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The Masters final round – as it happened: Rory McIlroy wins green jacket once again at Augusta National

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Colum McCann: Never in my 40 years in the US have I felt an atmosphere as poisonous as this

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Irish News - LIVE - | Traffic disruption as rolling convoy fuel protests take place; protest chief says 'we achieved something small' in €505m worth of Government measures

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Cost of crude oil races higher as Donald Trump pledges to block Iranian ports

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Emma Caldwell unlikely to have been her killer's first victim, ex-detective tells true crime podcast

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Mild temperatures to take hold this week with mixed conditions

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Housing Minister defends south Wicklow social housing delivery as waiting list nears 1,000 applicants

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Irish News -- Jonathan Gill delivered bags of presents to Temple Street Hospital weeks before Robbie Lawlor hit arrest

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Health -- 'You're risking blindness, stroke or death': fears over availability of illegal fillers after thousands of interceptions

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Health Features -- Stage 4 Melanoma: 'I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in 2011 and given nine months. I have been in remission since 2016'

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Health & Wellbeing -- Ask Allison: I'm a good husband and father but my wife doesn't want sex with me and I feel so alone. Is there any way to fix this?

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Money -- Michael Houghton: 'Most people who build wealth do it through hundreds of small decisions, made consistently over time'

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In The Workplace -- Dear Vicki: Why have 'staff' and 'employees' suddenly become 'colleagues', but without extra pay?

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World News - LATEST - | Trump attacks Pope Leo, calling him 'terrible' for foreign policy and 'weak' on crime; US blockade of Iranian ports to start after peace talks collapse

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Irish News -- Hundreds of gardaí, helicopters and boats: How overwhelming show of force brought fuel blockades to an end

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Food Reviews -- The supermarket taste test: 'While it's not the kind of tuna to add to your bougie 'picky bits' dinner, this is a perfectly acceptable choice for sandwiches'

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Irish News -- 'I could have done cartwheels on the corridor' – Health Minister questions why hospital was so quiet at weekend despite patient demand

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Politics -- 'Ready to Build' scheme delivers just 32 sites as councils fail to take up programme

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Gaelic Football -- Colm Keys: While Tyrone find a beating pulse, Armagh find a way in Titanic Ulster clash that offers sign of things to come

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Europe -- Peter Magyar's journey from Viktor Orban fan to challenging and overthrowing him as leader

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Irish News -- 'You need a community to speak a language' – the people standing up for Gaeltachtaí amid housing crisis

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Leinster Rugby -- 'We've probably let things slide as a player group' – Dan Sheehan calls for Leinster to lift standards for final push

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Irish News -- Free high-dose Ozempic gets green light for medical card holders with diabetes

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Arklow -- Wicklow teacher (30) in race against time to raise €600,000 for life-saving heart surgery in US

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Health -- 'It will be life-changing': Screening for two devastating genetic disorders in newborns to begin today

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Golf -- Reaction from Rory McIlroy's Holywood Golf Club in County Down

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Irish News Video -- Number of illegal dermal fillers seized increased by 2500 percent since 2020

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Irish News Video -- 'Ready to Build' scheme delivers just 32 sites as councils fail to take up programme

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Irish News -- Indo Politics: Will the government back down in fuel price row?

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Irish News Video -- The Artemis II crew land off the coast of San Diego in California

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Money - My Money: 'Getting on to the Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme did wonders for my music'

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Rory McIlroy retains his Masters title at Augusta National to claim sixth career Major

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Fionnán Sheahan: Oil fires going nowhere amid McEntee-O'Callaghan bust-up while cabinet critics circle garda chief

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Television -- What to watch on TV and streaming today: Charmain And The Prophet, At Home With The Furys and Young Forever: The Death of Ageing?

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Movie News -- How two students almost conquered music world by faking US accents

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Susan Jane White: 'A Spanish-ish cabbage packed with goodness – if a pill offered the same, it would be dastardly expensive'

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Pat Stacey: Riveting look at free speech wars on US campuses is rich in idiocy

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Masters of the ace: Shane Lowry – and Kim Jong-Il

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Rosemary McCabe: 'Within five years, I'd opened six credit cards and, between me and my husband, we now have a total debt of $78,000'

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Jarlath Regan: 'I don't drink at all. I think of the misery the next day, it hits me so hard and it gets so dark afterwards'

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Tanya Sweeney: I'll never be a size 8 again, and I don't care how I look naked – my desire to move more and eat well is now finally rooted in health, not looks

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Restaurant review: 'Simple things done well, with flashes of creative fancy, is the order of the day at this gastropub'

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Louise McSharry: A simple, five-step routine for acne-prone skin

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Diarmuid Gavin: Enjoy the spring garden as it bursts into life

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Britain -- Family of crypto boss held at knifepoint by gang who demanded key to his electronic wallet during home invasion

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North America -- Donald Trump threatens to blockade Strait of Hormuz after marathon talks fail to reach a deal to end war on Iran

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Europe -- Hungary's Orban concedes landmark defeat to centre-right opposition

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North America -- Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin in space race for Nasa's next moon mission

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Ruth Medjber: I went for an ADHD diagnosis and discovered I was autistic – now, my tofu and Rich Tea fads make total sense

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Simeon Tegel: 'We always end up electing people who betray us' – Peruvians go to polls to elect ninth president in 10 years

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Tanya Sweeney: Journalism might have slipped down the CAO most-wanted list, but it is still a worthwhile career

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The Irish Independent's View: Proportionate response by gardaí to blockades was correct approach

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Letters: Government showed lack of responsibility, but this is a crisis caused by the US

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Courts -- Dublin solicitor who was accused of sexual assault by son leaves almost €50m in his will

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Celebrity News -- 'We have pitched it lower to allow market decide': Shane Ross on slashing price of family home by €900,000

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Education -- Shorter school days and more breaks under review as Dáil committee pushes for 'holistic' Finnish model

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Sex & Relationships -- Asking for a friend: 'My partner got really angry and hit me. They apologised a few days later but now keep telling me I just need to get over it'

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Conor McKeon: After a decade and a half of misery and distress at Augusta National – this is Rory McIlroy's place now

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'I owe everything to you' - Emotional McIlroy pays heartfelt tribute to parents after second Masters triumph

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News -- Farmers and contractors to receive 20c/L fuel usage based subsidy during peak field work season

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News -- What history tells us about how the fuel protests might end

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Beef -- 'Young people want to farm, but the system isn't built for them. It's still like The Field out there'

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Tillage -- Wheat drops to one-month low as USDA boosts US, World supplies

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Farm Property -- 7.26ac Wicklow agricultural holding comes to market for €75,000

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Irish News -- 'Greed is behind it': Ringsend locals threaten legal action over affordable housing at Johnny Ronan-led group's Glass Bottle site

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Irish News -- Revealed: the train stations where your car is most likely to be clamped

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Bringing back the teen disco: How one Wicklow couple is reviving popular craze

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Inside the hidden North Cork industrial revolution that's quietly powering the global pharma industry

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Tralee -- Kerry IRA informer and unsolved garda killing examined in new memoir

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News -- Galway Ring Road decision called 'a catastrophic choice' for climate targets

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Dundalk & North -- American Presidents Trail could bring more visitors to Louth

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Entertainment -- Bringing 'Da' to life: How a Waterford cast earned an All‑Ireland spot with an Irish classic

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News -- Axed Waterford to Dublin Airport bus route one step closer to being saved – 'This is huge for rural Ireland'

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Homes -- See inside two of the most expensive one-bedroom apartments for sale in Wicklow

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Education -- Wexford man who swapped carpentry for education at 55 brings forgotten history to the screen – 'Of course its daunting'

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New Ross -- Progress on New Ross section of South East Greenway may come too late for businesses hoping for increase in tourism

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The Indo Daily: Is it time to turn the lights off on The Late Late Show?

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The Indo Daily Extra: Gardaí clear the streets but are the fuel protests really over?

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The Indo Daily: Trump's real-life Monopoly board...Is Cuba next?

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Indo Politics: Government condemns fuel protests as tensions escalate

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TV News -- 'It'll be really strange saying goodbye to it' – actresses Siobhán Cullen and Roisin Gallagher on the final season of The Dry

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Television -- Claire Cooper on marriage to Emmett J Scanlan: 'People just hand me their phone to take a picture of them and him together'

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Entertainment -- Bollywood singing legend Asha Bhosle dies aged 92

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Irish News -- 'My first large piece was exhibited in 1949 and it sold for 20 guineas' — Mo Irwin's passion for art endures as she marks her 100th birthday

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Sex & Relationships -- Dear Mary: I feel bad because my man friend had a stroke which has left me feeling drained and now I want out. What should I do?

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Beauty -- Triona McCarthy: 'Nora Ephron flagged the dilemma in her book I Feel Bad About My Neck, and I'll be honest — my own neck drives me nuts. It's really letting me down'

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Sex & Relationships -- Asking for a friend: I can't keep an erection during sex and sometimes can't get hard at all. I'm not depressed or on medication, but I do watch a lot of porn

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Style Talk -- Is Vinted really the villain: what does 'the generosity crisis' mean for charity shops?

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Sex & Relationships -- Modern Morals: I'm falling for a new guy, but he talks to his ex almost every day – is this a red flag?

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Celebrity -- Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's big day is revealed as July 3 as wedding invitations sent out

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Can one hotel keep everyone happy? Dinosaurs and 'the difficult art of the multi-age family staycation' in Kilkenny

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'We're no longer a pass-through place' - can a €7.5m Shackleton Experience breathe new life into this Irish town?

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More to Bristol than Banksy: Inside the south-western food and art haven that's less than an hour from Dublin

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World -- My sea voyage to Shackleton's grave – what it's really like to go on an Antarctic cruise to South Georgia

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Travel News -- 'Seven wonders of Ireland for 2026' named by Condé Nast Traveller – here's what made the cut

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Ireland -- 'This is kind of a bubble' – inside the 60 year-old session still run by Mrs Clancy's rules

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Courts -- More time for probation report after man (70) assaulted two council workers

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Courts -- Driver called gardaí 'rookies' and abused them during drugs search

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Irish News -- Mary Regan: Government concedes at eleventh hour to quell a political crisis, but what happens when the money runs out?

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Irish News -- Former minister Alan Shatter hits out at 'antisemitism' after National Concert Hall cancels October 7 play for second time

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Irish News -- 'Terrible decision' to allow garda jailed for fracturing teenager's skull to resign rather than be dismissed, says TD

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Irish News -- 'They have been quiet and haven't presented any problems' – Martina and Ammi Burke to be released from prison

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Irish News -- Paschal Donohoe eased concerns of top three corporate tax multinationals before joining World Bank

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Irish News -- Rollercoaster week for weather as temperatures set to rise

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Politics -- Cabinet to meet today over fuel crisis as gardaí move in to clear blockades

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Irish News -- 'The Ireland we left has changed... it feels like we're emigrating to a new place' – five expats on the challenges of returning home

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Brendan O'Connor: Stuff the Gulf oil crisis. We're making one of our own

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Declan Lynch: Today Viktor Orban faces his destiny – and it was Troy Parrott who got the ball rolling

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Sam McBride: Fifty years on, the truth about what really happened after eight SAS men were arrested in Co Louth can be revealed

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Luke O'Neill: Saunas and cold plunging are all the rage, but do they bring health benefits?

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Eilis O'Hanlon: Iran hardly needs to pay for propaganda when its Irish admirers will do it for free

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Willie O'Dea: Parties must end the doublespeak around triple lock or Defence Forces could become a political pawn

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Brenda Power: School survey shows that rumours of the Catholic Church's demise are grossly exaggerated

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The Sunday Independent's View: Loss of trust in Government is the biggest roadblock

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Sarah Breen: I tried the hot new midlife party game — find out who has the lowest blood pressure

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Colin Murphy: On O'Connell Street, far‑right figures were hitching their wagons to the tractors

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Ann McElhinney: Reaction to my play about October 7 scared me — and now no venue in Ireland has the courage to stage it

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Letters: Imagine if we did negotiation as well as we do escalation

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Conor Skehan: On the anniversary of the American Civil War, here's a reminder of how shattered societies can heal

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Eoin O'Malley: Haughey's snub to protesters 60 years ago did him no harm, but a repeat could prove risky for this government

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Maíría Cahill: Distraction technique or pre-emptive strike? Melania Trump muddies the waters with bizarre Epstein denials

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Irish Business -- Richard Curran: Fuel protests are reckless – but we must take a closer look at what is going on

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In The Workplace -- Gina London: The sparkle strategy of leadership that combines heart and high standards

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Commercial Property -- Enterprise Ireland selects prime Dublin office block '160 Townsend' as new HQ

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Business -- Partner content: Irish firms crack the code to worldwide cybersecurity success

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Irish Business -- Hoxton owner's planned new Dublin hotel set to be run by Finnish hospitality group Bob W

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Irish Business -- After many false dawns, iconic Quinns GAA pub finally sends out the invites for early May reopening 'subject to the normal banana skins'

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Money -- Your Questions Answered: 'I've left a job that paid my family's health insurance. Where should I go now?'

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Irish Business -- Adrian Weckler: Who would have thought that Donald Trump was going to save electric cars?

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Media -- Any Other Business: Fail to prepare, prepare to be well charged by a PR guru

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Health -- 'RTÉ Investigates' elder abuse exposé 'hit nursing homes' bottom line', Paris-listed group tells investors

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Business -- Rathwood ordered to refund customers for undelivered goods after consumer watchdog investigation

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Money -- Your money questions – Is it correct to argue that putting our cash into AVCs is a waste of money?

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Technology -- Ask Adrian: I have €30 of credit in a third-party EV charging app that I'm struggling to get back off them

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Money -- 'It has paid for itself, many times over' – nine smart buys that will save you hundreds of euro in the long run

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Irish Business -- 'Whatever the world throws at West Cork Distillers, I know we'll bounce back'

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Six Nations -- 'We showed what we can do' – Scott Bemand confident Ireland are closing gap on leading lights

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Rugby -- Rugby star Eve Higgins: 'After six or seven weeks at the World Cup, it's wonderful to come back to a dog who totally adores you'

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Golf -- 'All of my perseverance at this tournament has really started to pay off' – Rory McIlroy thrilled after back-to-back Masters wins

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Gaelic Football -- 'I'm all for playing s**t and winning' – Armagh boss Kieran McGeeney simply glad to see Armagh get job done against Tyrone

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Gaelic Football -- Roscommon cruise to victory in New York as Connacht SFC semi-final clash with Mayo beckons

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Premier League -- Pep Guardiola: Arsenal are still the best team in England and Europe

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Basketball -- Ballincollig complete historic double with Super League final win over Killester

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Gaelic Football -- 'Maybe I thought it was directed at me' – Oisín McConville takes aim at Carlow boss Joe Murphy over 'outside influence' comments

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Swimming -- Ellen Walshe caps five-star week with another gold at Irish Open Swimming Championships

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Leinster Rugby -- Leinster handed prime Saturday afternoon slot for their Champions Cup semi-final against Toulon

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Gaelic Football -- Armagh prevail in extra-time thriller against Tyrone to seal Ulster SFC quarter-final berth

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Horse Racing -- I Am Maximus team hints at 2027 bid to emulate Red Rum's National hat-trick

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