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Wexford & District -- Gardaí ask motorists to 'respect local residents' as fines issued for illegal parking outside Wexford Courthouse

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South Kerry -- From Portugal to Kerry – the small village that left a big impression on one summer worker

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Courts -- Sligo mechanic drove vehicle that wasn't meant to be on the road

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South Kerry -- Kerry Centra owner seeks to extend shop to serve local community and offer 'value for money dining'

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Courts -- Man who turned away from checkpoint in Sligo had no NCT, driving license or insurance

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Enniscorthy -- 'I felt conned by the lack of options' – The businesswoman reshaping mainstream retail with her reusable nappy and hygiene products

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Wicklow & District -- Emerging plans for north Wicklow greenway slammed amid concerns about the impact on farming – 'Landowners are up the walls'

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South Kerry -- Sinn Féin TD takes first swing at Healy-Raes in 2026 over carbon tax

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Enniscorthy -- 'They just don't give a damn' – Rat-infested illegal dumping near Wexford school increases demands for CCTV

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News -- Olympic sized athletics track in Cork town still awaiting necessary Gateway 1 approval

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Irish News -- Ireland 'risks mother of all recessions' if Trump wins battle to lower interest rates, says economist who predicted Celtic Tiger crash

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'I want to lead by example' – Denise O'Sullivan completes move to Liverpool

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Teenager dies and three others taken to hospital after single vehicle collision in Galway

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Why Roy Keane's endorsement of Eddie Howe to take over at Manchester United will almost certainly fall on deaf ears

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Rose of Tralee Katelyn Cummins not letting favourites tag affect Dancing with the Stars experience after strong start

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Showcase 2026: Enterprise Ireland connects Irish art, craft and design with the world

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Irish News -- Making a murderer: how teenage runaway Tegan McGhee grew up to be the ultimate 'wicked stepmother'

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Courts -- 'Enoch Burke does not define what we are' – Life beyond the controversy at the most famous school in the country

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Courts -- Leading Irish showjumper arrested and charged with drink-driving and property damage in America

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Courts -- Billionaires say they will back Michael Flatley in legal row over 'Lord of the Dance' shows

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Health & Wellbeing -- 'I don't have any food rules any more. But I have a whole toolbox of what makes me feel good' – Clare McKenna on overcoming diet culture and finding true wellness

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Sex & Relationships -- Dear Mary: I'm sick of tidying up after my messy wife but when I confront her, she threatens divorce

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Rúaidhrí O'Connor: Andy Farrell will need to choose wisely for Six Nations date with France

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'Whoa, whoa, whoa, don't give me any of that pejorative shit': Terry Prone and Fergus Finlay on politics, ageing and conflicts of interest

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Shane Ross: Bakhurst's back to the wall at leaky RTÉ after exit of shrewd operator Hurley

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Irish News -- 'Life is now a perpetual funeral for us,' says father of US nurse allegedly killed by Irishman in Budapest

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North America - LATEST - | EU warns of 'dangerous' spiral after Donald Trump threatens new tariffs 'on all goods' unless he is allowed buy Greenland

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Courts -- 'They were standing at the end of the coffin, looking in. I knew they'd done it' – The short life and tragic death of Mason O'Connell-Conway

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Boxing -- Tommy Conlon: Naseem Hamed's comments on Brendan Ingle prove once again that money can't buy class

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North America -- $1m raised through fundraisers for ICE agent who killed mother-of-three Renee Good

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Money -- Travelling alone? Fed up paying over the odds? Here's how to avoid the single supplement

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Irish News -- Fianna Fáil TD convicted of dangerous driving had previously warned public about speeding

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Money -- Your Questions Answered: 'My friend is in dire straits. Will she pay tax if I let her stay rent-free in a house I own?'

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Premier League -- Conor McKeon: Manchester is a pale, concrete shade of grey but there is a light that never goes out for the Reds

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Interiors -- My favourite room: 'I didn't know I was creative, I just knew I wasn't academic' – inside interior stylist Sarah Twigg Doyle's upcycled home

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Irish News -- I saved €250,000 in salaries by using AI instead of humans, says Irish business owner

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Irish Business -- Former Munster, Ireland and Lions captain Peter O'Mahony tackles the zero-zero beer market

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World News Video -- White House Press Secretary slams Irish journalist as 'left-wing hack'

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Irish News -- Tenant renting luxury D4 apartment in dispute with landlord over 'nick' to 15-year-old Roche Bobois dining table

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Irish News -- Housing construction plummets, with only 16,400 new homes started last year

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Irish News -- Enoch Burke addresses the media as he arrives at Wilson's Hospital School

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Irish News Video -- Our family is forever broken - Mason O'Connell-Conway's mother speaks outside court

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Irish News -- 'I knew I was going to die if I continued drinking, so I asked God for help' – Model Alison Canavan opens up about guilt, shame, and addiction

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Courts -- Catherine Fegan: How child-killer who hid in plain sight at little Mason's funeral finally had her sinister veil lifted

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When Russell met Ralph – how I became an unexpected dog owner... twice

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Today's top TV and streaming picks: Four Kings, See How They Run and Everything's Going to Be Great

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Never mind the apres – try mindful skiing in a resort that mixes vegetarian menus with wellness

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Liam Collins: How my mild-mannered, pipe-puffing dad wrote a 'Game of Thrones'-style Irish saga

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Auto Advice: The EU planned to ban petrol, diesel and hybrid cars by 2035 – what has changed and why?

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Doctor and influencer wife's luxury Ailesbury Road home goes sale agreed

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Revenue told Government not to tell public about lucrative tax loophole

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'I'm getting married in 2027. So that's a great come around' – Eoin McGee on the injury that changed his life, finding new love and his latest financial advice book

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Michelle Doherty on the end of her relationship: It is the most terrifying decision. But I just kept thinking, this is not a relationship, this is not how I want my life to be'

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Caitríona Perry: If Donald Trump takes Greenland, Ireland has an enormous decision to make

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Ministers approve bumper salary hikes for top bosses, including one of more than 50pc

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50 ways to wellness: From retreats to greenways and yoga to cacao ceremonies, start your 2026 with feelgood activities happening in every county in Ireland

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Europe -- Ukraine's mobile machine gun pinning down Russians

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Europe -- Zelensky says peace deal with Russia could be signed at Davos next week

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Europe -- Ukrainian children 'at risk of freezing' as energy system is battered by Russian drone and missile strikes

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North America -- An ill wind will blow from Trump's fixation with Greenland if he fails to heed the warnings of an Arctic in crisis

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Middle East -- Iran's streets fall silent after mass killings as US warns of consequences

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Colin Murphy: Yes, some cyclists are a nightmare — but we are extraordinarily vulnerable too

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Eilis O'Hanlon: Contestants on 'The Traitors' are making the same mistakes as every middle-class muddler

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Eoin O'Malley: Political parties are falling out of step with voters as they lean left — with one exception

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Legal Advice -- 'I am my aunt's main carer and she said she would provide for me in her will. But now she says she's leaving everything to a nephew. What can I do?'

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Health -- 'Just because you did it before and didn't die, doesn't mean you won't next time' – frontline doctor's 'chroming' warning as hospitalisations rise

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Crime -- Molly Martens posts her first social media photos since being freed

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Analysis -- Barry O'Halloran: You might think it's about drugs and oil – but Trump's Venezuela intervention is based on age-old policy

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Gaelic Football -- Comeback kings Dingle could have their name on the cup

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GAA -- Colm O'Rourke: What is your county's attitude towards the league?

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Cross-border research project aims to tackle bovine TB

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John Downing: As politicians learnt from the Nine Frozen Arses in 1966, ignore rural Ireland at your peril – and Mercosur is just another example

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Ursula von der Leyen: Historic Mercosur trade deal will bring real benefits for Europe's farmers

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Judge tells farmer €1.5m in debt 'the price of milk won't come into it' during divorce hearing

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How this Cavan auctioneer went from selling a football jersey for €400 to €22,000 heifers

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Irish News -- Views overlooking Phoenix Park – but charity's €2m apartment block lies empty amid homelessness crisis

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Courts -- Gardaí could have taken knife off George Nkencho to avoid fatal shooting, his brother tells inquest

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Irish News -- Dublin Lotto players scoops over €11,000 in last night's EuroMillions

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Dublin News -- Woman fined for punching teen she mistook for someone else during Pink concert at Aviva Stadium

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Courts -- Dublin Lord of the Dance show in 'grave danger of falling apart' over injunction preventing Michael Flatley from participating, court hears

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Dublin News -- The Complex arts centre shuts down as crunch talks with council and Government fail

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The Indo Daily: The disturbing last days of Mason O'Connell Conway (4), as Tegan McGhee named as killer

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The Left Wing: All Blacks in crisis, Scott Robertson departs and how Ruaidhri O'Connor got the story

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Indo Sport podcast: The Football Show | Hat-trick Parrott | Head Coach Carrick | The curious case of Xabi Alonso

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Real Health podcast: How much fibre you need with dietitian Lorraine Cooney

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Movies -- How to win an Oscar: the hustling, dirty tricks and the whispered $60m campaigns to win cinema's biggest prize

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TV News -- 'He's a changed man' – meet the 'grim reaper' for Dermot Bannon's OTT home tastes

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Music -- Masters of the pop video: The film directors who sprinkled ­Hollywood magic in the MTV era

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Book Reviews -- The flaws of George Orwell and his reputation as the 'cool' rock star of literature

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Books -- Climate Changemakers: Three new eco reads that combine stark reality with strong solutions

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Beauty -- Triona McCarthy: Feeling the pre-payday pinch? Try these inexpensive but effective skincare products

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Sex & Relationships -- Asking for a friend: I thought my boyfriend was going to propose over Christmas but instead he told me he needed space and moved out. I feel blindsided and at rock bottom...

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Motoring review: Does offering a car as a hybrid and as an all-electric lead to compromises? This fastback sits squarely at the centre of that dilemma

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'I'm not a group person, but I tried an escorted tour in Vietnam – surprising connections were made'

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I'm an Irish mum who resisted a Eurocamp family holiday for years – but Bella Italia won me over

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Business -- Dublin Airport handled record 36.4 million passengers in 2025, says DAA

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Travel News -- Winter sun flights to US from Canada slashed as tourists shun Trump

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Travel News -- 'The Brooklyn of Dublin' – National Geographic hails inner-city neighbourhood's 'modern revival'

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Irish News -- Shingles vaccine should not just be for 'rich people', says pharmacist

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Irish News -- Cork woman whose land is at centre of family dispute leaves estate valued at almost €9m

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Irish News -- What it cost Sinn Féin to get Catherine Connolly into the Áras

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Politics -- Elon Musk's X is 'trying to let Grok off the hook' for nudification app, says minister

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Irish News -- Tributes to 'curious, kind and gentle' Evan Fitzgerald, who died in gun incident at Carlow shopping centre last summer

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Irish News -- Shades of the Celtic Tiger property market as sealed envelope bidding makes a comeback

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Irish News -- New €1bn infrastructure fund aims to speed up housing supply

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Irish News -- Media watchdog spends almost €90,000 on training with Terry Prone's PR firm

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Irish News -- Family of murdered four-year-old call for 'Mason's Law' to protect vulnerable children

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David Quinn: No, Mary McAleese — baptism is not a life sentence without parole

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Declan Lynch: If you're tired of the Irish winning Oscars, you're tired of life

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Keire Murphy: Mistaken assumptions about migration risk creating a vicious circle

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Dr Margaret Kennedy: I want a society that truly cares for the elderly and disabled, but people at the top aren't interested

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The Sunday Independent's view: Ireland's vulnerable children are still being failed by the State

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Sarah Breen: Is 'Hamnet' grief porn or great art? As I sobbed silently in the cinema, I was in no doubt

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Luke O'Neill: Robert F Kennedy Jr got it wrong on autism and paracetamol — is he right about the food pyramid?

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Adrian Blomfield: Why Iran's exiled crown prince is not the saviour-in-waiting many believe him to be

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Sarah Carey: It's simple, we can have a united Ireland or a neutral one, but we can't have both

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The Irish Independent's View: The mess of Iraq, Libya and Syria hangs over Iran intervention

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Édaein O'Connell: All-Ireland, Young Scientist and Golden Globe wins – it's a tough cross to bear being from the Kingdom

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Letters: The X cesspit and its latest Grok nudity trend exposes darkness of human mindset

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From the Ceann Comhairle to Cabinet ministers, what are Irish politicians' paid?

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Shane Dempsey: State's top 10 infrastructure projects for 2026 – with Government's reputation on the line

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The Irish Independent's View: Take better care of taxpayers' money or face consequences

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Irish Business -- US-listed concrete group eyes further Ireland acquisitions after buying up Cork peer

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Technology -- US investment giant injects €340m to jump-start flagship Kildare data centre

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Irish Business -- Richard Curran: Why is it the State and not the pillar banks who carry the risk of lending to the vital SME sector?

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Business -- Corporate watchdog seeks director disqualification for accountant

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Business -- RTÉ's loss is Ires Reit's gain as CFO Mari Hurley makes shrewd move

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World Business -- Deliveries of luxury brand Porsche fell 10pc last year

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Business -- Ralph Lauren clothing brand shuts children's store in Kildare Village

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Irish News -- 'Small changes, applied consistently, really do add up' – how switchers can save up to €7,000 over a year by grabbing the best deals

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Money -- 'I saved almost €1,400 on my car insurance and 10pc on my electricity bills, just from shopping around'

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Technology -- Ask Adrian: I took a call from what I thought was my mobile operator – now I think I was scammed

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Money -- Finance guide 'Money Doctors 2026' highlights how families can save cash and build wealth

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World Business -- Goldman Sachs' profit rises again

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Money -- 'Some households have saved over €800 a year': How switching energy supplier can lead to huge savings

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Commercial Property -- Up to €4bn in commercial property deals likely this year

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Money -- Go off the beaten track and book early to make your holiday funds for summer 2026 go further

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Basketball -- 'I thought I was done' – Killester's Ieva Bagdanaviciene balances motherhood and sport in quest for cup title

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Premier League -- Manchester City spend freely despite era-defining trial of the century

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Sport -- Joe Brolly: I apologised for causing offence. Next came the storm

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Hurling -- Dermot Crowe: Loughrea have shed their old tag of an overly-physical team and are now viewed as a classy one for the purists

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Premier League -- Paul Hayward: Free fan opinions are worth a lot of money to new start-up

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Basketball -- Latrell Jossell stars to inspire Ballincollig to cup final victory over Tralee Warriors

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Rugby -- Connacht cruise into Challenge Cup round of 16 with 11-try demolition of Montauban

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Premier League -- Roy Keane gives Michael Carrick 'credit where it's due' as Manchester United beat Man City

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Gaelic Football -- London claim Connacht FBD League Plate title with strong showing against battling Leitrim

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Champions Cup -- Clayton McMillan points to 'worrying trend' as Munster left to rue shock Champions Cup exit

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Champions Cup -- Bernard Jackman: Leinster keep winning but know they have to go up a level – Munster have lost their old aura

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Boxing -- 'Today I felt like the underdog' – Kellie Harrington shows no ring rust to land her 12th National title

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Premier League -- Arsenal miss chance to pull further clear at top as stubborn Forest claim point

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Champions Cup -- Munster's Champions Cup campaign ends with shock defeat to Castres as province enters Challenge Cup last-16

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