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Politics -- 'Thank you Ireland' – Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the Dáil and tells TDs and senators: 'Help us achieve real peace'

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Cristian Romero hits spectacular late goal as his double denies Newcastle

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Heated exchange between Israeli foreign minister and Irish ambassador over Herzog Park renaming bid

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Erling Haaland breaks Premier League record as Man City nearly squander four-goal lead in Fulham classic

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Jack Grealish on target as Everton do enough to see off Bournemouth

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Major bin company to increase prices for some customers from beginning of next year

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Irish News -- Boyfriend of Louth crash victim Chloe Hipson was set to propose on Christmas Eve, mourners told

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Courts -- Couple withdraw €120,000 damages claims after judge is shown honeymoon photos of them on waterslides and jeep safari

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Rugby -- Cian Tracey: Johnny Sexton spat and loss of form mean Rieko Ioane has work cut out to win over Leinster fans

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Health Features -- Everyone's talking about: Children's face masks – do they really need any form of skincare?

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Britain -- ITV's Laura Woods collapses live on air while presenting Lionesses clash

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Courts -- Abuse survivors say former Willow Park teacher was 'one cog in a machine of abuse' as he faces sentencing

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Irish News -- 'They beat me very harshly' – asylum seekers followed and allegedly attacked by '12 to 14 people' in Co Dublin

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Courts -- Man who raped and murdered Connemara schoolgirl wants forensic evidence re-tested as he seeks new appeal

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Technology -- TikTok and LinkedIn to be investigated by Irish media regulator

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Courts -- Dental nurse who broke red light and knocked down schoolgirl avoids prison sentence

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Rugby -- Ireland's Mack Hansen a major doubt for Six Nations after undergoing surgery on foot

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Courts -- Young man caught with cocaine during operation targeting major dealer spared jail

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News -- Meet the Leitrim woman who swapped living on Dublin's O'Connell Street for a 100-year-old farmhouse and a six hour daily commute

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Britain -- UK is closing loophole that grants cheap windfalls to Irish pension savers

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Britain -- Holly Willoughby broke scooter rider's neck in London car crash, court hears

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Irish News Video -- 'Thank you Ireland' – Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the Dáil and tells TDs and senators: 'Help us achieve real peace'

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Irish News -- New 'get-tough' rules to target cigarette and tobacco allowance abuse at border come into effect next week

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TV News -- Joanne McNally records special message to Vogue Williams as she continues her time in jungle

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Irish News -- Renowned architect and RTÉ presenter Hugh Wallace dies aged 68

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Premier League -- Arne Slot hails Alexander Isak's 'important' first Liverpool Premier League goal

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Legal Advice -- 'Mam transferred the farm to me but her health has deteriorated and my siblings won't help out. Am I liable for her care? What are my options?'

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Food Reviews -- Lucinda O'Sullivan's restaurant review: Like many things that are overhyped, Gloria Osteria's 'incomparable lemon pie' tastes like styrofoam

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Theatre & Arts -- Moulin Rouge high-kicks the winter blues with a frenzy of glitzy glamour in this Christmas cracker

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Money -- How to financially prepare for a breakup, according to money experts

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Irish News -- Emily Hourican: Passionate, brave and outspoken, Hugh Wallace talked about emotion as candidly as he did about architecture

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Festivals -- Proud of your tree-mendous Christmas decorations? Send us your photos

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Life -- When I heard the words pancreatic cancer, I thought 'game over' – but this year I walked the Camino

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The millionaire, the Montauk yacht club meeting and the mystery of Martha Nolan's last hours

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The making of a matriarch: How Martina Burke went from fun-loving camogie girl to mother of a fundamentalist family

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'Love snuck up on me' – Katie Taylor on finding happiness with husband Sean McCavanagh and her new 'quiet' life in Connecticut

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Secret recordings and new witness in billionaire Luke Comer's explosive horse-doping claims

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Dear Mary: My 18-year-old daughter wants to dress up in sexy 'lingerie' like Taylor Swift for Christmas nights out and I worry for her reputation

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Paul Kimmage: Silence from Sport Ireland is deafening but it's not an old story and it's not going away

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'A woman took her top off at the Christmas party — that's when it all slotted into place': the women who came out as lesbian or bisexual later in life

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World News -- More than 1,300 dead from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand

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World News -- Sarah Everard's mother 'still tormented' by murdered daughter's final hours

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Europe -- Fabergé egg crafted for Russian royalty shatters record and sells for €26m

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North America -- Trump invites Netanyahu to visit Washington after return to court

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World News -- 'Don't involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda' – Sabrina Carpenter condemns US government using her work

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Asia-Pacific - LATEST - | Hong Kong orders judge-led investigation into fire, as death toll rises to 151

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Asia-Pacific -- Domestic helper hailed as hero after saving baby and elderly mother from Hong Kong fire – on her first day of the job

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Paul Williams: Latest crime stats are encouraging, but too many still feel unsafe in Dublin city centre

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Senan Molony: Catherine Connolly under the spotlight as Volodymyr Zelensky's visit poses first test of diplomacy

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Jeremy Warner: It's time to admit the truth – Brexit has been an unmitigated economic failure

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The Irish Independent's View: Workplace envy infiltrates Drew Harris house debate, but it should have been disclosed sooner

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Kirsty Blake Knox: I had 'sequel fatigue' – until I heard about Macaulay Culkin's idea for a 'Home Alone' reboot

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David W Higgins: How Ireland's falling fertility rates could reshape future generations and put grandparenthood at risk

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Entertainment -- Twink: 'The man for that job was either Oliver Callan or Al Porter but they wouldn't have the balls to give it to him'

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Courts -- 'I object, I object, I object': Residents protest over unauthorised extension to Sutton home they say looks more like 'an airport hangar'

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Golf -- 'One wants €45k for a week despite being 93km away' – Teeing up a rental windfall from the Ryder Cup? Here's how to set a realistic price

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Irish News -- National Children's Hospital is to ditch half of its private rooms for consultants

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GAA -- Kerry GAA chairman warns clubs that Revenue will be scrutinising payments to managers

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Calf 'laundering' revealed as key herds attempted to evade slaughter ban

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Darragh McCullough: My farm needs migrants, but the country doesn't have the infrastructure to cope

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Factory quotes unchanged but mart prices move forward

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From packed pubs to €33k heifers: The rural phenomenon you've probably never heard of

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Nephew wins out in High Court battle over Carlow bachelor farmer's will

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Dublin News -- Life of a prison listener: 'I lost my friend to suicide and just wanted to give back'

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Dublin News -- 'People want the 26 back' - Chapelizod residents remain unhappy as NTA announce Route 80 changes

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Dublin News -- Residents in Phibsborough demand action on lead in water

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Politics -- New plan to fight back against 'weaponising' of objections to infrastructure projects

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North & West Kerry -- 'Hugh Wallace was a gentleman' – Kerry man's tribute to celebrity architect

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Gardaí in Clare attending to two separate crashes on major commuter route

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Plans for new Galway primary school put forward for council approval

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Puppy left to die inside bin in Clare village gets happy ending

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'A true national treasure' – How Richie Kavanagh turned childhood sketches into a lifetime of laughter and song

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Up to 50 new homes in line for south Monaghan village in bid to take dozens of families off housing waiting list

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Navan commuters at 'breaking point' as bus reliability collapses, says Meath councillor

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Plans lodged for 54 homes on site of derelict 'Riverside Works' building in Bray

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Wicklow panel beater guilty of hit and run which left Wexford man seriously injured

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The Left Wing: Leinster's closing window, Nienaber's interview mistake & Champions Cup kick off

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Indo Sport podcast: A Closer Look | The year of Rory

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The Indo Daily: NIMBY or necessary? The South Dublin residents delaying MetroLink mega-project

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Indo Sport podcast: Bits & Bobs | An Irish NFL debut to remember | The GAA's great overachievers | F1 high drama

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Entertainment -- Vogue Williams voted out of I'm a Celebrity jungle and calls out fellow campmates after elimination

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Television -- What to watch on TV and streaming today: Joan, All The Empty Rooms and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

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Europe -- Luciano Pavarotti's widow hits out after tenor 'ridiculed' by mayor's ice-rink stunt

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TV Reviews -- Pat Stacey: RTÉ's Christmas schedule shows a startling lack of imagination and ambition once again

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Celebrity News -- 'It's a nice way to bow out' – festive season sees panto legend leave the stage

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Celebrity News -- Country star Cliona Hagan on her 'chilled' marriage, the scariest part of her career so far and being a 'truck-driving woman'

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Fashion -- Irish designer Jonathan Anderson crowned Designer of the Year for third time

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Beauty -- Lash lift review: Can a semi-permanent treatment save my short and stubby eyelashes from fading into my face?

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Beauty -- Aimee Connolly: 'My birthday is Christmas Eve, so growing up Christmas was always this double-whammy, extra-special time'

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Celebrity News -- 'Feeling so incredibly lucky' – Aoibhín Garrihy announces pregnancy with fourth child

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Health Features -- Having a narcissistic parent – how does it manifest, how will it affect you and what can you do about it?

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Life -- 'Irish people love an underdog': How one small design business took on the giants selling counterfeits and won

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Europe -- What tourist taxes are charged in the UK and how much do they cost?

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Travel -- 'I'm a travel editor, here are 20 Christmas gifts I'd consider for travel lovers – priced from €6.99 to €280'

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Travel News -- Ryanair scraps Prime membership scheme – 'it cost more money than it generates'

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Hotel review: Inside Ireland's first Hoxton, with a reboot of Dublin's beloved Library Bar

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'We still have people asking if I was the one who wrote it' – can Tripadvisor reviews still make or break Irish businesses?

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John and Francis Brennan: 'I don't understand why you would go into business in this country anymore'

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Irish News -- 'Paul brought expertise and incredible care' – Podcaster seriously injured in crash urging support for Critical emergency responders

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Irish News -- Watchdog raises concern about children in social care placed in unregulated residential centres

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Politics -- Ireland could contribute peacekeepers to Ukraine, says Taoiseach at joint press conference with Volodymyr Zelensky

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Irish News -- Experienced executive appointed as new chief of Ireland's drug watchdog

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Courts -- Man jailed for role in 'reckless' feud-related drive-by shooting on house with children outside

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Crime -- Dissident with firearms convictions linked to anti-immigration protests and Citywest riots

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Courts -- Mother jailed and son walks free over €30,000 Tallaght drugs discovery

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Irish News -- Coroner hopes details of man's road death 'frightening enough' for motorists to stop and think before driving

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Irish News - LATEST - | Palestine flag raised at Belfast City Hall as council decision faces legal challenge after bitter exchanges - 09:45

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Irish News -- 'He was my light' – Councillor says grief for son is 'all-consuming' in tribute months after sudden death

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Louise McSharry: Supposedly there's a ceasefire, yet people in Gaza are still being killed – and their stories must be heard

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Letters: Would 'Muamma Gaddafi Park' be more to Sinn Féin's liking?

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Shira Ovide: Why Trump tariffs haven't completely put shoppers off Temu and Shein

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Fionnán Sheahan: Five questions for Micheál Martin's report on the Jim Gavin farce to answer

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The Irish Independent's View: Zelensky's Dublin visit is timely, as EU needs to stand by Ukraine ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​now more than ever

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Naoise Dolan: Aontú gives us an early Christmas gift with Winter Lights gripes. Peadar, you really shouldn't have!

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Shane Ross: How Simon Harris can escape the last-chance saloon

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Colin Murphy: MetroLink showdown exposes the missing connection in our public life

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Letters: Democracy is in danger when Trump can shrug off a murder

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Paul Kearns: From Herzog Park to the classroom, Irish Jews face a rising tide of hatred

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Sarah Breen: I'm ashamed to admit I'm skipping the 'Toy Show' — and I know exactly what I'm missing

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Declan Lynch: What a visit to the Stasi Museum made me realise about our Big Tech overlords

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The Sunday Independent's View: Managing immigration requires a delicate balance

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Caitriona Perry: No end in sight for violent rhetoric in US

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Willie O'Dea: Defence Forces' decline is a global embarrassment that must be reversed

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Money -- Government to exempt itself from having to sign up its own low-paid staff to auto-enrolment pension plan

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Business -- Ireland's construction sector to be worth over €20bn by 2027

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Business -- Irish households hold only 2pc of their financial assets in stocks and bonds, among lowest in EU

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Irish News -- More people taking out health insurance despite recent rises

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Business -- Irish financial advisory firm opens new office in London

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Irish Business -- Windfarm developer claims companies failed to honour agreement on access

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World Business -- Luigi Mangione seeks to limit evidence in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder trial

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World Business -- Manufacturing sector slows across Europe, US and Asia

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Irish News -- Regulator wants RTÉ and TG4 to get more money from taxpayers

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Business -- Crypto rout sees shares plunge in Quin-led investment company

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World Business -- UK wins zero tariff deal with US on drugs but will pay more for medicines

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World Business -- Head of Britain's fiscal watchdog resigns after early release of key budget details

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Money -- Inflation shoots above 3pc for the first time since 2023

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Commercial Property -- See inside landmark Tipperary public house situated in historic Cahir valued at €750,000

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Golf -- 'Nobody has asked me' – Tiger Woods makes shocking Ryder Cup captaincy revelation

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Rugby -- Skerries native Jack Hanratty 'honoured' to be named USA Women's Eagles head coach

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Gaelic Football -- Martin Breheny: Pay-for-play looms larger on troubled GAA horizon

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Boxing -- Katie Taylor 'ready for' fight with Ronda Rousey after shock reports suggest 2026 match-up

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Premier League -- 'He wasn't the only one not happy he wasn't starting' – Liverpool boss Arne Slot praises 'professional' Mo Salah

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Snooker -- Ronnie O'Sullivan coy on what will happen next after crashing out of UK Championship in first round

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Gaelic Football -- UL boss Brian Ryan hopes third level tournaments can regain former glory as draws for Fitzgibbon and Sigerson Cups made

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Gaelic Football -- 'We were all saying, 'What the f*** is this fella doing?'' – Mayobridge locals react to Charlie Smyth's dream NFL debut

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League of Ireland -- 'I want to keep going for as long as I can' – Rory Gaffney ready for one more year with Shamrock Rovers

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Soccer -- 'I couldn't praise them highly enough' – Martin O'Neill hails response of Celtic players before final game in charge

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Premier League -- Cole Palmer 'can start the game' against Leeds, says Enzo Maresca

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Women's Sport -- Emma Raducanu interview: 'I have got over my stalker ordeal, now I've stopped hiding'

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International Soccer -- Carla Ward seeks new assistant ahead of World Cup qualifiers as Alan Mahon quits Ireland citing personal reasons

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Cricket -- 'I think we just ran out of steam' – Ireland captain Paul Stirling on disappointing eight-wicket T20 loss to Bangladesh

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