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Irish News - BREAKING - | Teenage girl killed in Meath hit-and-run, man (20s) arrested

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'A lot of players his age just see the big move' - Stephen Bradley hails maturity of new Hoop Brennan after dream debut

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Wexford councillors 'less than enamoured' with locals TDs how have yet to visit flood-hit Bridgetown

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Ireland player ratings: Jamison Gibson-Park and Stuart McCloskey shine as England put to sword

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Woman (80s) killed in single-vehicle collision in Co Galway

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Irish News -- Ex‑wife of ICE detainee Séamus Culleton claimed he physically abused her, court papers show

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Europe -- 'My dad's words make my eyes water and my heart sink, but I hope I've hidden it well': a Ukrainian refugee's return to her city scarred by war

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Irish News -- Scramble to strengthen Irish security as threats grow ahead of EU presidency

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Irish News -- Property prices predicted to cool after some homes rise by almost €100,000 in a year

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Beauty -- Trinny Woodall: 'My ex-husband's death was the traumatic thing that made me think, "I will live now and in the future, but I will not live in the past"'

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Six Nations -- Bernard Jackman: A record win at Twickenham and suddenly the whole narrative around Irish rugby has changed

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Irish News -- 'I'm nothing if not resilient' – author Cathy Kelly on overcoming sexual assault, bulimia, divorce and cancer

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Money -- 'A lot of content creators stick their head in the sand about tax issues but it's really not that scary'

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Sex & Relationships -- Dear Mary: My childhood friend's new house is decorated to look like my parents' home. Should I be flattered or weirded out?

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Politics -- Dublin Central needs fewer 'confrontational hard men' trying to represent it, says Green candidate Janet Horner

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Celebrity Features -- 'I'd rather buy a kitchen than a wedding dress' – Dancing With The Stars judge Karen Byrne on her upcoming big day and how the show changed her life

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Europe -- 'I had to keep standing — if I collapsed, I knew my children would too': Gisele Pelicot on surviving her sex abuse ordeal

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Tennis -- Turmoil at Dunboyne Tennis Club after expulsion of coaches and intervention by Gardaí

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Opinion -- Brenda Power: What would Queen Elizabeth think of her favourite son's arrest? I doubt she'd be shocked

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Irish News -- 'The big difference is understanding myself': why are so many women being diagnosed with ADHD later in life?

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Irish News -- Ireland 'crippled by nobody working in the civil service, people not showing up for work' – billionaire Denis O'Brien

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Irish News -- 'He thought Ireland was heaven' – Trina McKillen pays tribute to 'Like a Virgin' songwriter husband Billy Steinberg

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Golf -- Paul Kimmage: No professional golfer has ever walked, talked, or thought like Pádraig Harrington

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Interiors -- 'He had such an infectious energy. I always expected Hugh to just be there forever.' Home of the Year judge Amanda Bone

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News -- Galway Montessori facing possible closure as adjacent school's expansion plans to reduce space available

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Interiors -- My favourite room: 'I was 45 years in the last house. I decided to look for a smaller place. I first came to see this one for the craic' – Simona Doyle's Dublin mews

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Irish News Video -- Orla Priestley on why so many Dublin playgrounds are being set ablaze

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Life -- Katy McGuinness: I was afraid starting to take Mounjaro would ruin my love of food

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Life -- 'People think blogging is easy, I'm working longer hours than when I was a teacher'

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Videos -- Almost a third of ambulances missing life-or-death response targets, with some patients left waiting over two hours

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Videos -- League of Ireland Premier Division Review - MD3

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Irish News - From 'Young Sherlock' to his own sauce range, actor Simon Delaney has a finger in many pies

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Music News - BREAKING - | Foo Fighters announce surprise last-minute gig at Dublin venue for tomorrow night

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Your Questions Answered: 'I can't charge my boss for taxi fare expenses because my driver won't give me any receipts'

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My Money: 'I grew up with seven siblings in a single-income household – that shaped my money mindset'

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Met Éireann forecasts hail and thunderstorms today as temperatures to turn cooler this week

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The Morocco that's not beach or city – a five-day trek to the highest point of north Africa, complete with 'Berber whiskey'

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Today's top TV and streaming picks: Cleaning Up Ireland, My Girl and Swiped: The School that Banned Smartphones

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Interior designer Suzie McAdam: 'We were filming and I was having a major wobble. Hugh took me aside and gave me a hug'

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Tanya Sweeney: 'We're living in the Peak A**hole Era and there's nothing anyone can do about it'

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Comedian Kevin McGahern: 'People think if you're on telly that you're making millions. No you're not. You've got to diversify'

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Donal Skehan's 'hungry gap' dishes – celeriac salad, roast chicken with wild garlic and a winter panna cotta

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Meet the home cooks going viral: 'I'm just a teacher, I live in a house in the country and I don't have any fancy notions'

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Operation renovation: 'We tried to level the floor in our bedroom ourselves using an electric whisk from the kitchen'

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Britain -- Andrew's right-hand man asked Epstein to arrange trip to North Korea

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Europe -- Ukrainian refugee's emotional return to home city after four years in Ireland

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Europe -- Irish firms 'risk indirect support for Russia's war' as non-sanctioned exports soar, warns Ukrainian embassy

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North America -- Blood-stained gloves reportedly found near Nancy Guthrie's home as search enters third week

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Middle East -- Israelis hit Lebanon, leaving 10 dead after air attacks

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Asia-Pacific -- Race to contain outbreak of feline virus in Thailand after 72 tigers die

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Shane Ross: If you were looking for better returns on your savings, would you really invest in Simon Harris?

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Eilis O'Hanlon: Bono's cliched protest songs are the lyrical equivalent of Tony Blair's Third Way

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Brendan O'Connor: As I listened to what happened to the Kerry Camhs children, I admit I broke a little

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Fionnán Sheahan: In liberal Ireland, you can now expect to be Catholic-shamed for having ashes on your forehead

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Louise McLoughlin: Dublin fertility expo is missing a crucial voice: donor-conceived people like me

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Family -- 'He had a late-onset autism, when he was about four or five. He met most of his markers when he was a baby': Eamon Ryan on his son, Tommy

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Life -- Laura Woods: 'I have financial responsibilities like everyone else. Suddenly you're working full-time and then you're told that your services are no longer required'

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Life -- Copper Face Jacks turns 30: 'I met him, had a dance and a shift. I went back the next night, saw him, and thought, 'he's in Coppers two nights in a row – it's meant to be!'

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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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Six Nations -- Rúaidhrí O'Connor: Ireland reborn as Andy Farrell's main men reduce Steve Borthwick's England project to rubble

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News -- 'We are not going away until this is resolved' – IFA stands firm at packed Mayo meeting

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Farm Property -- Leasing market off to a flying start with prices up to €540/ac for land

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Comment -- The climate policy that will hit farmers and consumers in the pocket

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Irish News -- 'It has taken a sense of home from us' – the solar farm, a community divided and plans for protest

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Forestry & Enviro -- Emissions fall but due to falling herd numbers as nitrogen usage rises

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Dublin News -- Man accused of assaulting sister in argument over their mother's will has charge dropped after footage shown in court

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Dublin News -- Rider caught on powerful uninsured e-scooter fined €800

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Irish News -- Protesters gather outside FAI headquarters to call for boycott over Nations League games against Israel

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News -- 'It's up to us to stand up and make ourselves heard before we get left behind' – Mayo student travels to Leinster House on a mission

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North & West Kerry -- Popular Kerry country singer to hold special dance to help fundraiser for Hospice Foundation

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Dundalk & North -- Louth woman's inspiring journey through illness and resilience

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Music -- Wexford songwriter Jaxson breaks into Asian market co-writing new single for J-Pop megastar

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News -- Wexford schools battle it out on National Opera House stage for finals of Scór na bPáistí

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South Kerry -- Palestinian refugee in Kerry says 'sorry is nothing without action' and that ceasefire in Gaza is non-existent

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North & West Kerry -- Listowel Writers' Week teases exciting first glimpse of festival line-up

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News -- Cork's 'quiet' culinary revolution saving excess food from the bin & turning it into haute cuisine

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News -- Proposed 'dog poo' DNA database to tackle fouling

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Enniscorthy -- Elderly residents 'terribly upset' by Wexford County Council letters aimed at cleaning up register of electors

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Indo Sport podcast: Post-match reaction – Ireland storm to record victory in Twickenham

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Indo Sport podcast: Bits & Bobs | GAA brand building, nasty Aviva reaction and Tiger's next chapter

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The Indo Daily: Nancy Guthrie abduction: Ransom notes, key evidence and armchair detectives

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Indo Sport podcast: The Rugby Show | Crowley's Twickenham opportunity | Ireland's scrum problem

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Movie News -- He was told 'We're waiting for an ambulance to take you to Beaumont for brain surgery.' I said, 'What are my chances?' He goes, 'They're not great.'"

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Music -- U2, their creative coma and the new songs on 'Days of Ash' that are fizzing with fury

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Music News -- 'I asked Paul to sing Jealous Guy. He said: "Absolutely not"' – behind the scenes of new McCartney documentary

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Irish News -- A century of television – Ireland's society-defining TV moments, from launch of RTÉ to funding fiasco

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Beauty -- Triona McCarthy: Losing weight with a jab? Avoid 'Ozempic face' and thinning hair with these beauty helpers

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Service -- Asking for a friend: I found out the guy I've been seeing has been publicly shamed for cheating online. I feel so humiliated. How do I move on?

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Celebrity News -- Grey's Anatomy actor Eric Dane dies aged 53 after ALS battle

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Health & Wellbeing -- Notions and necessities: From wine tasting and women composer events to fashion, home scents and great reads, it's all here

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Motor News -- Auto advice: How often are people changing their car?

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Reviews -- Motoring review: This fast, sensible electric car has motorsport DNA and main character energy – but is it worth the price?

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Visiting our adult children in Australia: 'We joke about setting up a Daughters Down Under support group'

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'I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel conflicted' - Irish parents on the true costs and savings of taking kids out of school for holidays

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Europe -- 'Everyone says hello, just like in Donegal' – I quit my career in finance to run cycling holidays in Spain

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Travel News -- Pól Ó Conghaile: What Center Parcs plans next for Longford Forest – from a 'Forest Glider' to six-bed lodges

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Ireland -- 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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Irish News -- 'If Dublin burps we seem to have to rush off and rub its belly': fears over Shannon pipeline's impact on salmon stocks

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Irish News -- Irish embassy staff in New Delhi suffering due to pollution, warns ambassador

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Irish News -- 'I was left with €50' — victims tell of rogue solicitor Thomas Byrne's €52m swindle

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Irish News -- Larry Murphy buried vehicles on land now being searched in missing-women investigation, new witness statement claims

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Irish News -- Children's Health Ireland executives urged to address 'eye-watering' spend on travel to US

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Irish News -- New jingles on the way for RTÉ Radio 1

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Education -- Urgent call for action as overcrowded Wexford school left off latest building list

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Irish News -- Seven siblings, seven apologies, but only three payouts – 'a family failed horrendously by the State' in Camhs crisis

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Irish News -- Man 'spear tackled' by garda takes legal action against An Garda Síochána

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Irish News -- Simon Harris's new state savings scheme set to be introduced next year

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Education -- 'I wasn't allowed a phone until I was 14... here's why I think that was a bad idea'

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Sarah Breen: Defending the human circus that was 'America's Next Top Model' is a terrible look for Tyra Banks

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The Sunday Independent's view: Ministers' SNA excuses reflect a wider weakness

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Conor Skehan: Nightclub protest shows how Irish cities are dancing around the real issues

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Sam McBride: Former prince Andrew has done what no republican could manage to do to the British monarchy

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Luke O'Neill: Penis jabs and broccoli shots... inside the weirdest trends at the Winter Olympics

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Eoin O'Malley: Who could have predicted the Limerick mayoral power struggle? Me, for one

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Sarah Carey: People with mental illness need a safe place, they can't live on streets or in jail

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Edaein O'Connell: We Irish like to moan, especially about the rain, but let's talk the place up for returning expats

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John Downing: How Brussels used Vatican tactics to break 20-month political deadlock

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John Burns: More uncertainty for Ireland as Donald Trump vows to impose even higher tariffs, despite ruling by US Supreme Court

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Explainer: From €100,000 plates and 'more taxis than New York City' to turning down Uber – how did the Irish taxi industry get here?

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Letters: Epstein files revelations mean institutions must reform to save themselves

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When is Donald Trump most likely to launch a strike on targets in Iran?

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Tess Finch Lees: From the Winter Olympics to Nasa, wearing masks is back – except when it comes to our hospitals

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Katriona O'Sullivan: SNAs are the unsung heroes of our schools – but some feel devalued in the classroom

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Technology -- Adrian Weckler: Everyone's talking about tech sovereignty, so how does that affect Ireland?

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In The Workplace -- Gina London: Expertise doesn't always mean influence, so how do you develop executive presence?

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Money -- 'We now have money at the end of the month' – meet the Irish people who moved to Dubai to build a nest egg

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Money -- If I apply for a sabbatical will I still be able to take voluntary redundancy?

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Irish Business -- One trader's recipe for success: "Buy uranium, and sell America"

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Technology -- Ask Adrian: Can we buy a phone without social media for our son?

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Money -- Home economics: 'My brother inherited our father's house for his sole use but the rest of us have Right of Residence – are we liable for tax?'

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Personal Finance -- The novel alternative for those not quite ready to leave their own home

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World Business -- Eurozone bond yields fall amid uncertainty over Christine Lagarde's future

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Technology -- The smartphone split: how your age can tell us which phone you probably own

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Business -- Profits up at Desmond-owned Five Guys restaurants

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Money -- Laya the latest health insurer to increase its medical premiums

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Technology -- Adrian Weckler: Apple, Microsoft and OpenAI show that mega-billions tech boom in Ireland is far from over

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Business -- Kingspan shares soar 8pc on bullish outlook for years ahead

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Sport -- Conor McKeon: The Gaelic football appreciation society is open again, and Kieran McGeeney is inside waiting to greet the converts

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Gaelic Football -- Dermot Crowe: Two-pointers mean Gaelic football's lesser lights are getting a chance to shine

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Premier League -- Manchester City cut Arsenal's Premier League lead to two points after Newcastle victory

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Six Nations -- 'We proved a lot of people wrong' – Stuart McCloskey delighted as Ireland rediscover their mojo in Twickenham

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Gaelic Football -- Roscommon complete dramatic turnaround against Galway to make it three in a row

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Gaelic Football -- Kerry made to sweat late on as they score first league win over Dublin in Croke Park since 2017

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Gaelic Football -- Joe Brolly: Kieran McGeeney is annoyed because the new rules mean there is zero possibility of Armagh winning an All-Ireland

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Hurling -- Clare made to fight for fourth Division 1B win of season against battling Kildare

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Hurling -- Aidan O'Connor bags 0-11 as relentless Limerick humble 14-man Tipperary

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Gaelic Football -- Derry claim 23-point win over Mickey Harte's Offaly in Division 2 rout

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Premier League -- West Ham miss opportunity to give Premier League survival hopes boost after Bournemouth draw

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Gaelic Football -- Carlow continue perfect start to Division 4 campaign with resounding win over Waterford

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