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South Kerry - LATEST - | American man (53) re-arrested in Mike Gaine murder investigation

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'Reformed' criminal and poetry writer Ian 'Mad Dog' Maloney awarded €10,000 over taxi rear-ending

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'Hopefully we will get home soon' – Galway players stranded in New York after snowstorm

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Kildare couple who died in horror Waterford collision hailed as 'much loved' as funeral details announced

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People forced to go to other counties to access GP, Soc Dems to tell Dáil as they lay out new 20-point plan to tackle access issues

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Irish News -- Motorcyclist (50s) dies in crash with lorry in Co Sligo

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Legal Advice -- Trees on the neighbouring land are making our house site unusable and nobody knows the owner. What are our rights?

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Six Nations -- Six Nations jury: Have Ireland turned the corner, is it time to experiment and who was the player of the weekend?

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Irish News -- People 'should be fed up' with lack of housing and infrastructure in Ireland, says John Collison

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Irish News -- 'I go home and I'm buzzing, it's an adrenaline kick' – woman (70) who only took up rowing before Christmas makes world indoor championships

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Celebrity News -- 'I was rushed to hospital with sepsis... the hardest part of all is the mum guilt' - country music star Lisa McHugh

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Food Reviews -- Lucinda O'Sullivan's restaurant review: 'With steak prices off-the-scale, carnivores can salivate at this 10oz Irish Black Angus striploin with the works for €39'

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News -- Inside the Bord Bia protest: why the 'IFA 5' refuse to go home

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Irish News - LATEST - | No cuts to SNA teachers next school year in '11th-hour U-turn victory' for campaigners

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Courts -- Man with 99 convictions gets seven years in jail after shooting Dublin father dead on his own doorstep

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Europe -- U2 marks fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine with new documentary filmed on the front line

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Latin America -- World Cup matches in jeopardy after US co-ordinated hit on Mexican cartel boss

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Courts -- Cavan General Hospital apologies for care to baby who died 13 days before first birthday

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Irish News -- Government not told if Donald Trump intends to travel to Ireland for Irish Open in Doonbeg this year

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Rugby -- JP McManus gifts Limerick Rugby Experience building to the State for national women's stories museum

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News -- Dead farmers and ghost machinery: Anti-fraud unit now targeting farmers over subsidy scams

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Celebrity Features -- Weighing Victoria Beckham live on air and games called 'Fat Bloke' and 'Freak or Unique', are we ready for the return of TFI Friday?

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Dublin News -- 'Ticket was like the heaviest bit of paper' – Dublin man claims €500,000 in EuroMillions draw

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Courts -- Convicted attempted murderer gets four years in jail for 'prolonged and violent' robbery of man recovering from surgery

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Health Features -- 'I'd never heard of pancreatic cancer until Mammy was diagnosed with it. It's a very cruel disease'

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Irish News Video -- A member of the public tried to strangle a customs officer, new Revenue Commissioners reports reveal

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Videos -- New figures reveals the millions spent by government departments on social media ads

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Irish News Video -- Murder of Natalie McNally was "planned, calculated and premeditated" trial hears

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Videos -- Claims for the dead and 10-herd email trails: Inside the Department's efforts to tackle farm subsidy fraud

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Videos -- 'Our first dance was to their music' – Foo Fighters fans queue up for intimate gig in Dublin city centre

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Irish News - 'Diary of War': Ukrainian DJ collects dozens of people's invasion-day stories for theatre piece premiering in Dublin

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News -- Bishop tells parishes in Leitrim to stop hosting wakes in churches

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Food & Drink -- 'A well-rounded doctor is a happy one' – Meet the physician with a side hustle in Irish supper clubs

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News -- How this Galway boy's kindness sparked a wave of donations for autism charity – 'He wants to inspire people'

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Health Features -- Everyone's talking about... rice water for fuller, glossier hair. But what is it and does it work?

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Britain -- Meet Hugo, the first baby born in the UK after womb transplant from dead donor

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Politics -- From Snapchat to Tinder – new figures reveal the millions spent by government departments on social media ads

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Music Reviews -- Franz Ferdinand at National Stadium review: Exuberant spiky pop-punk party delivers a KO

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Zelensky says Putin has not 'broken Ukrainians' on anniversary of invasion

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'My dad's words make my eyes water and my heart sink, but I hope I've hidden it well': a Ukrainian refugee's return to her city scarred by war

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'Every single one of them has lost someone' – life in Ukraine four years after the invasion

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Catherine Fegan: 'Now we just say if the missiles hit us, they hit us' – Ukrainians reflect on four years in the shadow of war

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World News -- Iran is planning attacks on US targets in Europe, say officials

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Britain -- Russell Brand pleads not guilty to two further sex offences including rape

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Ksenia Samotiy: I chose Ireland because it was the furthest place from Russia – now I'm proud to call it my second home

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Lorraine Courtney: We should not have to sacrifice essentials like SNA supports for nice-to-haves like free meals and schoolbooks

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Sam Kiley: As war enters its fifth year, Ukraine has proven it can survive – but this is what it needs to win

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British ambassador to Ireland: Four years into Russia's illegal war, UK-EU solidarity is more essential than ever

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The Irish Independent's View: Four years into Putin's war, it's time for Europe to step up

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Letters: Millennials have been failed by the Government's approach to housing

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Family -- 'He had a late-onset autism, when he was about four or five. He met most of his markers when he was a baby': Eamon Ryan on his son, Tommy

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Life -- 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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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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GAA -- Colm Keys: Numbers don't add up in bid to push All-Ireland final dates back

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Premier League -- Miguel Delaney: This is the most competitive Premier League in years – and that's very bad news for Spurs

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Rugby -- Six-try Blackrock ease past Castleknock into Leinster Schools Junior Cup semis

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News -- Claims for the dead and 10-herd email trails: Inside the Department's efforts to tackle farm subsidy fraud

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News -- Gorman: 'Political capital will be rebuilt' as Bord Bia row deepens

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Tillage -- €30m tillage support package to be unveiled today

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Health Features -- One week this Clare man was showing champion cattle, the next he was facing oesophageal cancer

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Dublin News -- 'It's more than a haircut' – meet the barber of Cathal Brugha Barracks who helps turn army recruits into soldiers

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Dublin -- Almost 9,000 homes given planning permission last year not yet built in Fingal

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Celebrations in Donegal as lucky Lotto player wins €500,000 top prize

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2.75-acre Wicklow site with one-bed log cabin on the market for €140,000

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North & West Kerry -- Dream weekend for Kerry man as he attends Foo Fighters' Dingle gig...and gets hug from Dave Grohl!

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News -- Leitrim Organic Centre hosts annual day of celebration for 'the humble potato'

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Opinion -- Simon Bourke: Modern technology proves no match for our ancient roads' network as clever car disappears into the void

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Wexford & District - LATEST - | 10-Bed mental health unit for Wexford listed as 'ministerial priority' in 2026 plan – 'We cannot wait much longer'

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Gardaí issue urgent appeal for information on missing Kildare man (37)

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Wexford teacher appeals for support as she prepares for Miss Planet International Pageant in Cambodia

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Meet the Westmeath student designers taking to the runway at the Junk Kouture World Finals

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Man stole three coffee machines in a week from Monaghan department store

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Indo Sport podcast: Bits & Bobs | Kobe McDonald magic | McGeeney's media tour | Verney's fitness challenge

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Indo GAA podcast: Cute Donegal | AFL 'getting away with' taking talent | The Tommy Tiernan experience

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The Indo Daily: Extra: American man re-arrested in Mike Gaine murder investigation

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The Big Tech Show: Dings, pings and WhatsApp voice notes – other people's tech habits that drive us mad

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TV News -- Bafta judge quits over handling of racist slur at awards ceremony

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Television -- Today's top TV and streaming picks: The Philosopher's Kitchen, Lydia and Malcolm X

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North America -- Why the TV industry can't help falling in love with the Kennedys – America's royal family

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Celebrity Features -- 'Plenty More to Come': Tik Tok star Kayleigh Trappe on acting dreams, engagement joy and life after teaching

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Fashion -- Maggie O'Farrell's red Bafta headpiece was made by Margaret O'Connor and costs €260 – Here's what we know about the Irish designer

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Celebrity -- Gallery: Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal among galaxy of stars on Bafta red carpet

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Irish News -- Tír na nÓg, Pony Kids, and Ulysses: Simone Rocha's major ode to Irish heritage at London Fashion Week

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Sex & Relationships -- Dear Mary: My childhood friend's new house is decorated to look like my parents' home. Should I be flattered or weirded out?

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Interiors -- The interiors edit: Go wild with the Wuthering Heights trend

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Life -- 'It's nice to have someone else in the house': The upsides of taking a lodger into your home

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Travel News -- Explainer: What is Aer Lingus's new rule regarding travel with passports to the UK?

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

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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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The Morocco that's not beach or city – a five-day trek to the highest point of north Africa, complete with 'Berber whiskey'

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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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Irish News -- Man arrested as gardaí seize ketamine, cannabis and cocaine worth €675k in Clondalkin

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Irish News -- Dublin GAA secures green light for major new training facility in south Dublin despite objections

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Irish News -- Taoiseach says Sinn Féin opposing €90bn EU loan to Ukraine is backing its surrender to Russia

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Irish News -- New study with Irish charity finds storytelling reduces political polarisation

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Irish News -- Almost four-in-five hoteliers worried about short term economy over spiralling costs

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Health -- Unhealthy diet early in life has 'lasting effect on brains', with children now bombarded by junk food ads

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Courts -- Wexford man driving at twice the speed limit in crash that claimed life of his childhood friend

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Health -- Mary McBride training at Anytime Fitness ahead of the World Rowing Virtual Indoor Championships

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Irish News - LATEST - | More Irish flights to and from US cancelled following blizzard in American northeast - 10:19

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Weather -- Met Éireann forecasts more heavy rain as poor weather to continue through the week

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Ruth Medjber: Dublin's vibrant, craic-loving culture is now collapsing under weight of soulless hotels

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Ed Husain: Why it's time to take Donald Trump's 'Board of Peace' seriously

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Máiría Cahill: Apologists for IRA women prisoners would have us believe strip-searches are as bad as rape

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Brendan O'Connor: As I listened to what happened to the Kerry Camhs children, I admit I broke a little

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Shane Ross: If you were looking for better returns on your savings, would you really invest in Simon Harris?

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Brenda Power: What would Queen Elizabeth think of her favourite son's arrest? I doubt she'd be shocked

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Colin Murphy: Rotunda plan would set Parnell Square's dysfunction in stone, but there is another way

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Louise McLoughlin: Dublin fertility expo is missing a crucial voice: donor-conceived people like me

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Letters: As the mother of a child who identifies as trans, I wish society could have a more open debate

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Eilis O'Hanlon: Bono's cliched protest songs are the lyrical equivalent of Tony Blair's Third Way

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Declan Lynch: Shinners shine when it comes to backing the bad guys

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Fionnán Sheahan: I was Catholic-shamed for going on TV with ashes on my forehead

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Sarah Breen: Defending the human circus that was 'America's Next Top Model' is a terrible look for Tyra Banks

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The Sunday Independent's view: Ministers' SNA excuses reflect a wider weakness

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Conor Skehan: Nightclub protest shows how Irish cities are dancing around the real issues

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Technology -- Chinese cars 'offer best value' – but many Irish buyers put off by depreciation fears

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Politics -- 'A critical juncture in the history of the internet' – Google executives to address AI deepfake risks at Oireachtas committee

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Business -- Two-thirds of SMEs risk GDPR breach over storage of HR records

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Money -- Rents now a third higher than before Covid-19 pandemic and continue to rise

11 hours ago

World Business -- EU fails to pass new sanctions on Russia after Hungary objection

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Business -- Nearly half of hotel expansion projects in Ireland are on hold

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Business -- US markets slip, while Europe flat as investors digest tariff news

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Irish Business -- Mortgage lending down 10pc in January with movers and investors leading the drop

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Money -- Prices of petrol and diesel rise by 3c after dropping last month

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Business -- Growing up poor 'links to more financial strain at age of 25'

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Business -- Dear Vicki: As a jobseeker, should I rely on LinkedIn, or is it still all about who you know in Ireland?

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Business -- The week ahead in business: Hoteliers voice concern about Irish economy as Diageo and Glanbia publish figures

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Irish News -- Government's First Home Scheme hits milestone of 5,000 houses bought

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Irish News -- Are child savings accounts a rip-off?

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Women's Sport -- Scotland first up for Gaby Lewis' girls in green as fixtures for Women's T20 World Cup released

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Boxing -- Nobody asked for Mayweather (48) vs Pacquiao (47) 2 – but three elements could make it bearable

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Europe -- 'I deny it and everything proves it's false' – Paris St Germain defender Achraf Hakimi to face trial for rape

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International Soccer -- Czechs get badly needed boost as veteran Vladimir Darida comes out of retirement for World Cup play-off against Ireland

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Premier League -- Will Castle: Rio Ngumoha's time is now – but is Cody Gakpo as much of a problem as Liverpool fans make out?

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Six Nations -- Eddie Jones points to 'very uncharacteristic comments about a title-decider against France' for England's collapse

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Six Nations - Exclusive - | 'You've a lot more time after rugby than you have playing' – Shane Horgan on regrets, reminiscences and retirement - 13:00

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Premier League -- What a first relegation in nearly 50 years would really mean for Tottenham Hotspur

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Soccer -- Snoop Dogg 'cannot wait' for first visit as rap royalty prepares to drop in at Swansea for Preston clash

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North America -- 'Don't be mad because America won' – Dressing-room beer spray sparks debate over FBI director's use of US resources

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Rugby -- Eating a rugby player's bulking diet for a week? It defeated me

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Boxing -- Mayweather vs Pacquiao 2 official with old rivals set for Las Vegas showdown in September

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