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Irish News -- Health Minister in enhanced flu vaccine row as infection rate soars

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New tools developed to assess stress in retail and hospitality

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'Drama in sky' as air passenger called flight attendant a 'blonde bitch'

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Footage shows Russian soldiers sent into battle on horseback and chased by drones

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'They kept me going when I was sick, I'd be dead only for Friends of the Elderly' – how one charity helps ease loneliness at Christmas

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'I might as well for the craic' – Galway publican aims to break Guinness World Record for hugs given in 60 seconds

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Irish News -- Sophie Toscan du Plantier – as her family marks 29 years since her murder in west Cork , what could the garda cold-case review reveal?

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Legal Advice -- 'I'm worried we're losing control over the sale of our family farm'

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Irish News -- Clean your chimney and don't burn the turkey, say the firefighters keeping us safe this Christmas Day

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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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Celebrity News -- 'I don't see a full ban being the best way' – TikTok star Kayleigh Trappe on social media for under-16s

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Health -- Aoife Kelly: Flu has hit my household – and I can attest to it being utterly horrendous

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Gaelic Football -- Colm Keys: The GAA should increase donations to Palestinian causes after decision to maintain Allianz deal

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Health & Wellbeing -- Everyone's talking about: Microneedling is the latest buzz beauty treatment – is it really worth the hype?

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Food Reviews -- Lucinda O'Sullivan's restaurant review: The flavours throughout were so good in this buzzy new Dublin spot that we had to pursue desserts

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News -- Taoiseach's 'Mercosur for derogation' link leaves bad taste

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

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TV Reviews -- Pat Stacey: Was Christmas Day TV really better 20 years ago than it is now?

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Athletics -- 'I say this hesitantly because eating disorders are a massive problem. Everyone is trying to get as lean as possible'

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Courts -- Mum 'dragged from bed and beaten by intruder she recognised as former babysitter'

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Health Features -- 'On that first visit to LauraLynn, any fears we had that nobody could mind Saoirse like us immediately disappeared'

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News -- Tears of happiness in Cork Airport as Rebels return home for Christmas from around the world

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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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Irish News -- Christmas in stats: Prosecco tops Champagne, and Friday the most popular day to get married

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Interiors -- Kathryn Thomas: 'The first time myself and Padraig went to Paris holds such special memories for us both – cycling around the city in the throws of early, heady romance'

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

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Irish News -- Insurance companies are making much higher profits than reported

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

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Irish News -- Private school fees in Ireland hiked by as much as €2,000 a year

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Irish News -- Conservation botanist Dr Darren Reidy explains his process of banking every native seed in Ireland so that they can be reintroduced in the event of an ecological disaster

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Comment -- Kirsty Blake Knox: The eight Christmas Crises you will face in the next 48 hours and how to overcome them

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Irish News -- 'It's the best decision we ever made' –couple become homeowners through Irish start-up's rent-to-own model

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Crime -- Woman arrested on suspicion of murder of Donabate boy Daniel Aruebose

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Courts -- Aristocrat's lawsuit over hunting rights holds up development of €100m solar farm

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Health Features -- Christmas after recovery from illness: 'It's a blessing to have the people around you'

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Celebrity Features -- From space flops to revenge albums: A look back at the biggest pop culture moments of 2025

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

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International Soccer -- The League of Ireland and Afcon: Roberto Lopes not the only footballer who plays here to make his mark on the tournament

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Life -- Donal Skehan on his rescue dog: 'Does Santa come to Max? Absolutely, and always has'

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Television -- What to watch on TV and streaming today: First Dates at Christmas, Love Actually and King of Collectibles: Goldin Touch

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

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'He always dodged buying a round' – rise and fall of brazen ex-Fine Gael councillor jailed for stealing €172,000 from charity to pay for male escorts

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Director of collapsed packaging company 'failed to disclose €820,000 in her Revolut account'

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Bite marks, a bloody lip and a brutal bust-up – but high-profile politician in clear over alleged assault on their sister

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The big Westlife interview: Who Simon didn't like, who was the golden boy, would Brian come back, who Louis says were the 'guinea pigs'

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Paul Kimmage: How much is enough and why couldn't John Magnier let this one go?

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'Her marriage was unhappy but also unbreakable': The love triangle of Sinéad Cusack, Tom Stoppard and Jeremy Irons

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World News -- 'You cannot annex another country': Donald Trump provokes anger by appointing special envoy to Greenland

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Australasia -- Bondi Beach killers threw homemade pipe and tennis ball bombs at crowd but they failed to detonate

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Britain -- Ex-prince Andrew snubbed by daughter Beatrice as she opts to spend Christmas skiing with husband and friends

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Britain -- Glacial floods 'likely to cause many deaths', warn experts

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Europe -- Russian general killed in Moscow as Ukrainian forces strike pipeline, jets and ships

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Europe -- South Africans scammed into joining Russia's war dig trenches, dodge bullets

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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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Max Boot: Trump is losing sight of the real terror threat America is facing

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

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

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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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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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Rugby -- Jacques Nienaber says he gets pleasure from Leinster winning ugly while he keeps coy on Ciarán Frawley speculation

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American Football -- Charlie Smyth admits missed kick is 'a chance I'd like back' despite record-equalling display for New Orleans Saints

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Hurling -- 'We know what it's like to lose All-Ireland semi-finals a few days before Christmas' - Philip Mahony's busy week ends in redemptive strike for Ballygunner

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What the weak Christmas beef trade means for farmers heading into 2026

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Irish and EU dairy firms hit with Chinese anti-subsidy duties

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The deal that won't die: inside the latest Mercosur standoff

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Eddie Punch: Why the Brussels Mercosur protest is more than just 'business as usual'

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Why soil health is the engine room of farm profitability

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Dublin News -- Cherry Orchard loses only astroturf as council tarmacs over pitch

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Dublin News -- Car crashes into café in Dublin city centre

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Dublin News -- Dublin City Council opens new playground in Chapelizod

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Dublin -- Dart Plus delays leave new homes in south Dublin without necessary transport infrastructure, say councillors

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Dublin News -- Official count finds 145 people are sleeping rough in Dublin this winter

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Woman in her 60s was seriously injured in Wexford car crash

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Plans to demolish and redevelop Galway pub and transform 'substandard' building put forward

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News -- 'It's like winning the lottery' - Wicklow family of eight rehomed for Christmas

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South Kerry -- Kerry grandparents lead Christmas walk for 'incredible' charity that helps care for granddaughter

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Enniscorthy -- See inside Wexford house in need of renovation on the market for €150,000

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Courts -- Louth man accused of murdering family members sent forward to Central Criminal Court for trial

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News -- Mayo and Galway coffee shops will open on Christmas Day to welcome anyone in need of 'warmth, comfort, or company'

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South Kerry -- 'New era' for Kerry as first section of 'highly anticipated' greenway opens

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News -- Seventy Cavan families and individuals to get keys to their 'forever homes' as Christmas dreams come true

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News -- 70,000 LED lights and 800 hours of prep work – How this Galway family's Christmas lights show continues to shine

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Indo Sport podcast: The Football Show | Jolly Rogers on fire for Villa | Injury strikes Isak & Bruno | Pep's Christmas dinner

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Indo Sport podcast: The Open, Harrington's radiance and Irish golf's golden era | Dermot Gilleece

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

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

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Radio -- 'I won't be getting paid twice as much, it doesn't work like that' – RTÉ's Oliver Callan on having his airtime doubled

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Music News -- Brian May to broadcast unreleased Queen track that 'no one has ever heard'

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Theatre & Arts -- Misaki Parbrook: 'I've been drawn to the idea of journeying recently, especially to a place that doesn't exist or cannot be reached'

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Health & Wellbeing -- Dear Mary: My wife started therapy and wants more time for herself but I feel we're not a team now and the kids are losing out

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Food & Drink -- Notions and necessities: From sound healing to cosy neon knitwear, whiskey weekend getaways and gorgeous jewellery, it's all here

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Beauty -- Triona McCarthy: Make sure your complexion stays merry and bright over Christmas with these masks and balms

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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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Irish News -- We need to 'dig deep to re-find our humanity' and end 'shame' of child poverty – Archbishop Micheal Jackson

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Courts -- Man who ploughed car into garda and reversed as he lay injured on the ground jailed

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Courts -- Youth accused of murdering teen in Dublin care facility to be tried in Central Criminal Court

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Irish News -- Pop-up shop sells T-shirts to help Rock Against Homelessness in aid of Focus Ireland

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Irish News -- Dublin Airport – 48 hours to make it home for Christmas

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Irish News -- Revenue seize over €1.2m worth of drugs and contraband before Christmas

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Irish News -- OPW paid almost €4m more than the price suggested in valuation for lands at Castletown House

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Irish News -- Driver caught going 192kmh in 100kmh zone during garda road safety campaign

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Irish News -- Bank of Ireland warns customers of social media ads impersonating major retailers

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Irish News -- 'I was housed with women that had committed attempted murder' – Irish woman (58) who was released from ICE detention in US

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Politics -- Taoiseach 'very disappointed' at 'bile' directed towards him over presidential election saga

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Crime -- Numbers arrested for drug driving now almost equal to drink driving

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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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Colin Murphy: I didn't want unalterable love and my wife didn't want an onion... but our DIY wedding came together perfectly

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Sarah Breen: Where do you find the magic of Christmas? It's in the effort we all make

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Tony O'Brien: Anne O'Connor's biggest challenge as new HSE chief is changing its culture

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Bryan Dobson: President Connolly's presence at Herzog Park would have meant more than words to Ireland's besieged Jews

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Eilis O'Hanlon: Conor McGregor, Sydney Sweeney, Liam Neeson... find out who's on Santa's naughty and nice lists

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Conor Skehan: When will Ireland have a lightbulb moment on the cost of electricity?

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Barry O'Halloran: As I watch flowers pile up on Bondi Beach, I can't help imagining massacre victims' cries of fear

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Shane Ross: Fianna Fáil no-shows in Dáil reveal Micheál Martin's soft support is melting away

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Irish News -- Michael Houghton: Seven priceless festive family activities that cost almost nothing

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Business -- The week ahead in business: wholesale prices the focus as we head into Christmas and New Year

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Money -- Ken Fisher: Five key economic and personal finance questions on Irish minds – and the answers to put you at ease

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Business -- 'A minute and a half after Fastway took our parcels, we got a message – they were bust'

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Business -- Mercosur 'working with other partners' as EU deal struggles on

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Personal Finance -- Insurance companies 'raking in even bigger operating profits' than what Central Bank reports

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Irish Business -- Developer Greg Kavanagh and Uisce Éireann row over wastewater connection at new estate

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Irish Business -- Richard Curran: Irish politicians have let us down with their glacial pace in reforming gambling laws

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Irish Business -- Irish semi-conductor services firm WGNStar bought by US tech infrastructure giant ABM in €234m deal

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Irish Business -- Shared Island sustainability capital grant helps all-island, all-sector drive towards net zero

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In The Workplace -- Gina London: Something's cooking in the kitchen, as we find leadership lessons, and cakes too

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Money -- My Money: 'I lived on fruit for weeks after spending all my money on Manolo Blahniks and a ticket to the Royal Opera'

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Irish Business -- Irish-founded gift card company raises $6m to help scale its online offerings

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Money -- Your Questions Answered: 'A shop gave me a credit note for jewellery that made my skin go green'

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Money -- To fix or not to fix? The pros and the cons of locking yourself into a 30-year mortgage

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Soccer -- Mo Salah scores late winner as Egypt come from behind to beat Zimbabwe in Afcon

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Premier League -- 'No timeframe' – Liverpool confirm Alexander Isak's injury as Jamie Carragher admits striker's absence is 'huge blow'

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Hurling -- Wexford planning without Rory O'Connor for much of 2026 due to star forward's travel plans

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Soccer -- 'It's very unforgiving' – Rianna Jarrett aware of 'cutthroat' reality of coaching after landing first major role

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Other Sports -- Ricky Evans set for walk-on song switch after win over James Wade sees Ally Pally run go past Christmas

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Munster Rugby -- Munster 'in good shape' for Leinster showdown as Alex Codling reveals full bill of health for Reds

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Soccer -- Martin O'Neill hits out at Matt Doherty's Wolves comments: 'I wouldn't listen to a word Matt was saying'

11 hours ago

Horse Racing -- Rebecca Curtis hoping for a 'home win' with Haiti Couleurs in Welsh National at Chepstow

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Leinster Rugby -- Ciarán Frawley set to leave Leinster and reunite with Stuart Lancaster at Connacht

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Soccer -- As Liverpool struggle, Mohamed Salah can do no wrong back home in Egypt

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Gaelic Football -- Dermot Crowe: How Dublin v Kerry in the 1970s built a rivalry and friendship that extended well beyond mere football

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Boxing -- 'I want to give myself a bit of wiggle room because my death row meal is my mam's Christmas dinner'

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Darts -- 'It's not cheating' – Luke Littler readying himself for slow play challenge from Mensur Suljovic amid Cullen complaints

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International Soccer -- How to watch AFCON 2025: TV channel and live stream for every game

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