horse Racing -- Michael Verney: Five Christmas crackers that will light up the festive season for racing fans

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Premier League -- Chelsea decide against making move in race for £65m Antoine Semenyo

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Soccer -- 'He's really happy here' – Wilfried Nancy wants in-demand Daizen Maeda to stay at Celtic

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Rugby -- Munster's Jack O'Donoghue: 'I'll enjoy Christmas whenever I retire, it's all about rugby now'

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Other Sports -- Willie O'Connor rues missed chances after Michael van Gerwen finds form but Josh Rock eases through to round three

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Soccer -- Arsenal into Carabao Cup semi-finals after finally outlasting Palace in marathon shoot-out

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Golf -- Five-time Major winner Brooks Koepka 'stepping away from LIV Golf'

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