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'No point' in releasing end date of SNA allocation review now, minister says after 'PR disaster'

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Baz Luhrmann: 'Bono read me his poem about Elvis... it was the perfect way to end our film'

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Premier League - Miguel Delaney: Mikel Arteta obsesses over the tiniest details. Is it now harming Arsenal's title chances?

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Technology -- Adrian Weckler: Apple, Microsoft and OpenAI show that mega-billions tech boom in Ireland is far from over

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Premier League -- Jim Ratcliffe avoids English FA charge after controversial immigration comments

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North America - LATEST - | Donald Trump says he will impose 10pc global tariff on top of 'normal tariffs' after Supreme Court ruling

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Reports into deaths in custody 'highlight serious systemic failures', says Irish Penal Reform Trust

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Gardaí looking for driver who fled scene after hitting teen in Dublin

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'People wanted names, people wanted blood. I could understand the logic, but that retribution wasn't what I wanted'

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Courts -- 'I was only a baby and you took my life away' – family speak out after man who abused his five children and locked them away for days without food jailed for 20 years

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Irish News -- Ex‑wife of ICE detainee Séamus Culleton was granted restraining order after marriage broke down

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Courts -- 'Absolutely disgraceful' Enoch Burke returned to jail amid chaotic scenes in High Court

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League of Ireland - Live - | League of Ireland: Champions finally get title defence underway and Dundalk welcome Drogs for the Louth derby

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Declan Lynch: It was peculiar that Liveline didn't kick off Monday's or Tuesday's show with an update on the Seamus Culleton story which had changed over the weekend

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'Everyone says hello, just like in Donegal' – I quit my career in finance to run cycling holidays in Spain

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Modern Morals: My neighbour calls to the door at the worst times – how can I set boundaries without hurting his feelings?

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Irish News -- 'The nicest thing I can say is that's he's an arrogant buffoon' – Irish woman who worked with former prince Andrew for 12 years

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Courts -- Flatley dispute with former lawyer over files to be heard next month

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Life -- Ukrainian stories: 'When we arrived here, we were like aliens from another planet. I had to start my life from scratch'

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Life -- The murdered Irish priest, the gay Native American and the film correcting 40 years of injustice

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Irish News -- James Mago Gately's legal row continues over how much damage he did to home seized by CAB

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Britain - LATEST - | Police continue searches after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor released from custody; Trump says arrest is 'so bad'

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Six Nations -- Rúaidhrí O'Connor: England smell blood but this is how Irish scrum can find its feet again in Twickenham

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Courts -- Young man who admitted the manslaughter of his grandmother was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia

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Money -- Will adding a garden room or home sauna increase the value of your home?

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GAA -- Mayo GAA top the streaming charts as club gate receipts soar to €19m

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Weather - LATEST - | Met Éireann forecast another rainy weekend after thunderstorms hit the west coast

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Homes -- 'We bought a derelict Victorian shopfront building and restored it as our family home, preserving the original 1860 shop'

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Parenting -- 'It's not all tics and ear defenders, there's beauty in it as well' – 'Line of Duty' actor Amy De Bhrún on parenting autistic son

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Celebrity News -- Grey's Anatomy actor Eric Dane dies aged 53 after ALS battle

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Health -- 'I had open-heart surgery at just 16, I was worried I wouldn't survive': Dublin woman on lifelong health battle

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Dearbhla Mescal: 'I was at the centre court in Wimbledon one Sunday – it was my first outing as Paul's plus one – and the following Sunday I was in an oncology ward'

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Laura Woods: 'I have financial responsibilities like everyone else. Suddenly you're working full-time and then you're told that your services are no longer required'

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Exclusive - | Gary Lineker: 'What I remember from that period of my life was a recurring dream I would be carrying a little white coffin'

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North America -- Tehran must do a deal or face 'bad things' within 10 days, Donald Trump says

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World News -- Man convicted after girlfriend died as they climbed Austria's highest mountain

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World News -- Peter Mandelson-founded firm collapses into administration after clients cut ties due to Epstein links

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World News -- Breaking

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Europe -- Russians giving us historical lectures as a delay tactic, says furious Zelensky

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Martina Devlin: British royal family was always revered, but Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is reviled

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The Irish Independent's View: Potential of Epstein files to shake those in power seems endless after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrest

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Holly Baxter: Arrest of former prince makes Donald Trump's Department of Justice look absolutely spineless

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Letters: For the Irish economy to thrive, we must not bite the hand that has fed it

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Ireland's experience in conflict resolution is a priceless asset

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Life -- Copper Face Jacks turns 30: 'I met him, had a dance and a shift. I went back the next night, saw him, and thought, 'he's in Coppers two nights in a row – it's meant to be!'

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Sex & Relationships -- The Divorce Diaries: 'The sex stopped – he said you're the problem, you have to sort it out'

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Gaelic Football -- Philly McMahon: Dublin ranked eighth? I fell down the clickbait trapdoor – but is this the big nuclear reset Dubs need?

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News -- 'We are not going away until this is resolved' – IFA stands firm at packed Mayo meeting

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Farm Property -- Leasing market off to a flying start with prices up to €540/ac for land

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Comment -- The climate policy that will hit farmers and consumers in the pocket

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Irish News -- 'It has taken a sense of home from us' – the solar farm, a community divided and plans for protest

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Forestry & Enviro -- Emissions fall but due to falling herd numbers as nitrogen usage rises

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Irish News - LATEST - | Hoxton noise case against Yamamori Izakaya nighclub paused as hotel issues new statement

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Crime -- Man fights for life after being hit in face with e-scooter during savage attack in Dublin's Temple Bar

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Driver involved in fatal crash that killed Wicklow teen Molly Dempsey spared jail

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First Dates Ireland: Kilkenny woman proves politics makes perfect dinner table chat

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New chapter for rural Cork policing as ministers turn the sod on garda's new county headquarters

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Galway pub's beer garden plans axed after 'persistent' planning breaches claims

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Kerry jewellers says 'buyer's market' despite record gold prices

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News - LATEST - | Man (60s) who died in Tipperary incident named locally

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News -- Why this Galway teacher is climbing Croagh Patrick three times in one day

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News -- Tipperary man banned from owning dogs for 20 years

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North & West Kerry -- Call for warning signs at Kerry beauty spot after fatal accident that claimed teenager's life

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News -- New Galway elective hospital confirmed after confusion over scaled-back Merlin Park project

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Indo Sport podcast: Bits & Bobs | GAA brand building, nasty Aviva reaction and Tiger's next chapter

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The Indo Daily: Nancy Guthrie abduction: Ransom notes, key evidence and armchair detectives

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Fashion -- I tried 2026's hottest womenswear trend — and I've never had more compliments

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Fashion News -- Paul Costelloe's son William takes the helm at first London Fashion Week since Irish designer's death

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Celebrity -- Singer Fake Saint on becoming a dad while still at school and his unlikely friendship with Teddy Swims

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Family -- The Divorce Diaries: 'You can almost forgive the affair, but not all the gaslighting and horrible lies around it'

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Celebrity News -- Paul Mescal poses with Gracie Abrams at Paul McCartney documentary screening

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Family Features -- Bill Linnane: My son visited Pompeii on a school trip – but the only thing he learned about the ancient world was how to use a landline

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Health & Wellbeing -- Ruth Medjber's life stories: 'When I had my own children, I couldn't comprehend that it would be feasible or possible in any circumstances to hand your child away'

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Homes -- On the market: Four homes with saunas in Galway, Cork, Leitrim and Wexford

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Travel News -- Pól Ó Conghaile: What Center Parcs plans next for Longford Forest – from a 'Forest Glider' to six-bed lodges

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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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In the Palma of my hand – even in off-season, the Mallorca capital has it all wrapped up

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20 perfect pubs you may not have heard of in Ireland: 'If you get the snug, guard it with your life...'

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'I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel conflicted' - Irish parents on the true costs and savings of taking kids out of school for holidays

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Courts -- Murder jury rejects man's claim that car park stabbing of friend after day's drinking was self-defence

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Courts -- Woman who alleged she suffered losses of €540,000 after car park crash has case thrown out by judge

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Irish News -- Council removes bridge plaque bearing name of former Lord Mayor convicted of sexual assault

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Crime -- Burglar walks out of jail but then calls prison to collect him after six hours on the run

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Irish News -- 'I was worried I would not survive open heart surgery but it meant I fulfilled a dream to travel to New York'

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Irish News -- Indo Politics: Sinn Fein TD questions ongoing payments to 'landlords' hosting Ukrainian refugees in their homes

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Courts -- Four-year ban for dangerous biker who went over green areas and onto footpaths

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Courts -- Man (27) sent for trial over alleged serious assault and death threats

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Irish News -- Paul Costelloe's son William carries on tradition with label's first collection since father's death

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Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh: A few missed school days in Marbella is nothing. More serious absences need our attention

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The Irish Independent's View: Social media age bans will only work if the 'Broligarchy' is held to account

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Deirdre Reynolds: If clothes maketh the man, would it kill people to maketh an effort in the office?

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Donal Fallon: From Selma to Derry and Seán McDermott Street, how Jesse Jackson touched Ireland with his energy

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Max Boot: Even far-right leaders are fed up of Donald Trump butting into elections

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Lorraine Courtney: If Ireland v Israel goes ahead, it will be the young men in green who will bear the moral fallout – that is deeply unfair

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Dónal Lynch: The boy influencers who want to win the gender battle – for dibs on the mirror

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Letters: Technological progress did not start with AI – it is merely the latest update

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The Irish Independent's View: Government needs to take urgent action to set in train viable climate change plans

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Peter Flanagan: British right-wing caricatures of the Irish as 'Paddystinians' ignores our successes – and our genuine failures

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Saoirse Hanley: The love cheat Olympian trying to win his girlfriend back in public got it all wrong - grand gestures don't work in real life

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Paul Williams: 'The Monk' play would have been so much better without one thing – Gerry Hutch himself

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Sinead Ryan: We don't need another inflationary state savings scheme – just overhaul the punitive tax measures on investments

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David W Higgins: Morgan McSweeney's legacy is starting an open and honest conversation about immigration

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Letters: As the world gets more dangerous, Ireland must seek closer ties with EU

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Irish News -- Pre-tax profits decline at engineering firm that worked on the National Children's Hospital

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Jobs -- Number of people working from home dropped by almost 16,000 last year

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Commercial Property -- Former Wexford boutique with two apartments is on the market for €250,000

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Politics -- Government should tackle algorithms and ask Big Tech for more data in bid to tackle online harms, experts say

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Business -- Transport minister rules out changes to taxi system to benefit Uber

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Irish Business -- More than 363 million trips were made on public transport last year

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Technology -- Apple unveils new Dublin office and says 'no barriers' to more investment in Ireland

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Business - LATEST - | Minister says 'no intention' of cutting taxi regulations, despite watchdog's call for removal of Uber restrictions - 14:30

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Business -- 'Valuable lessons' learned in building power plants, says Bord Gáis Energy owner

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Business -- Bank of Ireland UK is fined £3.78m for failing to implement anti-fraud measures in time

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Money -- Milk, meat, cheese and butter all up in price as inflation continues to hit hard

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Business -- Ireland 'back on radar' for international housing investors, says Ires Reit boss

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Technology -- Review: Telephoto zoom camera and AI detection tools make Honor Magic 8 Pro stand out from its rivals

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World Business -- London Stock Exchange owner urged to review sprawl of assets

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Business -- AirNav to free up €310m for dividends as 'summer of chaos' looms

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Premier League -- Premier League referees lose faith in VAR technology – with one recent game acting as the final straw

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Other Sports -- American freestyle skier Hunter Hess uses Donald Trump's 'loser' label as motivation in Winter Olympics halfpipe final

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Six Nations -- 'There's an eagerness to hunt them down, to show what we're about' – Ireland captain Caelan Doris ready for England showdown

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League of Ireland - Latest - | LOI transfers: Shamrock Rovers sign Tunmise Sobowale on loan from St Mirren, as Barry Cotter closes in on Derry move - 16:30

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Premier League -- Pep Guardiola: I could not care less about how the Premier League table looks

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Premier League -- Igor Tudor '100 per cent' sure Tottenham will be in Premier League next season

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Premier League -- Michael Carrick breaks silence on Jim Ratcliffe's 'UK colonised by immigrants' comments

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Ladies Football -- Timeline for Integration revealed as steering group identifies October for special congresses to decide on motions for new GAA

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Premier League -- 'I'm not good enough' – Oliver Glasner unsure over Crystal Palace role

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Munster Rugby -- Munster announce signing of Springbok hooker Marnus van der Merwe

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GAA -- Pat Spillane: Give me a midfield pigsty any day and spare me the s**te we previously had to endure

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Golf -- Donald Trump 'likely' to attend Amgen Irish Open in Doonbeg

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Other Sports -- 'I'm so excited, it's just mindblowing' – Ben Lynch becomes first Irish skier to qualify for Winter Olympics final

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