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Kickboxer who 'lost all control' and stomped on his mother's skull found guilty of her manslaughter

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Irish News -- The immediate problem was to locate the armed men because they could have turned up in two hours time and shot somebody' - former Garda assistant commissioner Michael O'Sullivan on the hunt for the Regency Hotel gunmen

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The Eddie O'Sullivan interview: 'If I had it back, I would have stopped to smell the roses'

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Paul Kimmage: Our rowers were the best of us and they were treated disgracefully

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Britain -- Keir Starmer forced into U-turn on release of papers relating to Peter Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador

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North America -- Man sentenced to life for bid to assassinate Trump at golf club

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World News -- Dutch Queen Maxima starts training to become army reservist

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Middle East -- Israeli strikes kill at least 23 Palestinians in response to soldier's injury

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Lorraine Courtney: Why Re-turn should reinvest its €50m surplus to clean up Dublin 'bomb site'

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

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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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Irish News -- Landlord who tried to charge tenant for use of fridge and dining table issues judicial review proceedings over RTB decision

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Money -- Eoin McGee answers: 'I'm a single parent and I've just received an inheritance of €250k. Should I invest in property?'

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Six Nations - Live - | Ireland outclassed by rampant France in Six Nations opener: As it happened

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GAA -- Pat Bennett faces old Wexford friends while Meath aim to kick on without AFLW stars – five storylines for the GAA weekend

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Premier League -- Miguel Delaney: New financial rules will only benefit elite of Premier League

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Dublin News -- Dublin schools on alert as orange rain warning prompts a number of early closures

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Irish News -- 'Grace's Law' to ban scramblers from all public places within weeks

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North & West Kerry -- 'A little bit of hope can be a huge thing' – Mother's love at the heart of son's recovery after life-changing accident

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Wall of sandbags erected along banks of the River Slaney in Enniscorthy as flooding fears increase

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Donegal boy (3) died after contracting Strep A during substantial outbreak of the illness, inquest hears

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Dundalk & North -- 'Our teachers are working out of cupboards' – Funding snub leaves overcrowded Louth school at breaking point

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The Indo Daily: Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance – Chaos behind the curtain

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Step into Waterford's great estate: Inside Mount Congreve's new 'Gardens and grandeur' tour

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Irish News -- President Connolly stops to speak Irish during official visit to Derry

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Irish News -- BREAKING

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Courts -- Banned driver with 160 convictions gets suspended sentence for kicking out and pushing gardaí

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Crime -- 'There's always a danger this could happen again' – Hutch gang still leading players in drugs trade 10 years after Regency attack, says top detective

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Politics -- Irish citizens more worried than EU counterparts about uncontrolled migration, survey finds

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Irish News -- President Connolly to meet families of Bloody Sunday victims during Derry visit

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Max Boot: America needs to think carefully: it is alienating next potential superpower

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Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh: Rowing Ireland claims show sporting environments enable fear and harm to fester – the system must change

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Noah Feldman: ICE isn't just breaking the law, it is trying to rewrite it entirely

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Declan Power: Ireland must do more to spot looming threats and 'war-game' a response

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Catherine Thorbecke: From 'AI Jesus' to 'BuddhaBot', artificial intelligence is now being treated as a deity

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Mary McCarthy: Queen Camilla bolted – but the rest of us stayed for Champagne to toast the simply heavenly Jilly Cooper

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Senan Molony: Has Micheál Martin stemmed the tide on a leadership heave or are we in a phoney war?

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The Irish Independent's View: George Mitchell's peace legacy tainted by Epstein links

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David Blair: Iran's Ayatollah too blind to see nuclear deal is lifeline he needs

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Jenny Maguire: I'm mired in existential dread of never being able to leave childhood bedroom and find my own home

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The Irish Independent's View: Saint Brigid's bank holiday reminds us to honour the women who shape Ireland

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Letters: After the garda traffic ticket fiasco, I despair at the direction the force is taking

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Irish News -- Nearly 12pc of young people were unemployed in January

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Irish Business -- Kildare's WGNStar completes sale to US tech infrastructure giant ABM for €234m

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Irish Business -- Cousin of Spanish king and director of Irish fintech held over link to massive drug seizure

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Irish Business -- Liquidators appointed to EuroGiant chain of discount stores following €6.5m losses

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Irish News -- Wind farms provided a third of Ireland's electricity in record 2025 but 13pc went to waste

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Irish Business -- Foreign executives shouldn't lose valuable tax break, just for missing deadlines, says Department of Enterprise

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Politics - LATEST - | Taoiseach criticises X for 'concerning' and 'disrespectful' decision not to appear in front of Dáil committee - 13:29

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Money -- Dublin and Limerick have Ireland's highest disposable incomes

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In The Workplace -- This Working Life with Aoife McDonnell: 'I had a nice, safe upbringing – my work with refugees has been an eye-opener'

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Horse Racing -- Philip Byrnes cleared by IHRB of any wrongdoing in controversial unseating by Redwood Queen at Wexford last May

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League of Ireland - Latest - | League of Ireland transfers: Fan favourite Will Jarvis returns to Shelbourne on a three-year deal - 15:15

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Other Sports -- Olympic champion Rhys McClenaghan to get back on the horse for first time in over 18 months at World Cup in March

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Hockey -- Irish hockey legend and two-time World Goalkeeper of the Year David Harte announces international retirement

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Golf -- 'I'm 29, and I feel tired already' - Scottie Scheffler inspired by 45-year-old Justin Rose after Farmers win

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Women's Sport -- 'I'm not transgender. I'm a woman' – Imane Khelif open to comply with genetic testing for LA Olympics on one condition

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Six Nations -- Ireland countdown to Six Nations opener at Stade de France with Rúaidhrí O'Connor, Cian Tracey & Sinéad Kissane

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Six Nations -- France v Ireland referee: Who is Six Nations official Karl Dickson?

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Motor Sport -- 'He's a bit giddy at the moment' – Lando Norris says bookies' favourite George Russell hungry to take world title off him

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Soccer -- 'Why shouldn't he play?' – Pep Guardiola to push EFL to allow Marc Guehi play in League Cup final despite ineligibility

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Camogie -- 'I think there's a pressure that comes with success, it's not all rosy' - Kilkenny camogie legend Grace Walsh opens up on Laochra Gael

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