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Courts -- Croatia Lord of the Dance show worth €730k 'in doubt' amid fresh twist in dispute involving Michael Flatley

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Irish News - LATEST - | Love/Hate actor John Connors calls on Travelling community to stop feuding and 'return to God' in wake of Limerick attack

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Athletics -- 'My stock has fallen off a cliff. I didn't realise how bad that would be. It's an ego hit but I just have to get on with'

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Irish News -- 'Ah sure look' and 'skanger' among colloquial Irish terms added to 'Oxford English Dictionary'

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Politics - LIVE - | Taoiseach rules out fuel rationing and remote-work mandate as opposition calls €250m support package 'simply not enough'

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Five Czech players to watch out for – from the fit-again star striker to a veteran out of retirement

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Martin Breheny: League underlines harsh reality facing Dublin footballers and Kilkenny hurlers

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Breaking - | Liverpool announce Mohamed Salah will leave club at end of current season - 19:48

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International model hits out at homophobic and transphobic harassment during photoshoot in Dublin

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Irish News - latest - | 'It took a long time to heal but this brought everything back' – Man's body removed after fire at Offaly home where Tadgh Farrell (4) and Mary Holt died in arson attack

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Crime -- How detectives demolished web of lies spun by self-styled 'weirdo' who murdered Natalie McNally

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Legal Advice -- We transferred the farm to our son but his new relationship has us terrified for its future

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World News - Breaking - | 'Non-hostile ships' to be allowed through Strait of Hormuz, as Donald Trump touts 'present' from Iran

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Gaelic Football -- 'He was the greatest broadcaster we've ever had' – Brolly, Spillane and O'Rourke reunite in tribute to Michael Lyster

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Man arrested after gardaí seize €110,000 of cannabis at Dublin office of Bauer Media radio group

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The great Irish festival guide – from all-night ragers to relaxing retreats, your summer fixtures, all mapped out

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I'm trolled on TikTok but social media is driving customers to our farm shop

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International Soccer -- Massive match-fixing scandal rocks Czechia football just two days ahead of crunch World Cup playoff with Ireland

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Crime -- Retired superintendent warns 'culture of fear' is crippling An Garda Síochána – 'It can't just be brushed under the carpet'

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Irish News -- Three men arrested over attempted murder of woman in Clondalkin

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Dublin News -- 'You can feel the movement of the water while looking out at the sea' – Ireland's first floating sauna to launch in Dún Laoghaire

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Money -- 'Irish people tend to stay closer to the upper end of the gifting scale' – how expensive is it to be a wedding guest and where can you cut costs?

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Irish News -- Smyths Toys recalls children's 'dig' toys over traces of asbestos

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World News -- How traders bet $500m on oil price just before Donald Trump announced delay to Iran attack

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Courts -- €425,000 for family of motorcyclist who died in crash with Dublin bus

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Irish Business -- Donal O'Donovan: Markets can't keep up with war in Iran, and that's going to be bad for the real economy

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Food Reviews -- Lucinda O'Sullivan's restaurant review: 'As rubbish sacks were hauled past, it felt like we were bit players in a farcical demo of how not to run a restaurant'

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Courts -- Man (25) to be jailed over death of pensioner after 'MMA-style' kick

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Irish News -- New student beds built by private developers on state land will have no dedicated rent controls

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Irish News Video -- Angry scenes in the Dail as opposition react to 'half-baked' energy support package

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Irish News Video -- Government to cut taxes on petrol by 17c and diesel by 22c for the next two months

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Irish News Video -- 'We support the immediate intervention... to cut excise duty on, diesel, petrol at the pumps,' says Labour Party TD Ged Nash

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World News -- "If it goes well we're going to end up with settling this otherwise we're going to keep bombing our little hearts out," says Trump in response to Iranians' 'fake news' dismissal

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Irish News -- Concern as road deaths surge by 19pc

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Soccer -- Daniel McDonnell: Three reasons to be cheerful and three to be fearful about Ireland's play-off prospects against Czechia

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Health Features -- Throat cancer: 'The open mask made my radiotherapy bearable – some people stop treatment because they can't bear the closed mask'

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International Soccer -- The Troy Parrott Effect: From songs to greeting cards – and even a parrot named Troy - we can't get enough of the Republic of Ireland's hat-trick hero

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers: 'I drank alone. I wanted oblivion all the time. I'd buy two bottles of vodka and lock the door'

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Two weeks after being ordered to prison, why are Enoch Burke's mother and sister still at large?

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Amy Molloy: How a massive dream home in rural Co Meath ended up as 'a costly pile of rubble'

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Dear Mary: My adult daughters are living at home and want their boyfriends to stay over but my husband says no

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Electric vehicles or petrol cars – which are cheaper to run?

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A lost boy: the harrowing story of one Dublin child, failed by those who should have protected him, whose life is now blighted by drugs and crime

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Europe -- Daylight drone strike on Lviv apartment block as Russia launches major attacks on civilian areas of Ukraine, officials say

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World News -- Quadruple amputee cornhole player accused of shooting man dead in car and dumping his body

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North America -- Two pilots killed in Air Canada plane crash identified

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World News -- Trump administration launches more probes into Harvard University

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Britain -- Arson attack on Jewish ambulances in London was 'antisemitic', says British prime minister Keir Starmer

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David W Higgins: Why Ireland's ban on nuclear power and offshore drilling should be lifted

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Sam Kiley: Trump forced to hit pause as Iran exposes limits of power without a plan

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Ksenia Samotiy: Losing my phone was a brief relief from the digital dependency that has become the norm

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Letters: Only Americans can stop Donald Trump's demolition of global peace and stability

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The Irish Independent's View: World economy is at the mercy of Donald Trump's erratic whims

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Fionnán Sheahan: Posh parents are spoiling Hot School Meals scheme for the plain people of Ireland

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Legal Advice -- 'I put the family home into my wife's name to get agricultural relief, but now we are separating and she says I have no entitlement to the house. Is this true?'

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Courts - LATEST - | Watch: Drone footage shows Meath home demolition underway, as owner says 'send the bill to Mickey Mouse' because her family can't pay

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Entertainment -- Emotional speeches, a few boos and a missing actor – 10 big moments from the Oscars 2026

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Family -- The Divorce Diaries: 'I was planning on breaking up with him, and then I found out I was pregnant'

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Soccer -- Latest

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International Soccer - Bill Belichick aims for Dublin reset, as he tells Prague-bound Ireland to 'prepare for hard things'

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Shoppers buy 36pc less steak as beef prices rise

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Beef quotes take another hammering – despite soaring export sales

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Limited supplies drive up lamb prices by 90c/kg

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Funding cut by 90pc for some TAMS schemes – Department of Agriculture

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'We're not getting anything near market price' – How Irish farmers are being hit by the war in the Middle East

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Dublin News -- Councillor calls for anti-drinking signage on Drury Street as sunny weather brings back crowds

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Dublin News -- American fast-food franchise In-N-Out Burger to host Dublin pop-up

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Michael O'Leary dons Mayo jersey at Ireland West Airport and says it can continue to grow with Government help

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Leitrim defibrillator project showing device locations online hailed as model to follow nationwide

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Concerns grow for popular Donegal festival as organisers step down

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Two drivers hospitalised following crash in Donegal

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Kerry woman's State apology after 68 years bearing the pain and indignity of abuse

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South Kerry -- Plans for Kerry catering college move foward as long derelict Pretty Polly site to be transferred

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Courts -- Louth stabbing accused due back in court after bail refused

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News -- Tipperary families left 'in limbo' as housing delays force tenants to overhold

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News -- New Galway fire station plans move to contractor phase as 2027 completion date set

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The Left Wing: Munster's collapse | Leinster's decline | Connacht's revival | Ulster's missed chance

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Indo GAA podcast: Brolly, Spillane & O'Rourke pay tribute to Michael Lyster | League ends on a high

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Indo GAA podcast: Limerick & Galway forwards hunt tackles | TJ Reid the GOAT? | Leinster championship power rankings

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The Big Tech Show: How a floppy disk gave me ransomware

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Theatre & Arts -- Fairy-tale opera given smart satirical tone needs one more twist

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Entertainment - latest - | Niall Horan announces 2026 Irish dates for his Dinner Party tour

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TV Reviews -- 'Billy Idol Should Be Dead' review: The rise, fall and rise again of an enduring and endearing rocker

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Music -- Elbow's Guy Garvey: 'My advice for life? Have as much sex as possible'

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Music News -- Wexford piper to perform 'The Brendan Voyage' on home soil for the first time

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Celebrity News -- Married At First Sight star Mel Schilling dies aged 54 'surrounded by love'

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Style -- Fashionable after 50: 'There is no age limit to being stylish'

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Style -- Jedward star John Grimes set to enter 'Celebrity Ex on the Beach' next week

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Celebrity -- 'Charlie was so broken when I rescued him; it was from my other lurcher that he learned how to be a dog again' – Model Thalia Heffernan on her two rescue dogs

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Celebrity News -- Chappell Roan 'really sad' after security clash at hotel made footballer Jorginho's daughter cry

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The interiors edit: How to style the perfect 'shelfie'

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Kirsty Blake Knox: Was 2000s surgery show 'The Swan' the most offensive reality TV show of all?

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'When I see more women in the media making films, I'm inspired by that – if they can, I can'

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'I thought a five-day solo hike would reclaim a lost self. My menopausal body had other plans'

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10 Center Parcs swaps in Ireland - family-friendly stays that are cheaper, cosier or comfier

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Pól Ó Conghaile: I tried to find 10 decent-value short breaks in Ireland – here they are, from €50pp to five-star deals

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Travel News -- ICE agents deployed to over a dozen US airports; activities to include 'arrest of all illegal immigrants'

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Travel News -- Remote Spanish airport once again becomes parking lot for planes, this time due to Iran war

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World -- 'Cairo is not just one city, it is many cities stacked on top of each other' – here's how to do a bucket-list trip

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Courts -- Man who 'gratuitously' attacked American tourist and then lied about his family background and having a five-year-old child is jailed

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Irish News -- Wife of stabbed Ukrainian father hails him as 'my home, my heart, my safe place in life'

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Politics -- No plans to ration fuel as Taoiseach defends €250 million energy package

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Irish News -- Seizures soar of potentially dangerous weight-loss drugs from the black market

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Courts -- Couple face trial over €274,000 theft, fraud and pandemic funds laundering

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Education -- New survey of teachers reveals three-quarters work 'above and beyond' contracted work hours

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Courts -- Man (39) pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to murdering grandfather in Donegal Gaeltacht

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Irish News -- Czechia vs Ireland: The best bars to watch the game as the Boys in Green prepare to take a step closer to World Cup dream

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Irish News -- 'Cool and blustery' start to the week and temperatures set to drop – Met Éireann

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Mark Keenan: Measures designed to boost rental supply are actually cutting it – and at a rapid pace

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The Irish Independent's View: Short-term pain for long-term gain is a hard sell to renters

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Martin Breheny: My friend Michael Lyster – the consummate professional who made it all look so simple

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Ruth Medjber: When we go away and rent a big house on Airbnb, we get a small taste of what life would be like if there was no Airbnb

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Senan Molony: Why Simon Harris must 'go big or go home' when it comes to Government's fuel package

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Paul Kearns: Invisible Palestinians and imaginary Iranians — how Israel's media is presenting this war

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Malachi O'Doherty: Gerry Adams' incredible run of good luck just won't stop

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Sarah Breen: What was I like in the 90s? I'm glad to say that little evidence remains

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Shane Ross: My father almost completely cut me out of his will as he felt I had lost the run of myself and become utterly obnoxious

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Brenda Power: Meath house demolition is another victory for the State against the small man

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Brendan O'Connor: Nothing builds community like the demoliton of a gigantic house

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Eilis O'Hanlon: Forget waiting for Superman or government handouts — if you want to beat the energy crisis, just layer up

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The Sunday Independent's View: For or against it, inheritance tax must be made fairer

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Colin Murphy: How post-apartheid plans for South Africa were forged in Foxrock

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Conor Skehan: Sudden switch to offshore wind could blow back on entire economy

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Money -- Rules revamp aims to make mortgage switching easier and protect vulnerable

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Business -- Spend in build-up to St Patrick's Day shifts from pubs to gift shops

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Irish Business -- Pre-tax profits surge 36pc to €48.96m at Irish arm of Sports Direct

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Money -- Consumers don't believe multiple recent health insurance hikes are justified

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Money -- Revealed: How much war in the Middle East is expected to add to average grocery bill in Ireland this year

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Business -- Mercosur deal to come into effect on May 1

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Business -- Don't expect cheaper petrol everywhere on Wednesday morning, industry warns

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Technology -- HubSpot invests €40m in Dublin to build AI ahead of 'SaaS-pocalypse'

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Irish Business -- Taoiseach opens €43m flagship university enterprise building on Waterford Crystal site

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Small Business -- How a Wicklow barista helped take Catalyst from coffee hatch to award‑winning café

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Business -- Irish shares rebound and oil falls as Trump talks up Iran talks

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Small Business -- Wexford entrepreneur who owns successful hair health business lends her expertise to five star Monart spa

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Horse Racing -- Nicky Henderson announces death of Sir Gino after six-year-old fails to recover from illness

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Munster Rugby -- Exclusive

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GAA -- Streaming service GAA+ reveals 40 live matches for this year's Championships

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Connacht Rugby -- Connacht's top points scorer Jack Carty will retire at the end of the season

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International Soccer -- exclusive

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International Soccer -- Brondby back Steve Cooper after Welsh boss accused of dropping Bosnia's Benjamin Tahirovic ahead of play-off

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International Soccer -- Seán O'Connor: They say never meet your heroes, but I did in Prague – on a night to remember

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Rugby -- 'They are lethal attacking wise and belligerent defensively' – Australia boss Joe Schmidt relishing summer Test against Ireland

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Golf -- Tiger Woods returns to play in TGL ahead of possible Masters comeback

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United Rugby Championship -- 'Mouthy' Leinster must do their talking on pitch, says Tyler Bleyendaal

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Soccer -- 'I'll take over at Atletico Madrid at the same time' – Jurgen Klopp fumes at 'idiots talking rubbish' over Real Madrid link

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