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League of Ireland -- 'I never applied for Irish citizenship and it's something I really regretted. I don't want to go anywhere else now'

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Eurovision: Is the boycott over Israel the beginning of the end for the song contest?

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Emer O'Kelly: Choosing to have a baby in your 50s is monstrously selfish. And I should know

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John Mulligan: Chawke name was a symbol of success in pub game until siblings ended up in court

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Singer Tommy Fleming and wife Tina split after 20 years of marriage

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Middle East -- LIVE

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North America -- Trump hails Vance and Rubio White House a 'dream team' – but denies endorsement

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Europe -- EU to invite Taliban officials to Brussels to hold migration talks

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Analysis -- The timing of the coup against Starmer helps one candidate – here's how

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Europe -- Further sanctions on Russia by EU as front line fighting continues

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David W Higgins: Who gets Ireland in the EU and US tech divorce?

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Ksenia Samotiy: Why we must not allow Russian culture to do political work on behalf of the Kremlin

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A humiliated Donald Trump is about to be played again by China

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Rugby -- Munster confirm 'independent governance and organisational review' following Roger Randle saga

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Sheep -- Factories struggle to push prices lower amid limited lamb numbers

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Dublin -- Eight folk artists receive €1000 bursary in honour of Luke Kelly

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Irish News -- Manhunt for Mountjoy prisoner who walked out of busy court after 'processing error'

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Mayo farmer who lost 14 sheep says thefts go unreported over fear of Department of Agriculture penalties

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Woman (46) took garda baseball cap from patrol car and later wore it around Sligo

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Slane residents 'prepared to protest' if festival organisers do not provide €5 levy

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Dundalk & North -- Louth family 'devastated' by damage to roadside memorial for 35-year-old killed in hit and run

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News -- Coroner warns of the hazards of sea swimming after tragic drowning of boy (8) on Co Sligo beach

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News -- 'We want to be out there responding to calls' – Wexford ambulance workers voice frustrations from the picket line

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News -- Gardaí await results of forensic examination into fatal house fire in Cavan house that claimed life of man (30s)

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Celebrity News -- Dua Lipa files $15m lawsuit against Samsung for using her image without permission

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Irish News -- 'When country people move to D4, their accent changes — they turn into Pat Kenny' – Comedian Rory O'Hanlon

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Travel News -- Hibernia Line: New Irish ferry company to sail six days a week from Cork to France

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Irish News -- Health experts 'working with all concerned' after Hantavirus evacuation flight, says Taoiseach

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Health -- Doctors want emergency funding for Mid West hospital amid 'intolerable' patient risk

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Irish News -- AI 'turns evil' and blackmails user 'after reading too much sci-fi'

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'I say fair enough' – what happened when I asked Israelis about Ireland's Eurovision boycott

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Con Coughlin: Iran is on its knees and can't demand anything significant from Trump talks

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Adrianna Wrona: The beauty of being bilingual in Ireland, even when I have 'a bad English day'

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The Irish Independent's View: Broader university learning experience will benefit students

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Fionnán Sheahan: Sniping at how Micheál Martin runs a diminished Fianna Fáil is still a trend

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Ivana Stradner: Vladimir Putin's victory parade shows a desperate, hollow regime with little to boast about

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Letters: Everyone is pointing to bike shed waste, but what about failed referendums?

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Eilis O'Hanlon: How can anyone ever honestly vouch for someone else's good character?

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Declan Lynch: Ranelagh today is all million-euro villas and fancy restaurants. The country people in bedsits have been replaced

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Colin Murphy: There are two worrying trends in Ireland today that should alarm liberals

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Conor Skehan: What I learnt about coalition politics from the heart of government

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Money -- Call for increase in payout fund for those with Prize Bonds

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Irish Business -- Jewellery retailer Fields gets its sparkle back as the firm behind it returns to profit

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Irish Business -- Judge to rule Wednesday on challenge to PTSB shareholder voting process

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Irish Business -- Tax appeal cases against Revenue should remain private, Oireachtas committee insists

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Money -- No evidence of energy companies profiteering despite highest electricity prices in EU, regulator says

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Media -- Mediahuis joins news alliance working to shape fair use of journalism by AI

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Business -- The week ahead in business: Diageo set to open new brewery worth €300m in Newbridge

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Gaelic Football -- The rise of Kerry midfielder Mark O'Shea – 'It probably happened a bit fast'

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United Rugby Championship -- 'You must pick best available, fit, in-form players,' insists Leinster senior coach Jacques Nienaber

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Gaelic Football -- 'I thought the game was over, we were out and I wished the Derry players all the best for the final'

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Six Nations -- 'I stand by what I say' – Stacey Flood will continue to walk the walk as Ireland build up to historic Six Nations match

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