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Politics - Smaller towns exempt from new short term let rules as Government accused of 'caving in' after rowback

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Comment -- Katriona O'Sullivan: 'I want to help all women who are struggling with inequality, apart from the one I depend on the most – my cleaner'

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Courts -- Woman who stole €300,000 from TV chef Martin Shanahan's Fishy Fishy restaurant to sell assets in bid to repay funds

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Courts -- CCTV footage shows Valentine's Day stabbing victim Quham Babatunde being kicked and repeatedly punched in head as he lay dead, court hears

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Irish News -- Ministers sign off on further five-figure pay rises for semi-state bosses

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Business -- John Mulligan: O'Leary and other airline chiefs will welcome scrapping of 'zombie' cap at Dublin Airport, but saga could yet have a few more twists and turns

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Courts -- Financial services worker jailed for deception and impersonating a garda takes unfair dismissal case

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Money -- 'Gaps in employment can be a red flag' – financial experts reveal the reasons why your mortgage or loan application may be rejected

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Health Features -- Everyone's talking about: Skin dinners – but what's the recipe and can you really 'eat your skincare'?

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Six Nations -- 'I understand what Andy Farrell is going through because I've been living it' – Ronan O'Gara on Ireland's 'rebuild cycle'

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Irish News -- 'An enormous source of pride' – head chef at The Pullman reacts following Michelin Star win

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Politics - Latest - | 'A pending Green Card and work authorisation does not give someone legal status to be in our country' – US official says Irish man's ICE detention claims are false

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Health Features -- Life after bowel cancer: 'I can't just give up on life because I have a stoma. Running has given me a new lease on life'

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Courts -- Couple oppose documentary maker's bid for court recordings over unsolved death of young Mayo GAA fan Joe Deacy

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Wicklow & District -- Looking for an offbeat Valentine's date? Wicklow's alpacas are ready for romance

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Health & Wellbeing -- 'When I was eight, my father took his own life... I can see now how dogs played such a crucial role growing up' – Dogs Trust director Guy Thompson on the power of pets

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News -- Meet Ireland's oldest McDonald's worker as she is awarded Cork Person of the Month title

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Education -- The business pro and the ex-soccer star – meet the teachers who found their vocations later in life

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TV Reviews -- Fans of Detectorists won't be disappointed by Small Prophets, Mackenzie Crook's tender follow-up

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Irish News -- 'Audiences will be shocked' – mum and daughter star in play about terrible legacy of mother and baby homes

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League of Ireland -- 'Every time I looked over my dad was about to cry so I tried to avoid eye contact'

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Interiors -- Holly White: 'My mum had a shop in Dalkey in the early 2000s importing antique chandeliers. I have one, and wherever I go in life it will come with me'

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I'll lead Fianna Fáil into the next general election, says Micheál Martin

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John Mulligan: The Cork restaurateur, a $16m Miami mansion and the spectacular legal bust-up with her former romantic partner

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'A waste of my time' – Glen Hansard's brother decries council for twice refusing him permission to retain property extension

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The Michelin circus rolls into Dublin – from pre-ceremony pub crawls to new stars, here's what to expect...

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Tony Ward: What we witnessed on Thursday truly was Puke Rugby, Irish-style

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Dear Mary: I resent how my entitled daughters-in-law make a virtue out of being stay-at-home mums when my hard work is paying for their lives

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Britain -- 'I won't walk away,' says Keir Starmer as he pledges to keep Reform out of power

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Europe -- Ukrainian Olympian's helmet showing dead athletes banned – and black armband recommended instead

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Lorraine Courtney: Why working from home shouldn't be a special allowance only granted in extreme conditions

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John Downing: Keir Starmer has not totally rescued UK-Irish relations, but he's markedly improved things

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Ksenia Samotiy: Winter Olympics create an illusion of continuity in a world that rarely offers it

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Alim Kheraj: Taylor Swift's obsession with self-mythologising makes for boring art

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Kate Andrews: Jeffrey Epstein files spark political earthquake – but not in the US

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The Irish Independent's View: Keir Starmer's grip on top job may be loosening as Mandelson episode not over yet

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Crime -- The five men identified by the Kinahan gang's 'intelligence network' as being Regency gunmen and what became of them

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Irish News -- GP who failed to recognise critical condition of girl (10) who died from treatable illness is found guilty of poor performance

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Courts - Latest - | Enoch Burke case: Two disciplinary panel members resign in major blow to efforts to resolve row over teacher's dismissal

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GAA -- Martin Breheny: The game is up – hurling now needs two referees to cope with modern demands

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Golf -- 'It might entice them a little bit more' – Rory McIlroy sees more LIV players tempted by new-look 2027 PGA Tour

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Premier League -- Jake O'Brien sent off as Everton suffer home defeat to in-form Bournemouth

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News -- Heydon calls urgent stakeholder meeting for "constructive dialogue" over Bord Bia row

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News -- No new bluetongue cases emerge

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Comment -- Cow TV: How I saved €1,700 and became a calving camera geek

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News -- IFA ramps up TD lobbying as Dáil vote looms on Bord Bia chair

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Dublin News -- Dublin council chief says AI may lead to 'repurposing' of staff doing rote work

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Irish News -- Funeral details announced for Frank Daly who died after being struck by bus in Dublin city centre

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Dublin -- Commuters brand M50 a 'national disgrace' as TII bombarded with angry emails from drivers

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Dublin News -- Oscar-winner Brenda Fricker to receive Freedom of Dublin

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Dublin News -- Historic St Patrick's Tower to reopen as event and community space for first time in over 150 years

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News -- Laois commuters spending up to two hours a day travelling to work

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Wexford & District -- 'An appalling kick in the teeth' as permission granted for casino-style venture on Wexford's Main Street

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Limerick named one of the best cities for cosy pubs graced by the comforts of snugs and open fires

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Closure order issued to Tipperary food store after 'unsafe' products found on sale

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Housing blow in Cavan as An Coimisiún Pleanála rejects plans for multi-million euro development

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Courts -- Man found naked in Wicklow fined by court

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News -- First recipient of new scholarship for women in engineering named by University of Galway

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Wexford & District -- Troublemakers with 'convictions the length of their arm' being dumped into housing estates in Rosslare district

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News -- 'I don't miss the stress, I miss the people' – Tipperary's Michael Fitzgerald on life after politics

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Dundalk & North -- Damage to Louth Greenway being assessed as Carlingford entry point remains closed

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Indo Sport podcast: The Rugby Show – Andy Farrell's risky comments | The Sexton void | Changes for Italy

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Power, platforms, and policy: Minister James Lawless on the challenges of big tech

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Indo Sport podcast: Inside O'Connor's interviews | Gillane's gallant goal | How to rile up a dressing room in 2026? | John Mullane & Pat Ryan

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Indo Sport podcast: The Football Show | Last-gasp City salvage title race | Carrick's credentials | Aviva opener fails to catch fire

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Music News -- Kanye West announces first European concerts in more than a decade

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Entertainment -- 'After the first week of the swear jar, I racked up 47 profanities. Three-year-old Anna came in second on 17. We needed help' – Pat McCarry on kicking the cursing

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Movie Reviews -- Wuthering Heights review: Not what you studied at school. Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are edgy, rebellious and flashier than a 1990s music video

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Movies -- Actress Catherine O'Hara died from pulmonary embolism

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Celebrity -- 'Everyone loves Sean from Ireland,' says Simon Cowell of new boyband December 10

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Celebrity News -- Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton make surprise Super Bowl appearance amid romance rumours

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Beauty -- Triona McCarthy: Be prepared for some Love Island-style lipsing this Valentine's with these six make-up innovations

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Sex & Relationships -- Asking for a friend: I've caught feelings for the guy I've been having a fling with. It's been mostly just sexual but I think we could be more. Should I risk telling him?

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Sex & Relationships -- 'I really couldn't process that the man that I had come to know was also this guy' – as Theresa Rowley's fairytale romance ends in cheating, we ask: is love OK?

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Irish News -- Room falls into shocked silence as Michelin passes over Chapter One yet again

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Mental Health -- 'Adam's death has to be the watershed moment' – Galway man determined to bring about change after brother's tragic passing

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'A warm welcome and unreal home-cooked breakfast' – 20 small stays you may not have heard of in Ireland

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'Belfast's best-kept secret' aiming to go from 'legacy to luxury' hotel in multi-million-euro investment

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Land of the Volcanoes, alpine hikes and hot air ballooning – adios Costa Brava, hola Girona Pyrenees

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'After health and personal setbacks, I left my dream job for a five-month solo backpacking trip'

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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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'I wasn't expecting to be talking about it 10 months later' – six in-flight meals that actually tasted good

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Politics -- Lifting Dublin Airport cap exposes 'dishonesty' in climate plans, says Green Party

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Courts -- Four men plead guilty to €31m cocaine import bid

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Irish News -- Survivors of the Stardust fire will be eligible for €20,000 payments in newly announced scheme

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Courts -- Double killer Stephen Penrose claims solitary confinement in prison is 'psychological torture'

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Courts -- Woman forced to withdraw damages claim against Keelings after slipping on a grape she spilled herself

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Courts - latest - | Trial of Limerick car dealer accused of giving money to garda for tip-off about raid collapses - 15:26

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Politics -- Tech companies should be treated as publishers to combat AI copyright threats, Oireachtas committee told

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Politics -- 'A reckless gamble' – almost 50 electric Bus Éireann buses sitting idle in Galway due to lack of charging points

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Irish News -- Food Safety Authority stands by baby formula recall statement

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Irish News -- Appeal for Tipperary teen injured in horrific collision raises almost €120,000

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Irish News -- Elderly and children among more than 700 patients on hospital trolleys amid very high overcrowding levels

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Irish News -- 'My parents were told I wouldn't survive': woman tells of her experience suffering severe burns as a child

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Fionnán Sheahan: Morgan McSweeney was the only Irishman to buy into the Mandelson myth – and he has paid the price

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Ruth Medjber: Why I celebrated my 40th birthday two years early

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What victory for Thatcher-inspired Sanae Takaichi in snap election means for Japan

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Nick Gutteridge: How Corkman Morgan McSweeney went from master strategist to Keir Starmer's biggest liability

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Maeve McTaggart: Will Micheál Martin lead Fianna Fáil into the next election? He has to navigate Trump, by-elections and an EU presidency first

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Brendan O'Connor: Who knew social media was bad for us? The parents of every Gen Z and Gen Alpha child for starters

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Conor Skehan: Far-reaching wind farm judgment turns climate hopes into rigid legal obligations

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Declan Lynch: In our wacky new world order, Pope Leo seems radically progressive

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'Eliminated': how the Washington Post laid me off from my dream job with a single word

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Eilis O'Hanlon: Rush to judge George Mitchell over Epstein files has echoes of a Soviet show trial

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Letters: Why Irish weather warnings are getting lost in translation

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Colin Murphy: Four key lessons as a new reality for climate politics dawns

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Emer O'Hanlon: All these years I've been getting my bra size wrong, but now Sydney Sweeney is here to bust some myths

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Keire Murphy: Rental reforms offer some hope for tenants like me, but the overriding feeling is confusion

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Shane Ross: Holly Cairns can ride the crest of a wave as voters seek a sea change

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World Business -- 'Big tobacco' moment looms for social media platforms as court date approaches over 'addictive' use by children

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World Business -- France eyes tariffs or weaker euro in bid to take on China

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Business -- 'Privilege gap' opens as work-from-home restricted mainly to highest-paid workers

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World Business -- Sterling gets pounded as Keir Starmer clings to power

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Money -- 'Greedflation is alive in Ireland' – calls to fast-track new food-pricing regulation as grocery costs soar

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Business -- National Aquatic Centre generates €6.3m turnover as operator's revenue rises by 20pc

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World Business -- Novo Nordisk to sue Hims & Hers over 'copycat' obesity drug

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World Business -- UPS tells court it is owed more than €37m for 'Temu' delivery work

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Business -- Irish biotech firm Aerska raises $39m in funding round

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Business -- Aer Lingus makes fresh plea to US over Dublin passenger cap

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Money -- Housing charity concerned about new rental reforms

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Money -- Rate of grocery price inflation picks up and is now close to 7pc

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Money -- Four out of 10 have no money left over at end of month to put into savings, survey shows

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Money -- Auction process often results in buyers overbidding for properties, ESRI study finds

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Golf -- 'I don't think we get the respect that maybe we deserve' — LIV's Cameron Smith unhappy despite world ranking recognition

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Rugby -- Blackrock blitz Pres Bray to book place in Leinster Senior Cup quarter-finals

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Gaelic Football -- 'I'd say he's trying to rattle a few cages' – James McCarthy doesn't believe Ger Brennan will drop familiar Dublin faces

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Six Nations -- 'It's brilliant to have a player like him back' – Tadhg Furlong ready to hand Ireland timely boost ahead of Italy clash

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Soccer -- 'The weight of the entitlement that you appear to have would re-sink the Titanic' – Simon Jordan and Eni Aluko in feisty on-air row

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Europe -- Norwegian biathlete wins Winter Olympics bronze – then admits to cheating on his girlfriend on live TV

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Horse Racing -- Barry Connell confident Eachtotheirown can make his mark in Cheltenham opener next month

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Hurling -- 'There's absolutely no bitterness on my part, it was eight of the best years of my life' – Séamus Flanagan on Limerick exit

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International Soccer -- Ireland to face Qatar at home and Canada in Montreal as pre-World Cup friendlies confirmed

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Rugby -- St Mary's overcome slow start to power past Presentation College Bray in Leinster Schools Junior Cup

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Hurling -- Fence collapse injures at least three as supporters fall onto the pitch at Kilkenny schools hurling final

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Premier League -- Arsenal kitman sacked over 'anti-Semitic' comments accuses club of 'profit before people'

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Rugby -- Bobby Sheehan starts for Club XV as AIL's finest take on Scotland Clubs for Dalriada Cup

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