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Russell Brand to face seven rape and sexual assault charges as judge sets trial date

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From nerd to cold killer: colleague of murderer Stephen McCullagh reveals chilling transformation of monster he thought he knew

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Middle East - LIVE - | Donald Trump says he wants Iran's oil and threatens to take Kharg Island 'easily'; UN peacekeeper killed in Lebanon

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Health Features -- Endometriosis: 'It wasn't until I became a mother that I realised my period pain was the same level as labour pain'

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Gaelic Football -- Conor McKeon: The plot thickens as Donegal enter league of their own with Kerry rout

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In The Workplace -- Dear Vicki: How can I stop the 'blah blah' at the start of all our Monday morning meetings?

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Irish News -- Could 'compact green city' solve housing crisis? Irish architectural firm launches designs for cost-saving homes

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Life -- Podcaster Terence Power: 'I got this shooting pain at the side of my face, into my jaw and teeth. It was excruciating immediately'

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Food & Drink -- The supermarket Easter egg taste test: 'If you're out to impress, this is an excellent choice at a fair price'

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Health -- 'I had blood in my stool. I had pains, but I just ploughed on' – bowel cancer patient on being too embarrassed to get checked

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Irish News -- Some PTSB customers in line for redress after bank messed up mortgage payments

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Crime -- Former soccer pro known as 'the tourist' was 'conduit' for crime gangs involved in importing €40m cocaine onto Kerry coast

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Opinion -- 'JD or Marco?': Iran war raises 2028 stakes for US Republicans

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Business -- Threshold for higher rate of income tax should be higher, Deloitte says

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North America -- US lottery winner is arrested for third time since $167m jackpot win last year

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International Soccer -- The Monday Soccer Jury: Where Ireland go from here, players for the future and life after Séamus Coleman

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Wexford & District -- Meet the Wexford man driving snowcats around the world – 'I worked from 4pm until 11pm and then had the whole day to ski'

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Politics -- Fianna Fáil picks 25-year-old councillor Cillian Keane to contest Galway West by-election for Catherine Connolly's old seat

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Irish News Video -- Architects reveal revolutionary design to solve Ireland's housing crisis - and they're cheaper to build

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World News Video -- Trump claims 'we've had regime change' in Iran

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Irish News -- Consumers bracing for a major hit to their finances due to Middle East war

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Irish News -- Listening service for the elderly sees 27pc rise in calls

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Irish News Video -- Names and addresses of 300 'dodgy box' users to be sent to Sky to help tackle illegal streaming

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TV News -- 'Sometimes things sound very funny in a Cork accent' – 'The Young Offenders' stars on growing up on the show, love lives and what to expect from new season

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Celebrity News -- 'He was my friend, I feel I can do it justice for him' – Brendan Courtney on completing filming for 'Great House Revival' following death of Hugh Wallace

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TV Reviews -- 'Babies' review: BBC drama about a couple trying to have a baby is a sad slow-burner

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'This has financially ruined us' – couple claim they have to demolish €141,000 home extension following dispute with builder

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Dear Mary: I have become a carer for my wife who is ill and we are no longer intimate. Is it ever alright to pay for sex?

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'I was sure there was someone in that grave': Fresh dig at land linked to Larry Murphy

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Pat Spillane: The time when Michael Lyster saved my bacon – my career as a Sunday Game analyst could have been over

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My favourite room: 'We had no grand ambition to be a globally traded brand' – inside Voya skincare founders Mark and Kira Walton's seaside home

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North America -- Record number of 'No Kings' protests spread across all 50 states in opposition to Donald Trump

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Middle East -- Israeli police block Catholics from holy site 'for first time in centuries'

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North America -- Tehran says US preparing for a land assault while claiming to seek peace

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World News -- Australian police believe fugitive Dezi Freeman shot dead after months on the run

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Fionnán Sheahan: Remind me what Big Jim O'Callaghan has done to justify becoming FF leader?

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Jenny Maguire: Watching 'Saturday Night Live UK' makes me jealous that Irish comedians are not given a similar platform to shine on

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Con Coughlin: Americans are in proxy war against Russia, whether they like it or not

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Tanya Sweeney: My €200 16-week blowdry was transformational – then I was seduced by the prospect of self-improvement

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Letters: Putting US soldiers on the ground in Iran will only turn public against Donald Trump

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James C Reynolds: 'US has no military way out of conflict and Iran has better cards to play'

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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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International Soccer -- Tony Ward: With respect to the others, no sport gets the nation's blood pumping like soccer

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Gaelic Football -- Colm Keys: This deep Kerry wound could leave quite a scar for summer

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Rugby -- Rúaidhrí O'Connor: Leinster have a favourable route but path to European glory looks treacherous

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Courts -- Wind farm operator to appeal €300,000 damages in far-reaching ruling on noise nuisance

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Farm Property -- €21,000/ac paid for 80ac west Offaly holding with farmhouse

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News -- Bail revoked for dairy farmer who moved cattle between Mayo and Roscommon amid multiple animal cruelty allegations

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Tillage -- Why your straw may be worth more than you think

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Irish News -- 'I cried the whole way home after leaving him in the nursing home' – actor Una Crawford O'Brien on the toll of her husband's dementia

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Politics -- 'It's an act of vandalism by the State' – why is it taking 15 years for new family court to be built on vacant land?

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'I just can't get the thought out of my head' – Meath mum shaken after speeding car incident in Athboy

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South Kerry -- The Kerry festival with unstoppable momentum – 'We're growing every year'

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News -- Residents 'living in limbo' in 20‑year‑old Louth 'unfinished estate' riddled with potholes

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News -- Lack of progress on Clare 'road to nowhere' delays hundreds of new homes

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News -- Wait times for Clare families anticipating concrete block appeal decision 'unacceptable'

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News -- Fears for future of Cork harbour pontoon closed over defects amid repair estimate of €30k

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News -- How much money did the HSE generate from Galway city hospitals' parking charges in 2025

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Courts -- Wexford man made ill-judged overtaking manoeuvre which left 85-year-old woman with 11 fractured ribs

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Indo Sport podcast: Bits & Bobs | Ireland fallout | Schools rugby fandom | Interviewing Guardiola

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The Left Wing: Schools rugby special with Bernard Jackman | Cup final drama & player pathways

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Movies -- Tomb Raider halts production after Sophie Turner injured

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Television -- What to watch on TV and streaming today: Dallas Buyers Club, Babies and Rory McIlroy – The Masters Wait

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TV News -- New 'Harry Potter' trailer is most-watched in HBO history

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Celebrity News -- 'Deranged conspiracy?' Tom Bower says Prince Harry and Meghan 'only want the version told which is their version'

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My afternoon as Mr Darcy at Wicklow's Victorian tea room loved by 'Downtown Abbey' and 'Bridgerton' fans

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Knock flying high at 40: 'It's the best airport in the world. It's a different kind of vibe'

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'It's not like secondary school' – how I took my French to the next level with a language holiday

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Courts -- Football coach is jailed for uninsured driving

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Irish News -- Title of Ireland's tallest habitable building set for return to Cork

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Irish News -- Music industry titan Paul Charles on writing 26 books – and why he skipped the rock'n'roll parties and refuses to own a mobile phone

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Irish News -- John Scally: Twenty years since death of John McGahern, he remains a true giant of Irish literature

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Irish News -- Five people hospitalised following serious crash in Co Westmeath

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Irish News -- 'If action is not taken, this will escalate' – MEP on potential M50 blockade by hauliers and contractors due to rising fuel costs

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Crime -- How Natalie McNally killer posed as journalist and called politician in bid to obtain information on murder probe

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Irish News -- 'You'll always be the boss' – Roy Keane shares tribute to late mother Marie

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Politics -- Homeowners set to get €14,000 tax-free to rent modular units in back gardens

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Irish News -- 'Young people here are starting to believe that they can achieve anything' – the Troy Parrott effect on Dublin's north inner city

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Brenda Power: Getting rid of the elusive dodgy-box man will be easier said than done

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'It's a huge amount of money': Modern fertility medicine is a miracle – but it's also a booming business

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Eoin O'Malley: Michael McDowell is right – we badly need to cap the number of TDs in Dáil Éireann

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The Sunday Independent's View: Are modular homes the answer to our housing crisis?

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Keire Murphy: Why understanding the roots of drug addiction can help build a better society

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Sam McBride: AI is threatening to rob us of our most human instinct — the ability to think for ourselves

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Brendan O'Connor: 'Relax, it's fine, trust me, they're begging to do a deal'

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Dermot Bolger: There's no cure for the heartache of being an Irish soccer fan

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Declan Lynch: There's nothing wrong with delirious ­enthusiasm, but it hardly ever works if you want an Irish football team to win

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Eilis O'Hanlon: As it rolls out Operation Panic Stations, Government fails to see that living in someone else's garden is a recipe for trouble

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Máiría Cahill: Plenty of virtue signalling from politicians about evil social media, but not enough action

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Letters: Connection between readers is real freedom press provides

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Sarah Breen: Attempting Cindy Crawford's supermodel morning routine just pushed me back to bed

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Conor Skehan: We don't ban cars even though they pose risks – social media should be treated in the same way

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Luke O'Neill: What I think about Ryan Gosling's new movie on space science

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Irish Business -- Hardware suppliers consider credit squeeze as prices set to rise sharply amid Iran war

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Irish Business -- Spotlight on Skills programme helps leaders to bridge the gap

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Money -- The mid‑career pay plateau: Why earnings drop after 50 and what you can do about it

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Irish Business -- Foxrock couple's legal challenge to housing development is 'trivial', planning authority says

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In The Workplace -- Gina London: Tomorrow's work environment needs to be better designed, but don't panic

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Irish Business -- Richard Curran: Ireland continues to lead with the jaw, as Trump's crazy war raises the economic stakes

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Money -- Your Questions Answered: 'I'm in dire straits after investing almost all my retirement fund in a flat'

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Rugby -- My Money: 'My No 1 financial regret? Not buying a house in France when I was coaching Grenoble'

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Irish Business -- Waterford Whiskey's insolvency sale: 'I hope I will be able to show that it wasn't all for nothing'

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Irish Business -- SuperValu owner Musgrave has pumped over €20m into high-end grocer Donnybrook Fair since buying chain eight years ago

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Media -- Any Other Business: Pint drinkers celebrate as AI steps up to the bar and builds the 'Guinndex'

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Middle East -- Global recession risk will escalate unless the Gulf conflict is resolved quickly, warn Irish economists

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Money -- Home economics: 'If one of the two tenants renting my house since before March 1 leaves and is replaced by another, is the new tenant treated under the new or old rental rules?'

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Technology -- Ask Adrian: I listen to BBC Radio 5 Live but can't always get it and VPNs are no good. Is there a workaround?

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Soccer -- Chiedozie Ogbene: I feel that love like no other place, no other club has given me the love I get from the Irish fans

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U-20 Hurling -- Victory over Carlow lifts Meath U-20s into Tier 1 of Leinster

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International Soccer -- Conor McKeon: Troy Parrott – the boy who made us all feel again with an unimpeachable triumvirate of gifts

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Boxing -- 'Himself and Katie Taylor started to turn the tide' – Billy Walsh hails Michael Conlan as 'key' to Irish boxing's renaissance

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Gaelic Football -- Kerry defeat to Donegal 'not the end of the world' as Jack O'Connor tries to embrace 'reality check'

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U-20 Hurling -- Kildare U-20s overpower Westmeath to seal place in tier 1 of Leinster hurling championship

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Ladies Football -- All-Ireland champions Dublin relegated along with Kildare as Galway and Cork meet in league final

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Gaelic Football -- Donegal make statement with league final triumph over Kerry in one-sided final

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Horse Racing -- Born Braver digs deep to land Ulster National for Gavin Cromwell and Keith Donoghue

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Basketball -- Killester to face Ballincollig in men's league final as Trinity Meteors to take on Glanmire in women's decider

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Horse Racing -- Gstaad to lead Aidan O'Brien's charge on English 2,000 Guineas with Albert Einstein to go sprinting

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Golf -- WATCH: Shane Lowry enjoys hole-in-one boost in Houston Open

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Gaelic Football -- 'It's not our stop-off point' – Robbie Brennan dreaming bigger for Meath after league triumph over Cork

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Premier League -- Tottenham and Igor Tudor 'mutually agree' to part company after just seven games

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Gaelic Football -- National Football League, Division 1 final – as it happened: Donegal storm to victory against Kerry

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