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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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IFA says it is 'reasonable to expect' more cases of bluetongue disease to be identified in coming weeks

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Scotland suffer Six Nations loss in Italy as pressure mounts on Gregor Townsend

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Man (27) stole van at Sligo bus station before crashing it into a field on the outskirts of town

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Coláiste Mhuire see off Marist College in all-Westmeath Leinster Schools Senior Football final

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Live - | Premier League scores, results and table - 17:00

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Life -- RTÉ's Jackie Fox: 'I was working on Morning Ireland and thinking, now's the time to send out a signal in the newsroom that I'm serious about this'

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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 -- 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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Six Nations -- Tony Ward: What we witnessed on Thursday truly was Puke Rugby, Irish-style

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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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Health -- Eilish O'Regan: How worried should parents be after yet another recall of baby formula?

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

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Health -- Luke O'Neill: Ultra-processed food is designed to get you hooked, so switch to this stroke-stopping alternative

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League of Ireland -- LOI takeaways: Josh Thomas invites Johnny Kenny comparisons, Drogs drama and Shelbourne's record signing impresses

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Irish News -- 'We escaped kidnapping' – mother of family being deported next week pleads with Justice Department

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North America -- Trump declines to apologise over racist Obama video

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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 -- 'If I could, I'd drop cards tomorrow, but everyone is paying with them' – business owners bemoan the backlash against cash

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Recipes -- Warm up for Pancake Day with Donal Skehan's sweet and savoury brunches

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Food & Drink -- The Michelin circus rolls into Dublin next week – from pre-ceremony pub crawls to new stars, here's what to expect...

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Entertainment -- 'I've made so many stupid mistakes in my life, but I'm doing all right' – Ryan Tubridy on how he has bounced back after RTÉ payments scandal

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Irish News -- Build first, ask later: How thousands have built extensions, garages, apartments, houses, log cabins and granny flats without planning permission

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Entertainment -- Lisa McGee: 'I felt a huge amount of pressure writing the final episode of Derry Girls. I don't think I'll ever feel pressure like that again'

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News -- 'It feels like I am being stabbed' – Galway mum on life with adenomyosis

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Politics -- Taoiseach must show Ireland does not 'bow down to bullies' on White House visit, says Social Democrats leader

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GAA -- Colm Keys: Great divide between GAA and soccer is narrowing as more successful cross-coders emerge

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News -- Ireland's first Indian rector praises Dundalk support following husband's sudden death

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Videos -- Eyewitnesses to fatal Dublin city centre bus crash recount horrific scene as it unfolded

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Videos -- 'You're in our country' DUP's Gregory Campbell tells Catherine Connolly

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Videos -- Where you live can impact how soon a cancer patient gets treatment, new data reveals

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Irish News -- 'We don't just see schoolgirls, we see future leaders and innovators' – 4,000 young girls attend Stem festival I-Wish

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Irish News -- I put up a hell of a fight to beat cancer - now I'm back living in a cold, damp apartment

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Irish News -- 'I will be first in the queue' – Gerry Hutch gives seal of approval to Rex Ryan's one-man show on gangster

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

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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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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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Middle East -- Nuclear talks with US off to 'good start', says Iran's foreign minister, who warns against 'threats and pressure'

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Middle East -- 'Life in Gaza is still beautiful, even though it's destroyed' – Mother and children allowed return to family after three years in Egypt

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

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

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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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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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Premier League -- Michael Carrick pleased with 'buy-in and connection' after Manchester United's latest victory

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Premier League -- Double delight for Viktor Gyokeres as Arsenal take step towards title

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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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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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Music News -- How a joke led to Domhnall Gleeson, Cillian Murphy and Graham Norton starring in Taylor Swift's new music video

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Theatre & Arts -- Eureka Day flips from laughs to loggerheads with cheeky skill as parents go to war over child vaccinations

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Book Reviews -- How Mario and Pokémon turned Nintendo into a global gaming giant

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Books -- Booker Prize winner George Saunders: 'Who wants to read a climate change novel?'

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

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Tanya Sweeney: 14-year-old Harper is now the Beckhams' frontline PR strategy – but at what cost?

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Just Between Us: From bullets to bondage - A beginner's guide to sex toys with Shawna Scott

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Movies -- 'We couldn't hear the bombs going off, but we could feel them' – the deaf 'Romeo and Juliet' who fell in love during The Troubles

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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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Climate Changemakers: The role nature can play in turning the tide on devastation from flooding

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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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'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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Travel News -- Who is Wendy Wu – and what is the 'Marks & Spencer of travel' she's bringing to Ireland?

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Irish News -- Indy the Irish rescue dog, who was dumped in a shopping bag as a pup, set to compete at Crufts for a fourth time aged 10

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Health -- Wood-burning fires may triple children's exposure to pollution in homes, study finds

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Politics -- Maeve McTaggart: After all the talk of left alliances, it's decision time for Soc Dems and their popular leader

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Irish News -- 'Everybody in the village is over the moon' – rise of ex-GAA player Charlie Smyth in NFL hailed by his former coach

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Courts -- Women accused of fighting in Dublin shopping centre

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Courts -- Farmer (58) who sexually assaulted teenage girl on plane is a 'fairy whisperer' and 'Celtic healer'

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Courts -- Leaving Cert student found with 'enormous amount' of cannabis on him was asked to carry it to clear a debt

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Irish News -- Flood risk remains high next week as more rain forecast in drenched south-east and Dublin

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Irish News -- As EVs overtake petrol and diesel cars, what are the savings of going electric?

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Irish News -- 'A worthy champion for all photographers' – Irish Independent's Mark Condren wins record seventh Press Photographer of the Year award

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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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Eithne Shortall: How The Traitors caused a massive book sale boost for one mystery author

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Holly Baxter: Why it looks like Donald Trump is panicking about his legacy after the Epstein files

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

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The Irish Independent's View: Sordid Jeffrey Epstein saga must have a positive outcome – justice for the victims

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Fionnán Sheahan: How 'Prince of Darkness' Peter Mandelson has put British politics' kingmaker from Cork in peril

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Akhtar Makoii: How Iran plans to go to war against the powerful US military – and win

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Donal Fallon: Irish nightclubs are an endangered species, but they can still be saved from extinction

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Martina Devlin: Questions must be asked on moral judgment of those who kept in contact with Jeffrey Epstein after his 2008 conviction

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Letters: We're swimming against tide on climate change and need to take action

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Letters: Shame on all those hiding truth about Jeffrey Epstein and his political affiliations

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Sophie White: I woke to find a random man peering in my bedroom door. I showed him around the house anyway – you never know who's a full cash buyer looking for a quick sale

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Ishaan Tharoor: Why using strong-arm tactics to prey on smaller nations will only weaken US in the long run

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The Irish Independent's View: Snub by X to Oireachtas Media Committee invitation is an insult to all of us

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Technology -- Adrian Weckler: Europe's ruling on TikTok is a far more powerful way to protect kids than any social media ban

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Technology -- TikTok is 'addictive' to kids and faces big fine — European Commission

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Business -- Irish shares hit amid declines in Europe and US stock markets

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Money -- Are people spending less on food when they take weight-loss drugs?

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World Business -- Winklevoss twins' crypto exchange Gemini is pulling out of Europe

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Business -- US retailer Hims & Hers shakes up market by offering weight-loss pill for just $49 a pack

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Money -- Home economics: 'The executor of my father's will isn't performing their duties – how do we proceed?'

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Money -- Revealed: How much households face being hit with from new bin collection price hike

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Business -- Ticketing firm Eventmaster buys fundraising platform iDonate

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Money -- Record number of personal loans taken out in first nine months of last year, says BPFI

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Business -- EU set to relax emissions rules under pressure from industry

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Business -- As Kenny Jacobs steps down with €1m, the DAA will find CEO job a tough sell

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Business -- McEvaddy firm raises objection over daa 'Eastlands Cargo Village'

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World Business -- Alphabet ramps up data centres and infrastructure spend in Big Tech battle for AI supremacy

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Irish Business -- Tifco hotel group's €22m profits boosted by refugee contracts

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Hurling -- Powerful first half showing from Kerry paves the way for big win against London in NHL Division 2

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Premier League -- Michael Carrick's Manchester United make it four wins in a row after Tottenham skipper sees red yet again

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Horse Racing -- Haiti Couleurs sends out Cheltenham Gold Cup statement with a big performance at Newbury

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Other Sports -- 'It's been a really long journey' – Cormac Comerford makes winter Olympics debut as Italian hearts are broken in Milano Cortina

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Premier League -- 'How can you say no?' – Hugo Ekitike reveals why he chose to join Liverpool ahead of Premier League rivals

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Six Nations -- Cian Tracey's Breakdown: How Ireland's 'lack of intent' led to fatal opening quarter in Paris

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Premier League -- How the English version of Roy Keane is driving Michael Carrick's Manchester United revival

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Soccer -- Why is every EFL game kicking off one minute later than normal this weekend?

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Premier League -- 'I love this job. I am serious' – Liam Rosenior responds to viral media clip from Chelsea's defeat at Arsenal

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Six Nations -- Bundee Aki will face no IRFU punishment on top of ban and will be free to return for Ireland

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Premier League -- 'Nothing has changed' – Michael Carrick says Manchester United need to be cautious before taking next step

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Six Nations -- Henry Pollock – 'I'm happy to be hated if it helps rugby,' says controversial young England star

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Soccer -- Brian Barry-Murphy on sharing coaching notes with Ronan O'Gara, the influence of the GAA, and managing Cardiff City's revival

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