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Europe -- Starmer backs Cabinet Secretary who failed to tell him about Mandelson vetting

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Education -- Shorter school days and more breaks under review as Dáil committee pushes for 'holistic' Finnish model

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News -- IFA admit they didn't know the full details of €505m government package until 'it went public'

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Crime -- 'We'll never give up on the ones we lost' – Stardust families to protest over 'slow pace' of garda review into case

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Irish News -- Dublin man to run 125km with disabled cousin in aid of respite service

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Dublin -- Fingal councillors make emergency appeal to pause rent hikes for council tenants in response to 'crippling' living costs

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Courts -- Noise experts carry out inspections in row between Hoxton hotel and Yamamori Izakaya nightclub

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Truck driver told Cork gardaí 'saved his life' by bringing his dangerous speeding in car to a halt

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South Kerry -- Kerry man to run Boston Marathon 'to honour his mother' on 40 year anniversary of her death to cancer

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Louise Duffy: 'I don't always have to be in front of a camera sharing. I don't just blast it all out there, which I think is why I haven't been cancelled'

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Irish News -- 'I've known patients who've been in tears' – Doctors warn of AI diagnosis dangers as distraught patients get false medical advice

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Health -- Nearly €50m worth of vaccines destroyed or returned unused by the HSE in two years

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Irish News -- Obituary: Moya Brennan, hugely influential singer with Clannad who performed on the biggest stages

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Comment -- Richard Curran: Government didn't cause fuel crisis, but that won't stop MAGA mob making it pay the price

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Irish Business -- Ryanair leads Irish shares higher as tankers freed to sail through Hormuz

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Commercial Property -- Stores and car park in the heart of Wexford town set to go under the hammer

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Premier League -- John Aldridge: Why I fear Liverpool will not secure Champions League football for next season

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Golf -- Conor McKeon: A sport where acorns of doubt grow into great oak trees of angst, golf is hard – that's the point

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World News -- Obituary: Alex Manninger, goalkeeping understudy who helped Arsenal win the double

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League of Ireland -- 'When the opportunity came I had to take it' – Tunmise Sobowale is loving life back on home soil with Shamrock Rovers

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Gaelic Football -- Colm O'Rourke: Provincial crowns have lost their sheen but counties should at least get a chance to play in Croke Park

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Premier League -- Rory Smith: Liverpool are stalling at a junction between eras and have some big decisions to make around their future

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Premier League -- Man Utd strengthen Champions League bid after edging past struggling Chelsea

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United Rugby Championship -- 'That sets a little bit of a benchmark for us' – Munster coach Clayton McMillan reacts to seven-try victory against Benetton

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Motor Sport -- 'Shocked by what happened today' – Driver dies after seven-car crash in race involving F1 star Max Verstappen

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