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

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Ex-Tory chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Nigel Farage's Reform UK party

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Fionnán Sheahan: Let's just leave the EU if we're no longer going to take our membership seriously

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Beef -- China lifts ban on Irish beef as Mercosur tensions roil Government

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Irish News -- 'I am not fatalistic about this' – Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon moves to reassure farmers over Mercosur deal

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Dublin News -- Cycle lanes and a new harbour – the big changes happening in Dublin this year

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Dublin News -- Council rejects plans for Ballyfermot gaming arcade, citing proximity to schools

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Irish News -- Nephew accused of murdering businessman Stephen McCahill remanded in custody

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Courts -- The Irish court cases that will be making the headlines over the coming months

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Brendan O'Connor: Don't make big decisions in the first week of January. Unless you're Donald Trump

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Colin Murphy: Donald Trump's designs on Greenland might soon hit an iceberg

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David Quinn: Micheál Martin is no gadfly – and that's why China rolled out the red carpet

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Keire Murphy: Critics of human rights laws forget that they were created for migrants, not citizens

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Money -- Savers in Ireland losing out on a combined €3bn as inflation erodes value of their funds

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Business -- Semi-state bank for small businesses 'should be explored'

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Irish Business -- Better days ahead for Irish whiskey exports as slump 'bottoms out' – Bord Bia bullish about drinks sector after tough year

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Courts -- Irish advisers Focus Capital Partners sue US energy firm in multi‑million‑dollar row over failed merger

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Business -- Smurfit WestRock 'can't comment' on whether US Venezuela raid boosts bid for $469m payout over 2018 paper mill seizure

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Irish Business -- MetLife finally dips a toe in the Irish market with new offering in employee benefits

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Champions Cup -- Rúaidhrí O'Connor: Leinster's rough diamonds and uncut gems show value of taking the road less travelled

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Gaelic Football -- Kerry captain Paul Geaney likely to miss entire National League campaign by taking 'big break'

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GAA -- Pat Spillane: Football is about the old values once again: you have to be able to catch the ball and kick it accurately

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Hurling -- Former League of Ireland star Dave Mulcahy switches codes to become manager of Kilkenny senior hurling side Tullaroan

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GAA -- From Mark Jackson's two-point Wicklow show to Colm Hulton's solo goal for Carlow - five highlights from the GAA weekend

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Six Nations -- Key Ireland trio Aoife Wafer, Erin King and Dorothy Wall return for Six Nations training camp as Alan O'Connor joins coaching ticket

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Leinster Rugby -- Leinster prop stocks hit hard as Paddy McCarthy is in line for a spell on the sidelines

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Premier League -- Arsenal announce Per Mertesacker exit with academy succession plan needed

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Tennis -- Dan Evans loses in first round of Australian Open qualifying as Milos Raonic announces retirement

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