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Irish News - LATEST - | 'You haven't sent a decent song in 25 years' – former Israeli Eurovision delegation member tells Ireland as RTÉ pulls out of contest

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Courts -- Wealthy US businessman sues Irish equestrian centre over ownership of valuable horse

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GAA -- Dermot Crowe: Jarlath Burns takes aim at planning and local authorities as GAA tries to tackle 'existential crisis'

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TV News -- Late Late Toy Show theme revealed, as Liam Neeson to make an appearance

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Money -- 'The most sensible option is one most people overlook' – money experts on the smartest ways to finance a new car

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Technology - BREAKING - | Cloudflare outage: Widespread disruption on a large number of websites

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Irish News -- National Lottery reveals where winning €6.2m ticket was sold

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Life -- Modern Morals: The cost of hosting Christmas dinner at our house is huge. Can we ask family to chip in?

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Irish News -- 'They came from the darkness' – delivery rider underwent emergency brain surgery after 'life-threatening' assault in Dublin

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TV Reviews -- Eilis O'Hanlon: It is impossible to watch Say Nothing without being unsettled. It offers an over-simplified version of the conflict in the North

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Weather - Latest - | Status Yellow wind warning for Dublin and three other counties as Cork and Kerry hit by rain warning

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Irish Business -- Revenue to share information on properties and rents with overseas tax authorities

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Irish News -- Just two government departments have pay gap that favours women, data shows

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Courts -- Conor McGregor's bid to further appeal Nikita Hand case is rejected by Supreme Court

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Champions Cup -- Tickets for Leinster's Champions Cup clash with Harlequins prove hard to shift

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Dublin News -- 'It feels like giving way to antisemitic voices' – correspondence received by councillors shows hurt over Herzog Park renaming proposal

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Life -- Taking a week off work and spending thousands? Multi-destination hen parties are here (even Taylor Swift is having one)

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Health -- Average age for heart attack in Ireland is 63 while stroke is 72, health report shows

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North America -- 'Epstein file release could jeopardise my appeal,' argues Ghislaine Maxwell

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Soccer -- 'I don't have to tread on eggshells any more' – Gary Lineker leaves BBC firmly in the past

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Videos -- Simon Harris slams Sinn Féin as "hypocrites" in heated Dáil clash

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TV News -- I'm a Celebrity preview - Tom and Martin faced today's Bushtucker Trial 'Lethal Libraries'.

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Irish News -- 192 'children' in IPAs centres referred to Tusla were later deemed ineligible because they were actually adults

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Videos -- Enoch Burke to remain in prison over Christmas unless he purges contempt, High Court rules

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Irish News -- Children's Minister Norma Foley says she has confidence in Tusla as Kyran Durnin review to remain unpublished

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Dublin News -- Meet the octogenarian Wicklow couple who have spent 20 years feeding Dublin's homeless

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Parenting -- 'I didn't sign up for this': Irish parents on coping when their adult children are still living at home

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Food & Drink -- 18 Christmas gifts for foodies – from a tortilla-making workshop to a rocky road wreath and pickle dust

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Movies -- 'We'd meet in Elizabeth Olsen's house in LA and talk about what our idea of love is': Irish director David Freyne on new film Eternity

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Bill Linnane: After 20 years of wedded bliss and a bunch of kids, I gave my wife scratchcards to mark our anniversary

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Claire Cohen: Spotify's 'listening age' might be its smartest marketing feature yet – but it told me I'm 100

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Kwame Ampadu's next step – proud son of inner-city Dublin takes on Glasgow challenge as Celtic's new No 2

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American families on moving to Ireland: 'Being able to send the kids to school and know they will be safe is such a gift'

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The disappearance of Sandra Collins, 25 years on: 'How long do you keep asking your sister's killer to tell you where her body is?'

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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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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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Europe -- Vladimir Putin's rumoured daughter 'really sorry' about war in Ukraine

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Britain -- Vladimir Putin ordered Novichok attack in UK 'as show of Russian power'

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World News -- Vatican commission votes against allowing women to serve as deacons

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Britain -- Nigel Farage shouts 'Bernard Manning' at journalists after questions about schooldays racism

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Lorraine Courtney: The 'Late Late Toy Show' is not for kids – it's for anxious, mortgage-paying millennials

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Tanya Sweeney: I'm quiet quitting Christmas – do we have to do December at full volume, in matching pyjamas?

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Mary McCarthy: Am I the only person who didn't hate Meghan Markle's Netflix Christmas special?

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Ray O'Donoghue: With just four thefts a day and every stabbing making the news, Dublin is hardly a crime-ridden Gotham City

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Martina Devlin: Let's beg IMF axeman Ajai Chopra to return and fix our woeful infrastructure failings

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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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Champions Cup -- Tangled up in blue – what Leinster will have to overcome in their 'drive for five'

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Golf -- 'I turned it on when I needed to' – Rory McIlroy overcomes fresh air shot to keep Australian Open hopes alive

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Dairy -- The budgeting habit that will decide dairy survival in 2026

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Comment -- My electricity bill would be €1,000 a year cheaper if I was farming in France

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Farm Property -- Wexford farm sells for €2.68 million at auction

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News -- European Union reaches a deal to allow gene editing in farming

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Farm Property -- Land sale of the year: €21m Rockwell Farms auction to continue with blind tender

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Dublin -- Stronger Garda presence called for in north Dublin after parents report being followed by 'unfamiliar' man

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Irish News -- Neighbours object to retention bid for saunas in Sallynoggin due to car parking disputes and concerns about health and safety

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Comment -- Donal Fallon: Chaim Herzog was controversial, but there are plenty of stories of heroism from Ireland's small Jewish population

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News -- Family carers share their stories with President Catherine Connolly during her first official visit to Carlow

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Meet the Limerick duo turning art classes into the city's hottest night out

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Mayo man spat into Garda's mouth on the way to garda station, court hears

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Wexford clothes shop to close its doors after 25 years

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Wexford & District -- 'Likes, lies and legal limits' – How this student won national title for speech on social media's influence on teenagers

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News -- Water outages in Tipperary's biggest town slammed as 'inexcusable' amid business disruption

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News -- Residents of Cork estate hemmed in at school pick-up times feel like 'prisoners in their own homes'

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Courts -- Cork resident avoids driving diqualification after being caught with fake tax and NCT discs

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News -- From his 'man cave' at his house, Sligo musician has penned Christmas songs which are proving to be a big hit

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The Indo Daily: Martha Nolan's final hours - Her mysterious death at exclusive yacht club

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Indo Sport podcast: New rules, media blackout & the male/female coaching imbalance | Nadine Doherty

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Indo Sport podcast: NFL check in | Patriots rise, Chiefs slide & Bill Belichick's decline

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Just Between Us: 'Your gut is everything' – Kate Brayden on cheating, betrayal and beginning again

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Festivals -- 'It takes about two-and-a-half hours per monkey' – Christmas ideas abound as Gifted craft and design fair in full swing

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TV Reviews -- Kirstie's Handmade Christmas suggests we make baubles trailed with the fur from a pug... I won't be doing that

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TV Reviews -- Pat Stacey: The 12 best and worst Christmas ads of 2025

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Celebrity News -- Marilyn Monroe's last photoshoot negatives used in $3m extortion plot, photographer's widow claims ahead of auction

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'It just feels like a good time' – Vogue Williams reveals she and Spencer Matthews may try for another baby

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Greg O'Shea: 'I just bought an apartment in Dublin. I wanted to buy a house, but quickly realised I couldn't do that'

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Food & Drink -- Five local tipples that give a taste of Ireland's orchards, hills and hedgerows

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With direct flights and a warm welcome, could Canada be the new US for Irish visitors?

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'Come here once and you won't look back' – sausages, 'stress-free' travel and the underdog spirit of Knock's unlikely airport

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'We put our heart and soul into this, so reading it was upsetting' – can Tripadvisor reviews still make or break Irish businesses?

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'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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Pól Ó Conghaile: The best Christmas markets in Europe, and my travel tips for a seasonal trip

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Inside Ireland's first Hoxton hotel, with reboots of Rí Rá and Dublin's beloved Library Bar

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Courts -- Man (75) who had vintage guns for over 20 years did not have a valid firearms licence

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Irish News -- Neighbours object to retention application for 'Sallynoggin Saunas', accusing users of the facilities of being 'aggressive and angry'

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Irish News -- Anger mounts over drip feed of 'hidden' details over former garda commissioner Drew Harris's 'sweetheart deals'

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Courts -- Trial for man accused of having €183,000 in crime earnings

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Courts -- Dad was forced to transport cocaine due to cannabis debt

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Irish News -- Wealthy US businessman sues Irish equestrian centre over ownership of valuable horse

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Irish News -- Correspondence received by Dublin councillors highlights depth of feeling over Herzog Park renaming fiasco

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Irish News -- New report shows the average female worker earns more than a male colleague in two government departments

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Irish News -- Breakfast cereals bought in Ireland had highest levels of harmful 'forever chemicals' in European study

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Courts -- Dublin father stabbed man to death outside home to protect his property and family, court told

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Politics -- Inland Fisheries denies it 'knowingly' let employee give invalid insurance details after road accident

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Courts -- Serial sex offender who tried to strangle woman in Dublin park argues DNA evidence should not have been introduced at trial

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Courts -- Jailed crystal meth businessman Nathan McDonnell will have big chunk of €795,000 home sale taken by Revenue

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Joe Barnes: With peace talks stalling, Trump may abandon Russia and Ukraine

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The Irish Independent's View: Government's planning reforms are ambitious, but devil will be in the details

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Olivia Petter: The boyfriend test you didn't know you needed – and why you should go for maths nerds

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Mary Kenny: As a convert to Catholicism, Oscar Wilde belongs in St Mary's Cathedral, rather than Merrion Square

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Letters: Festive films may not be cinematic masterpieces, but that's kind of the point

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Catherine Prasifka: Toxic masculinity influencers like Andrew Tate promote an extreme form of misogyny that rebels against the gains of feminism

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Mary Regan: For once, ministers could be accused of being too ambitious with this infrastructure plan

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Deirdre Reynolds: Ireland's legion of Saint Nicks need to put the razor down – do they not realise that facial hair is back in vogue?

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Andrew Madden: Video stunt a confused but dangerous escalation in anti-immigration movement

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Saoirse Hanley: TikTok suggests the key to a harmonious Christmas is just deciding not to react. The new mellowed out me is putting it to the test

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Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh: Oversharing your details online makes identity fraud too easy for scammers

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Sam Kiley: Donald Trump cannot be trusted – it's time for Europe to take over Putin talks

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Mary Regan: It was clear this was a hugely tense moment for Zelensky who – between handshakes – was being updated 'hour to hour' on talks with Putin

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The Irish Independent's View: Herzog Park controversy highlights gaps in Ireland's place-naming laws

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​Sinéad Ryan: I love nothing more than curling up to a good TV show, but if it's subtitled or dubbed you can forget about it

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Technology -- Ask Adrian: Is there a cheap way to move photos from my full phone without buying an expensive upgraded device?

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Technology -- Irish Council for Civil Liberties files Microsoft Gaza complaint to DPC

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In The Workplace -- Gina London: You grow by giving, and maybe your experience is the most meaningful gift

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Business -- Tesco Ireland says its auto-enrolment contributions will cost €3.5m a year

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Business -- Irish economy contracts slightly, consumer spending flat but exports continue to grow

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Business -- Former government minister Denis Naughten joins Red Flag

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Technology -- Ireland signs agreement to study Australia's social media ban on teenagers

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Technology -- Ramp Network is latest crypto firm to secure Irish authorisation from Central Bank

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The Big Tech Show -- The Big Tech Show: How Severance, Slow Horses and Pluribus have put Apple TV on top

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Business -- 'We're all top of our game... There are egos in the room' – the Irish designer on the jury to pick the new euro banknotes

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Irish Business -- UK private equity group Lonsdale to target Irish veterinarian practices

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Irish News -- Ibec gender pay gap report reveals that male workers earn 23pc more than female staff

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Irish Business -- Shelbourne Hotel's new owner enjoyed €10m-plus revenues in first two months

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Commercial Property -- Demand outstrips supply of retail space, according to Savills Ireland report

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World Business -- Rome and European Central Bank clash over Italy's gold reserves

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Golf -- Galway Bay members up in arms over huge hike in subscription rates

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Golf -- 'I felt pretty good' — Scottie Scheffler fires 66 to share Hero World Challenge lead

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Premier League -- Manchester United left to rue their lack of cutting edge after Hammers earn late draw at Old Trafford

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Premier League -- Saudi Arabia will fund Mohamed Salah move – if he is open to Liverpool exit

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Premier League - Live - | Premier League scores, results and table: Manchester United take on West Ham at Old Trafford - 20:39

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Swimming -- Ireland's Daniel Wiffen wins gold in 1500m at European Short Course Championships

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Soccer -- Aaron Connolly's rebirth and the Manchester United rising star – inside Leyton Orient's Irish connections ahead of FA Cup clash

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Horse Racing -- Marine Nationale trainer Barry Connell says Majborough likely to be his 'biggest rival' this season

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Rugby -- South Africa second-row Eben Etzebeth hit with 12-game ban for making 'intentional eye contact' with Welsh opponent

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Hurling -- The double jobbers burning the candle at both ends in impressive dual pursuits

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Soccer -- Ian Wright recalls 'worrying' moment Laura Woods collapsed on air

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League of Ireland -- Aidan Fitzmaurice: Why Shels may buck the LOI trend of heeding festive season's 'caveat emptor' warning this window

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