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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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Ladies Football -- Michael Verney: Ladies football already re-energised as new rules bring back chaos

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League of Ireland -- Marquee Dublin derby lacks goal drama as Bohemians and St Patrick's Athletic's clash ends in a stalemate

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Irish News -- Victim of Bus Éireann crash in Dublin city centre is named locally

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Dublin News -- Clontarf Baths hit by 'destruction' after spring tides and severe weather

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Dundalk & North -- Popular Louth greenway closed due to coastal erosion following recent storms

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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 Wexford residents being 'harassed and targeted' by youths hanging out on beach 'till all hours'

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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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The Indo Daily: How Dunnes Stores won Ireland's shopping war

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Seachtain: Noah Donohoe – Eolas suntasach ag teacht amach ón ionchoisne

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Celebrity News -- Bad Bunny joined by Lady Gaga in star-studded Super Bowl half-time show

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Television -- Today's top TV and streaming choices: Love Undercover, Small Prophets and Fight Club

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Cork's Grammy award-winner Cian Ducrot: 'I had to deal with a lot of pretty intense things as a kid. So, now I am hyper-capable of dealing with intense situations'

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John Carter Cash on his country singer father: 'He was very gentle, very creative, but at the same time whimsical and excited about life'

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Carlow man had role in selecting Grammy award winners – 'It's a huge honour'

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Celebrity -- 'Everyone loves Sean from Ireland,' says Simon Cowell of new boyband December 10

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Beauty -- Triona McCarthy: Be prepared for some Love Island-style lipsing this Valentine's with these six make-up innovations

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Homes -- Landmark period home in Wexford which was once a high-end boutique set to go under the hammer

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'Belfast's best-kept secret' aiming to go from 'legacy to luxury' hotel in multi-million-euro investment

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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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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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Food News -- 'We've had the run of our lives' – iconic Co Waterford restaurant to close after 30 years

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Courts -- Man admits brandishing imitation gun in row over taxi fare

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Irish News -- Flooding threat recedes as brief dry spell expected to ease pressure on river systems

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Irish News -- Man (70s) dies while five hospitalised in two separate Tipperary crashes

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Health -- Nurses at Naas General Hospital to begin work-to-rule over workloads and 'unsafe conditions'

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Crime -- Interpol chief to be honoured with award named after former Assistant Garda Commissioner John O'Driscoll

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Politics -- Ancient Order of Hibernians hit out at Donald Trump's racist post about Barack and Michelle Obama

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Irish News -- Gardaí appeal for information on 10th anniversary of disappearance of Bridget Madigan

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Weather -- More showers today as temperatures to drop below freezing overnight

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'Eliminated': how the Washington Post laid me off from my dream job with a single word

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Eilis O'Hanlon: Rush to judge George Mitchell over Epstein files has echoes of a Soviet show trial

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Letters: Why Irish weather warnings are getting lost in translation

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Colin Murphy: Four key lessons as a new reality for climate politics dawns

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Emer O'Hanlon: All these years I've been getting my bra size wrong, but now Sydney Sweeney is here to bust some myths

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Keire Murphy: Rental reforms offer some hope for tenants like me, but the overriding feeling is confusion

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Shane Ross: Holly Cairns can ride the crest of a wave as voters seek a sea change

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Eoin O'Malley: What today's party leaders can learn from Garret FitzGerald's mistakes

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Sam McBride: Peter Mandelson's disgrace is deserved, but history will take a more nuanced view of his Northern Ireland role

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Sarah Breen: I used to run a mile from sport, but pickleball has been a gamechanger

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Máiría Cahill: If Catherine Connolly really wants to understand the North, she should invite unionists to the Áras for tea

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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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Richard Curran: To provide for Ireland's future, we should take inspiration from Norway, not Saudi Arabia

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Irish Business -- Investors at troubled energy firm Solar 21 refused vote at creditors' meeting – despite receiving invite

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Irish Business -- UK gym chain David Lloyd Leisure says second refusal of permission for Swords leisure centre will cost 100 new jobs

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Irish Business -- Demand for J1 visas expected to hold steady – despite political turmoil

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Irish Business -- Building suppliers only planning enough material for 35,000 homes, industry survey finds

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Irish Business -- 'Ireland still risks losing up to €4bn in data centre investment despite lifting of moratorium,' says top industry player

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Money -- Your Questions Answered: 'How do I get a refund for a faulty car that I bought on finance?'

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Irish Business -- Richard Curran: Bursting of the tech bubble will be different this time, but it'll be just as painful

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Technology -- Gina London: The quiet radicalism of doing AI slowly: Why rushing into change is the biggest risk for firms

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Money -- Home economics: 'My father is using Fair Deal. If we rent his house, can we sell if he dies or are we locked in for six years?'

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Irish Business -- Icon faces court claims from former staff over use of retirement assets in US

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Money -- Here's why your heat pump is not saving you the money you'd expected

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Irish Business -- John Teeling's Arkle buys majority stake in Namibian uranium prospect

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Irish Business -- Former FBD chief Fiona Muldoon quits as chair of Eamon Waters' private equity firm Sretaw as PTSB sale looms

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Soccer -- Controversial VAR call rules out Troy Parrott goal for AZ Alkmaar against Dutch giants Ajax, which proves costly

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Sport -- Lindsey Vonn in a 'stable condition' after being airlifted off mountain following crash in Olympic women's downhill

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Premier League -- Richard Jolly: Manchester City are breathing down Arsenal's necks after rising above Anfield frenzy

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Premier League -- Stoppage-time bedlam at Anfield dissected: 'That one has just killed the joy'

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Six Nations -- Six Nations jury: Is it time for a radical shake-up, should Andy Farrell back Sam Prendergast, can anyone stop France?

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Soccer -- Madonna watches Chelsea beat Spurs at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the WSL

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Ladies Football -- Ladies football round-up: Síofra O'Shea gets Kerry back to winning ways as Galway breeze past Kildare

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Cycling -- Paul Kimmage: 40 years on, and feeling every one of them, every day is a kick in the crotch in this game

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Premier League -- Why was Dominik Szoboszlai sent off? VAR controversy explained as Man City goal ruled out in win over Liverpool

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Soccer -- Cristiano Ronaldo's Saudi situation is like Roy Keane's in Saipan – he can't see other people's perspective

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Premier League -- Late Erling Haaland penalty keeps Man City in title race as match ends in chaos against Liverpool at Anfield

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Cricket -- Ireland left to curse missed chances in defeat to T20 World Cup hosts Sri Lanka: 'We were a little bit sloppy in the field'

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Gaelic Football -- Daniel Carr completes Abbey's recovery against St Patrick's to send MacRory Cup final to replay

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League of Ireland -- Roma boss Gian Piero Gasperini on Evan Ferguson's injury issues: 'Moments of happiness to moments of intense discontent'

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