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Crime - LATEST - | Father and 12-year-old son named after suspected murder-suicide in west Dublin

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Record year for solar panel installations, with over 58,000 homes getting energy upgrades

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News - latest - | France joins Ireland in voting against controversial Mercosur trade deal

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Irish News -- 'I've shed so many tears' – Ciara Mageean says fan messages 'gave her a lift' as she gives update on cancer treatment

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Courts -- Enoch Burke appeal hearing postponed due to legal challenge

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Politics -- Cónal Thomas: Taoiseach hails Ireland as the home of windy isles as trade offensive lands in Shanghai

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Courts -- DAA chief executive Kenny Jacobs sues airport company over his suspension

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GAA -- Michael Verney: Debunking 'lazy narrative' around 3G surfaces as GAA move with the times

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Irish Business -- Going, going, gone? Former Bonhams CEO thinks AI could deliver a hammer blow to auction houses

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Irish News Video -- Father and 12-year-old son named after suspected murder-suicide in west Dublin

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Irish News Video -- Young scientists display diverse research, ranging from environmental studies to medical detection projects

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Irish News -- Counties worst hit by flu over Christmas period as hospitals struggle with trolley crisis

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Irish News -- HSE paid debt-collection agencies €1.2m to chase patient bills

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Politics -- Tánaiste Simon Harris says country not taking 'soft' approach on US

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Family Features - My son is very attached to his old teddies and toys – can I get rid of them without upsetting him?

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Health & Wellbeing -- Five expert-backed health challenges that aren't Dry January

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Podcasts -- Just Between Us: Owning what turns you on with Bláithín de Burca

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Irish News -- Students offer 'hope for future', says President Catherine Connolly as Young Scientist gets under way in the RDS

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TV Reviews -- 'Industry', Season 4, review: Almost perfect, apart from the politics

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Gaybo, Chairgate and the auctioneer: the row that started on 'The Late Late Show' and ended in the High Court

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'Fianna Fáil politicians arrived in Leinster House with guns' – A look back at 100 years of the party founded by Éamon de Valera

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Rent reforms 'will be a car crash' for Fair Deal families

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13 leading Irish figures asked the Irish public the question they'd always wanted answered. Here's how you replied

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Rise of a bloodstock billionaire: how John Magnier built his fortune

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Britain -- Thousands of homes without power as Storm Goretti brings 160kmh winds to the UK

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World News -- Latest

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Europe -- British forces aided US in seizing Marinera oil tanker sailing under Russian flag in North Atlantic

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World News -- LATEST

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Latin America -- Trump says US control of oil-rich Venezuela could last years

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Ciara Kelly: X was once an interesting place, but Elon Musk's Grok AI tool shows it's now rotten to the core – and we should warn our kids

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Bel Trew: Europe should prepare for world without US nuclear deterrence

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Reza Pahlavi: Protests show Iran is ready for a transition to democracy

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Nia-Malika Henderson: Early support for Donald Trump's Venezuela action is a mirage in a war-weary population

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Declan Power: Donald Trump has done Ireland a favour by intercepting Russian 'shadow fleet' oil tanker

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The Irish Independent's View: Playing nice won't cut it any more – Europe must stand up to Donald Trump

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Legal Advice -- 'I am my aunt's main carer and she said she would provide for me in her will. But now she says she's leaving everything to a nephew. What can I do?'

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Health -- 'Just because you did it before and didn't die, doesn't mean you won't next time' – frontline doctor's 'chroming' warning as hospitalisations rise

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Crime -- Molly Martens posts her first social media photos since being freed

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Analysis -- Barry O'Halloran: You might think it's about drugs and oil – but Trump's Venezuela intervention is based on age-old policy

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Premier League -- Flashpoint involving Gabriel Martinelli and Conor Bradley only spark as Arsenal and Liverpool serve up bore draw

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Premier League -- Seán O'Connor: Liam Rosenior is the new Chelsea manager, but does it matter when the club is run by those above him?

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GAA -- Champions of Mayo and Sligo return to Croke Park stage in search of hurling redemption

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Farmers say hormone found in Brazilian beef should be 'red line' on trade deal

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'We are between resentment and despair' – Protesting French farmers bring tractors to Paris centre

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Are dairy farmers going to pay for the privilege of renting land while making a loss on it?

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How this Westmeath beef farmer took his margins into his own hands by selling his own burgers

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North & West Kerry - Latest - | KOSTAL staff 'step closer' to layoffs as outsourcing of jobs overseas is agreed

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News - Over €34,000 funding for Galway playground will make 'a real difference' for local families

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Wexford & District -- Baby rabbits 'lucky to be alive' after being dumped in Wexford Wildfowl Reserve in freezing temperatures

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News -- Dolphin rescued after stranding off Achill island

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Courts -- Cork twins with 274 previous convictions between them sentenced on same day for separate offences

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News -- 'A death trap' – Galway town to hold protest over unsafe traffic conditions as mere inches separate cars and kerb

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Courts -- Sligo woman (26) assaults friend after asking her for cigarettes and money

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South Kerry -- Kerry publican retires after sale of famous bar held by generations of his family – 'We had great days'

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Courts -- Cork man tells judge, 'Is mise amadán' after arriving late to court

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Indo Sport podcast: Saipan review | Five-star Keane, McCarthy's portrayal & picking sides

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Real Health podcast: 'I kept thinking it was a trapped nerve' – Annmarie O'Connor on her Parkinson's diagnosis

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Seachtain: Éilis Ní Dhuibhne - Gaeilge, Grief agus saol caite i mbun pinn

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Book Reviews -- Four new crime thrillers 2026 that are all killer and no filler

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Theatre & Arts -- Miscarriage and a rare glimpse at its effects on the male psyche explored in two-hander play Robin and Dawn

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Movie Reviews -- Giant review: Cartoonish Prince Naseem biopic starring Pierce Brosnan fails to land knockout blow

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Celebrity News -- 'Welcome to the world little one' – Anna Geary announces birth of second child in emotional Instagram post

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Louise McSharry: The four best products to ward off dry lips this winter

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Cork designer Sinead Keary: 'I want our designs to be clever. If we can put in a hidden elastic that gives comfort that's what we want'

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'She was my best friend and my hero' – Andrew Scott on the sudden death of his mother before filming Knives Out movie

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Tanya Sweeney: Ashley Tisdale is right – there's a toxic hierarchy to mum groups I want nothing to do with

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Alan Shortt's Italian ski trip: 'You ski by day, eat like royalty at night and relax like a Roman emperor'

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Sophie White: 11 super simple, not at all head-wrecking, steps to finally writing that book (from someone who's written nine!)

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Travel News -- 16 new flights to take in 2026 – from Dublin Airport, Cork, Shannon and more

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Travel News -- Minister promises 'new era' for Irish tourism with €400m investment

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Washington urged to curtail flights from Ireland unless Dublin Airport cap is gone by February

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He set out to walk around the world – after 27 years, his quest is nearly over

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26 holidays for 2026: Aer Lingus in Cancun, cool cabins in Cavan, a Greek island getaway and a new Galway five-star

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Crime -- Breaking

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Courts -- Man found guilty of sexually assaulting woman on bus to Dublin

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Politics -- LATEST

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Irish News -- BREAKING

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Health -- Doctors' failure to tell patients they are likely to die denies people chance to prepare, hospice report warns

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Courts -- Mother tried to bring heroin and sedatives into jail

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Irish News -- Bounty for hunting feral cats and giving deer contraceptives among ideas for new wildlife laws

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Health -- World's smallest robot can survive for months – and make decisions

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Irish News -- Property market is 'pausing for breath' as price rises level off

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Irish News -- How a Wicklow hillfort confirmed as Ireland's oldest settlement puts end to theory that Vikings built our first towns

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Courts -- Driver produced false no-claims certificate to insurance company

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Irish News -- Common food preservatives could be increasing your chances of developing cancer, study finds

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Marc Champion: After Venezuela, alarm bells are sounding over Greenland, and Europe must wake up

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Letters: How are Trump's actions in Venezuela any different to Obama's in Pakistan?

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Suzanne Crowe: How an SAD lamp helps me beat the winter blues while we wait for that 'grand stretch'

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Saoirse Hanley: It's January and I find myself back in Weight-Loss City, but this time with a drastically changed attitude

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Lorraine Courtney: There's no point talking about social media age rules unless we have a plan for VPN usage

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The Irish Independent's view: Every effort must be made to protect our children from online dangers

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Feljin Jose: Seán Canney has earned the nickname 'Minister for U-turns' – and there's a reason for that

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How Hugo Chavez, thuggery and the White House bogeyman kept Nicolas Maduro in office

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Letters: Taoiseach Micheál Martin needs to catch up with electorate when it comes to Irish unification

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Samuel Ramani: Why stunning swoop by US on Nicolas Maduro has made the Kremlin look weak

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'We don't want to end up like Iraq': Fears among Venezuelans following US ousting of Maduro

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David W Higgins: Venezuela has world's largest oil reserve – yet also famine and rising child mortality

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The Irish Independent's View: Donald Trump's hunger for other states' assets is a massive threat to world order

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Cónal Thomas: Taoiseach Micheál Martin confronted with global turmoil far beyond his reach on first day in China

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Ksenia Samotiy: Why I value comfort TV like 'Friends' and 'The Big Bang Theory' over shows that demand more from me

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Business -- Arthur Cox and Goodbody top law firms in €45bn of merger and acquisition deals

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Business -- No change to unemployment rate across festive period

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Irish Business -- Costs of two store closures contribute to €8.8m loss at Irish arm of M&S

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Business -- Revenue raises less than €50m in opening year of land-hoarding tax

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World Business -- Two former Carillion directors fined over lapses at bust 'PPP' construction giant

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Technology -- Minister seeks showdown with Elon Musk's X over Grok undressing minors, as research reveals 6,700 images per hour created by its AI engine

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Irish News -- Galway-based Luminate Medical raises €18m to make cancer-easing devices and treatments

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Money - Breaking - | Avant Money takes on rivals by cutting some mortgage rates by up to 0.35 percentage points - 11:43

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Business -- Kingspan shelves €6bn flotation plan for building-systems unit amid strong momentum

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Irish Business -- Value of Irish food and drink exports to EU, US and UK all rose last year, despite tariffs and Brexit

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Podcasts -- 'If you can't afford to buy it twice, you can't afford to buy it': Getting to grips with debt in 2026

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Politics -- Use of AI tools to produce sexual images an 'attack on human dignity' as regulator raises concerns with EU over Grok

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League of Ireland - Live - | League of Ireland transfers: Jake Mulraney's move to Shamrock Rovers confirmed with Darragh Nugent joining Pat's in swap - 19:45

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Rugby -- Hat-trick hero Graham Wildish leads way as Wesley whitewash Newpark in Fr Godfrey Junior Cup

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Boxing -- 'God kept me in the presence of great men' – Anthony Joshua pays tribute to friends killed in Nigeria car crash

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Soccer -- Celtic linked with move to bring Birmingham striker Kyogo Furuhashi back to Parkhead

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Rugby -- Moment of magic from Daniel Britton-Milner seals comeback win for Naas against Temple Carrig in Fr Godfrey Junior Cup

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Athletics -- 'Look at Michael Schumacher. He was the statistic that didn't come back. I want to be the statistic that does come back'

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Premier League -- Sam Wallace: Benjamin Sesko is raw like a callow exchange student but Manchester United's new dawn could be what he needs

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Women's Sport -- 'Feels like a fresh start' – Amy Broadhurst returning to boxing with Team GB following the birth of her first child

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Hurling -- Cork hurler Eoin Downey vows to use his All-Ireland final red card as 'fuel for the coming year'

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Premier League -- Miguel Delaney: Why Arsenal's clash with Liverpool is more than just 'a big game'

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Soccer -- Chris Sutton hails 'super smart' Martin O'Neill but insists Celtic must strengthen squad in transfer window

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Hurling -- Top Cat TJ Reid (38) hoping it will be third time lucky as Kilkenny captain

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Soccer -- Ex-Premier League referee David Coote avoids prison after indecent video of schoolboy found on laptop

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