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Exclusive - | Scott Robertson to depart All Blacks head coach role as player power forces NZRU hand - 21:38

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Courts -- Sky must tell customers about alternative price plans before renewal, court rules

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Court lifts ban to allow Tegan McGhee (32) be named as killer of stepson Mason O'Connell-Conway (4)

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Mark English smashes own Irish indoor 600m record at Abbotstown

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Seán O'Connor: A year on from Carla Ward's arrival, her reign will be defined by whether or not she can get Ireland to the World Cup

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Mohamed Salah's foul on Sadio Mane sparks touchline fracas in heated Afcon semi-final

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'He will always be remembered,' family of Oisín Reddin (12) say as they publish death notice

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Courts - BREAKING - | 'This is a trap' - Enoch Burke hits out at judge decision to release him from prison as he confirms he will be outside school tomorrow

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Life -- Meet the Rocky Mountains' Irish police chief: 'I would take holidays from my job in Ireland, fly over, do my firearms test and that night I was out driving a police car'

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Irish News -- Man (20s) arrested in jail on suspicion of murder over fatal Edenderry arson attack

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Education -- Feeder Schools 2025: Find out which schools send the most students to college

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League of Ireland -- Shelbourne become first League of Ireland club to pay six-figure fee with signing of Cliftonville's Odhrán Casey

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Irish News -- Former Coronation Street star Beverly Callard set to shake up Fair City

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Irish News -- Ten serving ministers yet to pay back money overpaid by State in pension error

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Parenting -- Duvet days: Is it ever ok to give your child the day off school if they aren't sick?

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Money -- Ask a money coach: 'My best friend is about to marry for money. I don't think she's in love. Should I intervene?'

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Irish News -- Tenant who claimed landlord wanted to 'get rid of her' so she could raise rent loses RTB case

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Middle East -- LIVE

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Comment -- Deirdre Reynolds: Dress code at glittering awards seems to be turning into an 'undress' code for women

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Golf -- Conor McKeon: Why Brooks Koepka's PGA Tour return could signal beginning of the end for LIV Golf

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Crime -- breaking

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Gaelic Football -- Mary McAleese told by GAA management that 2027 integration deadline is 'unrealistic', a view she rejects

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Rugby -- Limerick rugby legend Keith Earls on success of his new café – 'it's been crazy since we opened'

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Politics -- live

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Horse Racing -- Michael Verney: Why JP McManus has opted for English rider Harry Cobden as his No 1 jockey

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News -- HSE chaplaincy cuts at University Hospital Galway leave patients at risk of dying without last rites

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Courts -- Limerick man accused of trafficking 66 people on a speedboat to Italy fights extradition to Greece

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Irish News Video -- X are giving two fingers to tech regulations and two fingers to children in this state

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World News -- Iran death toll jumps again as Donald Trump cancels meetings with Iranian officials

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Irish News -- Tenant who claimed landlord wanted to 'get rid of her' so she could raise rent loses RTB case

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Irish News -- Migration, housing and two by-elections on the agenda as Dáil returns after Christmas break

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Trans storm chaser Raychel Sanner: 'People say chasing tornadoes must be terrifying. It's actually more dangerous to stop at a gas station in a small US town if I have to use the restroom'

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Legal Advice -- 'My sibling got the family home for free – now they expect us to split the bill for Mum and Dad's nursing home care'

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Health & Wellbeing -- Ask the Doctor: I'm 72 and starting to forget small things. How do I know if it's normal ageing or not?

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Seachtain -- 2,300 post i mbaol tar éis cinneadh 'tubaisteach' ón Aontas Eorpach

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Health & Wellbeing -- Chloë finds a hobby: I want to look like Shakira but the weighted ab machine feels like I'm being caught in a meat grinder

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Doctor and influencer wife's luxury Ailesbury Road home goes sale agreed

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Revenue told Government not to tell public about lucrative tax loophole

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'I'm getting married in 2027. So that's a great come around' – Eoin McGee on the injury that changed his life, finding new love and his latest financial advice book

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Michelle Doherty on the end of her relationship: It is the most terrifying decision. But I just kept thinking, this is not a relationship, this is not how I want my life to be'

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Caitríona Perry: If Donald Trump takes Greenland, Ireland has an enormous decision to make

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Ministers approve bumper salary hikes for top bosses, including one of more than 50pc

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50 ways to wellness: From retreats to greenways and yoga to cacao ceremonies, start your 2026 with feelgood activities happening in every county in Ireland

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North America -- LATEST

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World News -- 2025 was third hottest year on record, trailing only 2024 and 2023 as heat surge continues

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North America -- Bill and Hillary Clinton face charges after refusal to testify before Epstein investigation

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Britain -- LATEST

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Asia-Pacific -- 22 killed as crane collapses on to passenger train in Thailand

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Europe -- 'We did not feel we committed an offence,' Marine Le Pen tells appeal

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Barry Cowen: Political posturing over Mercosur will do nothing to help Ireland's farmers

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Saoirse Hanley: Who are we to shame the Love Island All Stars cast when looking for love in any form is inherently cringey?

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Max Boot: Donald Trump needs to know colonial ambitions led to two world wars

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Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh: Criticising 'Room to Improve' because of the housing crisis is like complaining about 'MasterChef' due to world hunger

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The Irish Independent's View: Overdue migration rule changes must address capacity limits while maintaining compassion

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Lorraine Courtney: More politicians should follow Simon Harris to Substack and ditch performative bear pit of X

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Legal Advice -- 'I am my aunt's main carer and she said she would provide for me in her will. But now she says she's leaving everything to a nephew. What can I do?'

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Health -- 'Just because you did it before and didn't die, doesn't mean you won't next time' – frontline doctor's 'chroming' warning as hospitalisations rise

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Crime -- Molly Martens posts her first social media photos since being freed

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Analysis -- Barry O'Halloran: You might think it's about drugs and oil – but Trump's Venezuela intervention is based on age-old policy

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Legal Advice -- Family, land and wills: Mary Frances Fahy on what really matters

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Beef -- Seeing organic in action convinced us to make the switch – Sligo farmer

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News -- Three bluetongue vaccines approved for use in Ireland, though immunity duration still unclear

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News -- Agri Food Regulator's new powers still 12 months away – and small businesses exempt

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Dublin News -- Public consultation to open on Dublin's 're-imagined' Mountjoy Square

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Dublin News -- Applications opening today for cost-rental homes in North Dublin

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Dublin -- Vacant Imaginosity building considered for new community centre in Sandyford

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Business -- Kennedy Wilson gets planning permission for nine-storey block at St Stephen's Green

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Dublin News -- Cycle lanes and a new harbour – the big changes happening in Dublin this year

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Dublin -- 'People did not ask for a hotel on the pier' – councillors divided over 'privatisation' plans for Dún Laoghaire harbour

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Courts -- Mayo girl paralysed after fall from chair settles case against hospital for €4m

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Dundalk & North -- UK fashion and homeware giant Next coming to Dundalk

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Mother of Cork councillor left waiting 45 minutes for bus that never arrived as calls grow for shelters in Charleville

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Galway business goes online-only after closing city shop

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NTA urged to 'listen to the public' over plan to re-route popular Galway bus route

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New Ross -- New Ross skate park could include padel court and multi-use games area if funding grant is secured

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Courts -- Garda admits hit and run that claimed the life of popular Louth GAA coach

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News -- Young Cork dad speaks of the pain of his infant daughter's extremely rare brain condition

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News -- 'Awful behaviour and so disrespectful' – Four teens arrested after former Kilkenny school is vandalised

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News -- The Sligo village where plants, priests and poteen thrived

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Indo GAA podcast: Senior football final preview | Kerry's unfair advantage - blame the system, not the clubs | Pat Spillane

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The Left Wing: Leinster's resilience, La Rochelle throw it away and Irish rugby's discipline problem

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Money Talks: 'Forget loyalty' – How you could save thousands by switching your service providers

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Podcast reviews: Salt Path scandal finale, Irish bog men, and woman of the hour Jessie Buckley in Audible's Pride & Prejudice

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Book Reviews -- Rebecca Hannigan's tense debut reopens a cold case when a child goes missing 20 years after a girl disappeared without a trace

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Book Reviews -- Eilis O'Hanlon: The robots are coming – a terrifying spectre of a future filled with AI friends and lovers

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Music News -- Moya Brennan: 'The first time my son took me to see Talos in the Academy in Dublin, I became a fan. He's left such an amazing legacy'

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Celebrity Features -- Inside the worsening Beckham family 'feud' as the reason for Brooklyn's cease and desist letter is explained

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Celebrity News -- Folk star Jamie McIntyre says his teaching career hopes ended when kids found his TikTok

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Interiors -- Siopaella's Ella de Guzman: 'I've been entrusted with the family photo albums, which freaks me out because I live in a house with a straw roof'

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Travel News -- Pól Ó Conghaile: A cheat sheet of discount codes, deals and tips for the January holiday sales

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Travel News -- Nine travel trends for 2026: May is the new June, supermarket safaris and AI to zillennials

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Ski -- Alan Shortt's Italian ski trip: 'You ski by day, eat like royalty at night and relax like a Roman emperor'

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World -- Eye of the tiger: 'I travelled to India with a group from all over Ireland, and friends were made for life'

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World -- The private club set on changing solo travel – 'for the sort of woman who orders from the middle of the wine list'

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Travel News -- 16 new flights to take in 2026 – from Dublin Airport, Cork, Shannon and more

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Courts -- American man accused of €280,000 worth of cannabis in his luggage arrested after reporting the bag missing

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Courts -- Man charged with murder of Noel Campion pleads guilty to shooting while participating in McCarthy-Dundon gang

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Irish News -- More than 70,000 children left primary school last year without getting dental screening due to lack of dentists, HSE reveals

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Courts -- Labour Party makes complaint to the Judicial Council about 'nightmare cyclists' judge

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Irish News -- State to begin building or buying creches in bid to ease childcare shortage

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Education -- Education Minister calls for public's views to shape future of our schools

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Irish News -- Social care workers claim of chronic understaffing with most considering leaving their job

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Politics -- Postcode lottery on cancer treatment as woman left to wait weeks for chemo, claims Mary Lou McDonald

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Courts -- Woman cleared of child cruelty despite 'poor judgment and poor practice' in lifting of nursery boy

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Letters: An Post stamp price hike is only likely to leave more elderly people feeling isolated

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The Irish Independent's View: A ruinous path lies ahead if Donald Trump uses force on Greenland

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David W Higgins: How the awesome power of AI could 'gobble' up professionals like economists

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Tabitha Monahan: Migration and housing firmly on the agenda as Dáil returns from recess

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Ksenia Samotiy: Four years on from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, numbness is a coping mechanism

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Rachel Morrogh: Government choosing to leave X could send a powerful message of solidarity to sexual violence survivors

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Declan Lynch: Maybe David Bowie really was the hero holding fascism at bay

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Have Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner just made the terms 'girlfriend and boyfriend' redundant?

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Mojtaba Dehgani: We are witnessing the endgame in Iran, bankrupt Islamic Republic is finished

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Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen: Washington has exposed an uncomfortable truth – that Greenlanders want change

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Letters: Protesting Iranians are not motivated by Trump's bluster or exiled royals

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Ruth Medjber: Sickened by my screen time, I downgraded to a 'dumb' phone – it was a nightmare

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Frank Barry: JD Vance fundamentally misunderstands what it means to be an American

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Fionnán Sheahan: Let's just leave the EU if we're no longer going to take our membership seriously

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Edward Stourton: Territorial expansion is as American as apple pie – the Danes should know

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World Business -- Diageo considers selling its assets in China

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Irish Business -- Dublin-based TechMet to mine Ukraine lithium in venture with Trump backer

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Business -- Taoiseach says Paschal Donohoe did not 'overpay' World Bank

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Health -- Researchers reveal effectiveness of smartphone apps that claim to help you give up smoking

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Irish News -- How you can cut the cost of your weekly shop in half

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Business -- State set to borrow €4bn in year's first bond auction

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Irish News -- Bank of Ireland is installing hundreds of new ATMs in massive upgrade

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Business -- Grafton revenue hits £2.5bn, helped by acquisitions in Ireland and Iberia

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The Big Tech Show -- The Big Tech Show - The Jeff Bezos story: from billionaire Amazon founder to midlife crisis to space missionary

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World News -- Paramount Skydance sues Warner Bros over Netflix deal

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World Business -- Alphabet is fourth company to reach valuation of $4tn

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World Business -- Elon Musk's Grok faces global scrutiny over its AI deepfakes

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World Business -- Wall Street wobbles as Donald Trump goes after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell

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Business -- Fingal County Council rejects McEvaddy planning application at Dublin Airport

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Irish News -- Government to introduce new rules to limit data centres' electricity use

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Munster Rugby -- Ultan Dillane on Munster's radar as Ireland international prepares to leave La Rochelle

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Horse Racing -- Cheltenham Bumper winner Bambino Fever proves too hot for Fairyhouse rivals to secure first win over hurdles

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Golf -- 'A win for everyone' – Tiger Woods hails Brooks Koepka's return to the PGA Tour

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Golf -- Shane Lowry's aim for 2026 is to end his three-year title drought: 'I've obviously set some new goals'

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Soccer -- Evan Ferguson's hopes of regular starts dented as Roma agree deal for Aston Villa striker Donyell Malen

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Tennis -- Australian amateur to 'buy a house with my girlfriend' after beating Jannik Sinner en route to $1m prize in One Point Slam

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Golf -- James Corrigan: The $500m battle for Bryson DeChambeau

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Gaelic Football -- Divided loyalties for St Brigid's 1997 winning captain who played with Dingle for a decade

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Other Sports -- 'It might be completely detrimental to their performance and actually increase the risk of injury' – Ozempic in Irish sport

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Soccer -- Swindon player banned after he 'violated' opponents' 'private parts'

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Premier League -- Luke Edwards: Oliver Glasner talking himself out of the Manchester United job as Crystal Palace slump hits hard

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Soccer -- 'A load of s***' – Jude Bellingham's furious response to claims he helped oust Xabi Alonso at Real Madrid

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