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Meath earn a first Leinster minor football final spot in five years by seeing off the Dubs at Parnell Park

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Irish News -- Batches of Lidl chicken fillets recalled by FSAI over salmonella presence

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News -- Mayo farmer who lost 14 sheep says thefts go unreported over fear of Department of Agriculture penalties

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Courts -- American tourist accused of causing €46k worth of damage in Kerry town

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Six Nations -- 'I stand by what I say' – Stacey Flood will continue to walk the walk as Ireland build up to historic Six Nations match

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Book News -- Why everyone should read the brilliant Douglas Adams book that left fans baffled

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Eurovision: Is the boycott over Israel the beginning of the end for the song contest?

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How Nathan McDonnell hid a tarnished reputation behind Tralee business circles – 'It was all smoke and mirrors with him'

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John Mulligan: Chawke name was a symbol of success in pub game until siblings ended up in court

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Singer Tommy Fleming and wife Tina split after 20 years of marriage

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Britain -- Keir Starmer's fight to maintain his leadership: how it unfolded

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Middle East -- LIVE

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North America -- Trump hails Vance and Rubio White House a 'dream team' – but denies endorsement

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David W Higgins: Who gets Ireland in the EU and US tech divorce?

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Ksenia Samotiy: Why we must not allow Russian culture to do political work on behalf of the Kremlin

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A humiliated Donald Trump is about to be played again by China

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Rugby -- Munster's 'independent governance and organisational review' into Roger Randle saga welcomed by head coach Clayton McMillan

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Gaelic Football -- The rise of Kerry midfielder Mark O'Shea – 'It probably happened a bit fast'

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Sheep -- Factories struggle to push prices lower amid limited lamb numbers

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Beef -- Mounting pressure on finishers as quotes fall and uncertainty grows

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Dublin News -- Government 'perpetuating human rights violations' by delaying regeneration of Dublin flats

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Dublin -- Eight folk artists receive €1000 bursary in honour of Luke Kelly

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'A good example of citizen science' – How fossil sharks dating back 330 million years were discovered in Ireland

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Cork gardaí detect suspected uninsured motorist while dealing with another driver over same offence

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North & West Kerry -- Kerry community to remember cherished local man with inaugural music cup competition

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Music News -- Spotify releases time capsule feature for listeners to view entire music history

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Celebrity News -- Timothee Chalamet backed by opera star after his comments that no one 'cares' about ballet and opera any more

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Celebrity News -- Dua Lipa files $15m lawsuit against Samsung for using her image without permission

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Irish News -- 'When country people move to D4, their accent changes — they turn into Pat Kenny' – Comedian Rory O'Hanlon

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Our wild Atlantic adventure in Co Clare: 'It's not about one business – it's about Ballyvaughan'

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Travel News -- Hibernia Line: New Irish ferry company to sail six days a week from Cork to France

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Courts -- Data analyst and gambling addict who conned €40,000 from VHI given two-year suspended sentence

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Courts -- Dublin drug dealer jailed over high-speed chase involving 12 garda cars and helicopter

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Irish News -- 'No such thing as a healthy tan' –Skin doctor's advice on how to avoid skin cancer

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Crime -- Gardaí investigate grenade explosion in Ballymun attack that damaged four properties

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Irish News -- Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan objects to show being used in place of Eurovision and RTÉ's 'antisemitic' boycott

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Education -- CAO application system 'weighted against Northern Ireland students' driving thousands to shun Republic for Britain

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Irish News -- Manhunt for Mountjoy prisoner who walked out of busy court after 'processing error'

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Weather -- Rain in store this week, as temperatures to 'continue cool for mid-May' – Met Éireann

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Irish News -- Rising costs leave rural pubs facing 'existential threat', publicans warn

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Brianna Parkins: 'Shops used to be a sanctuary. Now you're elbowed out of the way by 12-year-olds reaching over you to sample SPFs'

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'I say fair enough' – what happened when I asked Israelis about Ireland's Eurovision boycott

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Con Coughlin: Iran is on its knees and can't demand anything significant from Trump talks

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Adrianna Wrona: The beauty of being bilingual in Ireland, even when I have 'a bad English day'

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The Irish Independent's View: Broader university learning experience will benefit students

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Fionnán Sheahan: Sniping at how Micheál Martin runs a diminished Fianna Fáil is still a trend

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Ivana Stradner: Vladimir Putin's victory parade shows a desperate, hollow regime with little to boast about

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Letters: Everyone is pointing to bike shed waste, but what about failed referendums?

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Eilis O'Hanlon: How can anyone ever honestly vouch for someone else's good character?

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Declan Lynch: Ranelagh today is all million-euro villas and fancy restaurants. The country people in bedsits have been replaced

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Brenda Power: It's 6am at the airport, and the middle-aged women beside me are popping open the prosecco

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Colin Murphy: There are two worrying trends in Ireland today that should alarm liberals

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Conor Skehan: What I learnt about coalition politics from the heart of government

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World Business -- Trump administration 'aims to censor Disney's ABC'

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Business -- Dole plc profits fall despite revenues topping $2bn in its first quarter

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World Business -- Meta sued over 'scam ad' profits made on Facebook and Instagram

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Business -- John Sisk & Son and D/RES Properties announce joint venture to deliver 1,000 homes a year

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Money -- Call for increase in payout fund for those with Prize Bonds

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Irish Business -- Jewellery retailer Fields gets its sparkle back as the firm behind it returns to profit

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Irish Business -- Judge to rule Wednesday on challenge to PTSB shareholder voting process

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Irish Business -- Tax appeal cases against Revenue should remain private, Oireachtas committee insists

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Money -- No evidence of energy companies profiteering despite highest electricity prices in EU, regulator says

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Business -- Ireland's job market has stalled recruiters warn

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Money -- Irish shoppers buying fewer items as household budgets tighten

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Media -- Mediahuis joins news alliance working to shape fair use of journalism by AI

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Business -- The week ahead in business: Diageo set to open new brewery worth €300m in Newbridge

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Irish Business -- National Concert Hall to pay €460k for design of new pipe organ

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GAA -- Martin Breheny: Yo-yoing between Leinster and Joe McDonagh level does nothing for likes of Kildare – format must change

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Golf -- 'Feels like the rug was pulled from under their feet' – Rory McIlroy says he knew before LIV players about Saudi funding

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Premier League -- Xabi Alonso emerges as the top target for Chelsea – and the ex-Liverpool man could be open to the role

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North America -- Aston Villa owner Wes Edens (64) is the 'victim of $1.2bn sexual extortion plot'

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Rugby -- Banned for 11 years – former Georgia captain Merab Sharikadze's punishment for involvement in rugby doping scandal

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Rugby -- Leinster and Ulster appointed English referees to oversee respective European finals in Bilbao

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International Soccer -- 'I want to show I can play at that level' – Rory Finneran (18) aims for senior Ireland bow in Spain

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Connacht Rugby -- Kildare native Gerard Mullen to join Connacht as backs coach ahead of next season

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Golf -- Grand slam to the trunk slam: Rory McIlroy 'locked in' to avoid repeat of post-Masters malaise

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Leinster Rugby -- Paddy McCarthy among big contingent of returning players for Leinster's end-of-season push

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League of Ireland -- 'I never applied for Irish citizenship and it's something I really regretted. I don't want to go anywhere else now'

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Soccer -- Barcelona's Lamine Yamal flies Palestine flag at title party and taunts Real Madrid

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Gaelic Football -- John Heslin back in Westmeath training ahead of Leinster SFC final against Dublin

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