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New era starts for R117 rescue helicopter at Waterford Airport as new operator takes over

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Abandoned Waterford mansion Mayfield House to go under hammer with guide of €795,000

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Gaelic Football -- Joe Brolly: Ger Brennan needs to find new Dublin players who wear diesel for deodorant

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Irish News - Interview - | I'll lead Fianna Fáil into the next general election, says Micheál Martin

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Shane Brennan: American people are fired up about the Super Bowl but often for reasons that have nothing do with football

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Brendan O'Connor: Who knew social media was bad for us? The parent of every Gen Z and Gen Alpha child for starters

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'It's really become an extra limb' – How we've become a nation of smartphone addicts

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Health -- More than 3,800 rooms yet to meet standards in new Children's Hospital as deadline looms

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Irish News -- Epstein survivor urges Irish government to investigate convicted sex offender's trips here

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Irish News -- Health service 'bleeding expertise' as nearly 7,000 Irish medics register in Australia

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Cycling -- Paul Kimmage: It's the small pictures that really make you think

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Premier League -- Ex-Manchester City star Stephen Ireland acted as an unregistered football agent, says FA

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Money -- Here's why your heat pump is not saving you the money you'd expected

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Sex & Relationships -- Dear Mary: I resent how my entitled daughters-in-law make a virtue out of being stay-at-home mums when my hard work is paying for their lives

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Politics -- Alan Shatter could sue Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon over false Epstein claim

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Irish News -- 'Each person has their own story, and this is potentially the worst day of their life' – Numbers attending sexual assault unit up 12pc

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Comment -- Emer O'Hanlon: All these years I've been getting my bra size wrong, but now Sydney Sweeney is here to bust some myths

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Money -- Home economics: 'My father is using Fair Deal. If we rent his house, can we sell if he dies or are we locked in for six years?'

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Irish Business -- 'Ireland still risks losing up to €4bn in data centre investment despite lifting of moratorium,' says top industry player

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Politics -- Councillors criticise Soc Dems leadership for suspending party activist over sexism row

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Six Nations -- Bernard Jackman: Andy Farrell is facing into his greatest challenge ever as Ireland head coach

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Irish News -- Prison Service spends more than €70,000 on Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs

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Health & Wellbeing -- How a Waterford woman built a 1,500‑strong hiking community from a single Instagram post

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Irish News -- Wife of Dublin businessman leaves over €15m to husband in her will

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Irish News -- 'A lot of people presumed I was dying' – Mairead McGuinness speaks for first time since withdrawing from presidential election

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Irish News -- 'A waste of my time' – Glen Hansard's brother decries council for twice refusing him permission to retain property extension

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Irish News -- Don't dare call Epstein a paedophile: Inside story of top Irish lawyer's work to clean up billionaire's image, threatening media on his behalf

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Keire Murphy: Rental reforms offer some hope for tenants like me, but the overriding feeling is confusion

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My Money: 'It was a big ask of my family to row in behind me for a no-spend year'

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Shane Ross: Holly Cairns can ride the crest of a wave as voters seek a sea change

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Technology -- Adrian Weckler: If you're looking for signs of a weird and creepy AI dystopia, you've come to the right place

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Television -- Today's top TV and streaming picks: Lord of the Flies, Emily and Unfamiliar

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'We worked multiple jobs to buy a house in our 20s. Now, at 30, we are trading up'

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Fix it up: Fulfil your West Cork fantasy with this tranquil home and its panoramic views

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'Walk-in' period home with organic garden and stables in Co Westmeath

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Interiors: The free standing kitchen is back. Here's how to put one together

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Cosy home with ample outdoor space near vibrant Galway village

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On the market: Four homes for just over a million in Dublin, Kildare, Louth and Wicklow

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Britain -- Former prime minister tells Keir Starmer to get his act together over Peter Mandelson controversy

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Opinion -- 'Eliminated': how the Washington Post laid me off from my dream job with a single word

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Europe -- US gives Ukraine and Russia June deadline to reach agreement to end war, says Zelensky

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Britain -- UK police search two properties linked to Peter Mandelson over Epstein investigation as pressure piles on Keir Starmer

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Britain -- Elton John tells court sharing of his family's medical details by 'Daily Mail' was 'abhorrent' and 'outside basic standards of decency'

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Music News -- Kanye West says car crash caused months-long psychotic episode and apologises for antisemitic comments

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North America -- Peter Vandermeersch: Cull of 'The Washington Post' staff is another dark day for freedom of the press

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Eilis O'Hanlon: Rush to judge George Mitchell over Epstein files has echoes of a Soviet show trial

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Conor Skehan: Far-reaching wind farm judgment turns climate hopes into rigid legal obligations

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Colin Murphy: Four key lessons as a new reality for climate politics dawns

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Sex & Relationships -- The Divorce Diaries: 'The sex stopped – he said you're the problem, you have to sort it out'

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Crime -- The five men identified by the Kinahan gang's 'intelligence network' as being Regency gunmen and what became of them

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Irish News -- GP who failed to recognise critical condition of girl (10) who died from treatable illness is found guilty of poor performance

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Courts - Latest - | Enoch Burke case: Two disciplinary panel members resign in major blow to efforts to resolve row over teacher's dismissal

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Soccer -- 'He was one of the most humble men I've ever met in football' – Pádraig Amond on his former team-mate Antoine Semenyo

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Six Nations -- Tommy Conlon: France's quality cabernet and chic couture the antithesis of our stagnant, dated bootcut jeans approach

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Beef -- 'Irish farming will be like the fishing industry in two or three years' – why this West Kerry community is against Mercosur

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News -- EU to take 'bolder' approach to food labelling – Commissioner Hansen

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Farm Property -- Versatile 60ac farm on Laois/Offaly border for €720k

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Farm Property -- Choice abounds with three grass farms available in Co Louth for €10,000/ac to €15,000/ac

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Dairy -- Key ways to keep profits high when milk price is low

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Irish News -- 'We heard a massive bang and the lights flickered' – eyewitnesses to fatal Dublin city centre bus crash recount horrific scene as it unfolded

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Dublin News -- 'But for now, it's goodbye' – popular city centre café announces immediate closure

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Dublin News -- 'Reality must set in' on mooted lido for George's Dock, council chief Richard Shakespeare says

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Comment -- Melanie Finn: How my lunchtime shopping trip to North Earl Street turned into a scene of unimaginable tragedy

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Weather - live - | Heavy rain continues in some areas as flood risk remains; Council calls gardaí after sandbags removed

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Health -- Thousands of cancer patients facing chemotherapy delays as data shows where you live can determine how soon treatment begins

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Dundalk & North -- Popular Louth Greenway closed due to coastal erosion following recent storms

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North & West Kerry -- From patrolling to pouring – derelict Kerry garda station revamped into café and community hub

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News -- Fundraiser to support Galway girl (12) left paralysed after scoliosis surgery raises over €40,000

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News -- Meath athlete who survived cardiac arrest is running 100 miles to give back to those who saved his life

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Wicklow & District -- How Armstrong's Barn earned Wicklow's first Michelin star

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Wexford & District -- Elderly residents in Rosslare Strand being 'harassed and targeted' by youths hanging out on beach 'till all hours'

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Obituaries -- Heartbroken family pays final tribute to young Wicklow nurse – 'I'm going to miss the love she had for everyone'

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News -- Mayo musician lives 'in constant pain' due to same rare neurological illness Celine Dion was diagnosed with

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News -- Young mother's 'deep shame' at attempting to 'pull the hair off' female rival in vicious street brawl

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News -- From Shannon to Gander, via September 11 attacks – Musical tale of kindness strikes a local chord

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Indo Sport podcast: Ireland's dark night in Paris | Confused defence, poor passing & the kicking game

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Seachtain: Noah Donohoe – Eolas suntasach ag teacht amach ón ionchoisne

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The Left Wing: Ireland's systems failure, big questions to answer & majestic France

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Indo Politics: By-elections loom and Bord Bia under fire

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Cork's Grammy award-winner Cian Ducrot: 'I had to deal with a lot of pretty intense things as a kid. So, now I am hyper-capable of dealing with intense situations'

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John Carter Cash on his country singer father: 'He was very gentle, very creative, but at the same time whimsical and excited about life'

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Carlow man had role in selecting Grammy award winners – 'It's a huge honour'

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Music News -- Ger Eaton: 'It's not an easy thing to live with somebody who's driven – not just about music, but about anything'

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TV News -- Dance-loving pensioner goes on her first date – 66 years after her husband died

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Beauty -- Triona McCarthy: Be prepared for some Love Island-style lipsing this Valentine's with these six make-up innovations

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Sex & Relationships -- Asking for a friend: I've caught feelings for the guy I've been having a fling with. It's been mostly just sexual but I think we could be more. Should I risk telling him?

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Sex & Relationships -- 'I really couldn't process that the man that I had come to know was also this guy' – as Theresa Rowley's fairytale romance ends in cheating, we ask: is love OK?

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Celebrity -- Spencer Matthews: 'I like to think I have swapped an unhealthy addiction for something better – Vogue'

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'In the inside of all of us there's a human there. We're all made of soft and hard. We all have messy bits' – Ciarán Hinds, ahead of his lifetime IFTA award

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Land of the Volcanoes, alpine hikes and hot air ballooning – adios Costa Brava, hola Girona Pyrenees

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My favourite room: 'Siobhán sets the challenge, I carry it out' – David Morrissey on keeping his wedding vows to build a dream family home in Kilkenny

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Reviews -- Review: This model overpromised and under delivered in the 1990s – now it's back and knows its place as a family car

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'After health and personal setbacks, I left my dream job for a five-month solo backpacking trip'

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Go Ireland: 100 places to eat, sleep, sip and explore in 2026, including 'the best-value hour I spent in a week'

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World -- 'I wasn't expecting to be talking about it 10 months later' – six in-flight meals that actually tasted good

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Food News -- 'We've had the run of our lives' – iconic Co Waterford restaurant to close after 30 years

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Travel News -- My solo travel company: 'The best part is bringing solo travellers together and seeing them enjoy a holiday as a group'

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Irish News -- 'He was a f**king spy – there's ten movies in this': Jim Sheridan on being mentioned in the Epstein files

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Irish News -- Grab some peanut butter and think like a sloth: a beginner's guide to prepping for disaster

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Irish News -- Maeve Sheehan: How Jeffrey Epstein used an elite Dublin summit to forge contacts with world leaders

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Crime -- George Nkencho's family can proceed with legal actions following inquest into shooting by gardaí

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Politics -- Ireland examines France's draft law to ban children under 16 from social media

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Politics -- Creches will have to publish admissions policies to reassure parents of children with special needs, says Norma Foley

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Irish News -- 'Parents and students love it': phone ban adds to appeal of Gaeltacht courses

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Irish News -- 'This is not just a plaque, it is an act of public recognition' – famous faces gather to honour Brendan Behan at his birthplace

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Eoin O'Malley: What today's party leaders can learn from Garret FitzGerald's mistakes

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Sam McBride: Peter Mandelson's disgrace is deserved, but history will take a more nuanced view of his Northern Ireland role

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Sarah Breen: I used to run a mile from sport, but pickleball has been a gamechanger

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Máiría Cahill: If Catherine Connolly really wants to understand the North, she should invite unionists to the Áras for tea

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Colleen Murrell: Peter Mandelson was always like a buddha of quiet calm – even when a tabloid outed him as gay

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Catherine Prasifka: Has an AI society been developed or is Moltbook just a messy pastiche of human interactions?

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Kathy Donaghy: Don't be a 'Fafo' mum and bin those handbooks – you will just have to wing this parenting thing

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Richard Curran: To provide for Ireland's future, we should take inspiration from Norway, not Saudi Arabia

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Katriona O'Sullivan: 'I want to help all women who are struggling with inequality, apart from the one I depend on the most – my cleaner'

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Louise McSharry: Making Christianity 'central' in schools undermines our ambition for inclusivity

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Sarah Carey: Comparing Viagra and abortion is tasteless and has no place in debate on three-day wait

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John Downing: How an angel with the face of Giorgia Meloni provoked an unholy row in Italy

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The Irish Independent's View: Enough of political point-scoring – it's time to take the long view on flood defences

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Letters: Ireland needs to take note of progressive jail reforms our neighbours have made

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Mary Regan: With unflinching government support for the Bord Bia chief, talks are only way forward for farmers

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Irish Business -- Icon faces court claims from former staff over use of retirement assets in US

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Irish Business -- John Teeling's Arkle buys majority stake in Namibian uranium prospect

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Irish Business -- Former FBD chief Fiona Muldoon quits as chair of Eamon Waters' private equity firm Sretaw as PTSB sale looms

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Irish Business -- 'Farming in Ireland is having an identity crisis – and it has to stop talking itself down'

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Commercial Property -- Mortgage lender Dilosk seeing spike in buy-to-let applications

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Business -- Row breaks out as RTÉ is accused of trying to 'raid' its pension scheme

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Money -- My siblings and I bought a site my parents built on, so how do we minimise tax?

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Money -- 'I've got mates dropping €10k a year' – how much are Irish women spending on aesthetic treatments?

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Business -- John Mulligan: The Cork restaurateur, a $16m Miami mansion and the spectacular legal bust-up with her former romantic partner

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Technology -- Adrian Weckler: No fix, no tow, no taxi – my story of EV breakdown hell

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Money -- Sinéad Ryan: Ten bad habits that could be costing you money – and how to break them

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Gaelic Football -- Colm O'Rourke: Tweaks to Gaelic football rules could make the game much better – here are my suggestions

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Six Nations -- Ireland U20s suffer heavy defeat as France run riot in Six Nations opener

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Hurling -- Two red cards after 30-man melee, as Cork maintain perfect Division 1A start in seven‑point win over Tipperary

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Soccer -- Celtic late show leads to extra-time win over Dundee after Scottish Cup scare

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Premier League -- Late Dango Ouattara strike gives Keith Andrews' Brentford victory at Newcastle in five-goal thriller

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Six Nations -- Rúaidhrí O'Connor: Paris woe confirmed Ireland's worst fears – so the time has now come to innovate

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Hurling -- Wexford continue strong start to Division 1B campaign with 10-point win over Carlow

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Camogie -- Camogie round-up – Mary Moran Cup Senior B semi-finals

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Six Nations -- England thrash Wales in Six Nations opener as Henry Arundell runs riot

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Golf -- Patrick Reed two clear in Doha as Gary Hurley eyes top ten finish in Cape Town

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Ladies Football -- Waterford's winning run continues with five-point win over Dublin in Lidl Ladies NFL Division 1 clash

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Premier League -- Everton stage late comeback to stun Fulham at Craven Cottage

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Premier League -- Cole Palmer hat-trick helps Chelsea cruise to victory at Wolves

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