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'We were left having to pay the full costs of their mistakes' – couple sue builders on RTÉ's 'Room to Improve' over water damage to their home

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'It's a big win' – Galway manager Micheal Donoghue in upbeat mood after thumping Kilkenny win

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Donal Burke saves the day for Dubs as they serve up a thriller against Screeney-inspired Offaly

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'I thought it was the best performance I'd ever seen her produce in an Ireland shirt ... she topped that tonight'

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Lee Chin takes centre stage as Wexford have too much attacking firepower for Kildare

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Local hero Béibhinn Parsons hat-trick fires nine-try Ireland to Six Nations win over Italy

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A family at war: Siblings accused of freezing out father who gave them €400m O'Callaghan Collection property empire

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Sarah Breen: I thought Coachella was some kind of utopia, until I realised it was missing something very important

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Eoin O'Malley: Simon Harris avoids heat in fuel protest fallout, but for how much longer?

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Book Reviews -- Richly illustrated 'The Story of Us' provides a snapshot of a very different Ireland from Census 1926

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Gaelic Football -- GAA Championship: Dublin draw with Offaly, Galway rout 14-man Kilkenny - as it happened

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Crime -- Paul Williams: It was always a case of 'when' and not 'if' Daniel Kinahan would be arrested

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Irish News -- Department silent on pay gap between outgoing Department of Health chief Robert Watt and successor

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Sex & Relationships -- Asking for a friend: I feel like my contraception is causing headaches and changing my periods but my doctor told me to just deal with it. Are there any other options?

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Middle East - LIVE - | Unifil condemns 'deliberate attack' killing peacekeeper in southern Lebanon; Iran reimposes restrictions on Strait of Hormuz after US 'violates deal'

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Irish News -- 'Too much is at stake' – Catherine Connolly tells world leaders 'democracy is under attack' on first foreign trip as president

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Technology -- Adrian Weckler: People are getting it wrong on EVs, electric is now the cheaper choice

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Irish News -- Tommy Tiernan makes his musical debut. But the real question is: can he sing?

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Gaelic Football -- DRA uphold Ger Brennan ban with Dublin boss confirmed to be absent from touchline until middle of June

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Money -- Your Money Questions: When will I be hit by the reduction in benefits on my Laya health insurance?

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Hurling -- Kilkenny are longing for the day they can be All-Ireland contenders again as the 11-year famine goes on

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Irish News -- Three young men injured, one seriously, in single-vehicle crash involving van in Limerick

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Money -- 'Switching could save someone over €200 a month' – money experts share the mortgage repayment hacks more people should know about

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Irish News -- Indo Politics - Will Micheál Martin survive another Fianna Fáil Heave?

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Entertainment -- Top IKEA Picks Ireland

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League of Ireland -- Watch: League of Ireland preview with Seán O'Connor and Aidan Fitzmaurice – Matchday 12

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Irish News -- Stardust families to protest over 'slow pace' of garda review into case

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Irish News -- 'Exceptionally rare' discovery sees long-living Greenland Shark wash up on Ireland's shores for the first time

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Encrypted messages directly link cartel chief Daniel Kinahan to murders in Ireland

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Katriona O'Sullivan: 'A lot of my friends have had gastric sleeves. They're on Ozempic. They've had their face done, their arse done. If you look at the more educated woman, it's very different – it looks like wellness'

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Six Nations -- Amee-Leigh Costigan interview: 'You adapt your life. And being able to do it while growing two babies, it's a challenge'

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Comment -- Louise McSharry: Things can be bleak, but Artemis moon mission showed us that at our core, humans are good

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Irish News -- Ireland's 1926 census is published online today – here's how to make the most of it

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News -- 'I don't attend all my events in heels and a dress' – Rose of Tralee Katelyn Cummins reflects on a hectic year

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Family Features -- Bill Linnane: No homework, no dinners to make, no pressure: The joy of a rare kid-free weekend away with my wife

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Caroline Foran: 'The first thing I said to my husband was, 'It's not our fault. It's not something we were doing''

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Norah Casey on losing husband, Richard Hannaford: 'Radiotherapy shifted the tumour, it cracked his spinal column. Three weeks after the diagnosis, he was in a wheelchair'

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'It has paid for itself, many times over' – nine smart buys that will save you hundreds of euro in the long run

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Council investigates alleged unauthorised development at Marian Finucane's former home in Kildare

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'The Ireland we left has changed... it feels like we're emigrating to a new place' – five expats on the challenges of returning home

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Living with ambiguous loss: 'When someone is dead, you get to have a eulogy, you put a lid on a coffin. With missing, you get none of that'

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Middle East -- Strait of Hormuz is open, says Iran, as Donald Trump suggests deal to end war could be reached 'soon'

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Britain -- Keir Starmer claims that he 'wasn't told' Mandelson failed vetting ahead of US appointment

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Britain -- Too much reliance on AI erodes ability to make an effort, study shows

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Middle East -- Lebanese return to 'unliveable' areas after 10-day truce is announced as Trump says attacks by Israel are 'prohibited'

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North America -- 'Good chance' Donald Trump will pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, her lawyer says

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Middle East -- Average of 47 women and girls killed every day during Israel's war on Gaza, UN agency finds

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Iona Cleave: How China and Russia are becoming Iran's eyes in the sky

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Courts -- Dublin solicitor who was accused of sexual assault by son leaves almost €50m in his will

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Celebrity News -- 'We have pitched it lower to allow market decide': Shane Ross on slashing price of family home by €900,000

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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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Sex & Relationships -- Asking for a friend: 'My partner got really angry and hit me. They apologised a few days later but now keep telling me I just need to get over it'

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Rugby -- Ireland player ratings: Béibhinn Parsons shines in a sparkling Six Nations win against Italy

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News -- EU eyes grants, subsidies to offset Iran war impact on farming, transport

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Forestry & Enviro -- Tirlán unveils new 16-acre solar farm in Kilkenny

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Forestry & Enviro -- New access point means Wexford homeowners will no longer have to drive on beach to get to their properties

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Dairy -- Spoiled at grass: why our cows have turned into springtime divas

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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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Dublin News -- Over 500 homes get green light in south Dublin following legal disputes

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Health & Wellbeing -- Inside south Dublin's secret world of weight-loss jabbers: 'Women are shrinking before my eyes. Handbags are quietly being sold to fund the habit'

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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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Wicklow brothers' Everton v Liverpool rivalry leads to one wearing a pink Bambi coat

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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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Courts -- Louth man cleared of breaking into house next door to his granny

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Enniscorthy -- Wexford business that makes and sells reusable nappies makes finals of national enterprise award – 'We are shaping the conversation around sustainability'

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News -- Row over Galway park-and-ride project and active travel plans as lack of bus lanes sparks council clash

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News -- One small stop in Cork for a bus is set to make a massive difference to local passengers

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News -- 'Castlerea Prison is not a nice place' – Judge issues stern warning to Cavan man over nuisance phone calls to garda station

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News -- 'Don't come any closer or I'll stick this into you' – Aldi knife raider blames robbery on 'bad break-up'

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Food & Drink -- Eight new ways to experience Waterford Festival of Food 2026 across the Déise

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The Indo Daily - Extra: Daniel Kinahan detained in Dubai in major breakthrough for Gardaí

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Indo Sport podcast: Bits & Bobs | Friday mailbag | Shane Lowry's Sunday struggles | World Cup price gouge

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The Indo Daily: Beginning of the end for Micheál Martin? Can Taoiseach survive second leadership crisis in six-months

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The Left Wing: Brittany Hogan in studio | Facing England, life with Sale and Italy in Galway

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Entertainment -- Irish actor Fra Fee: 'I don't think any actor is under any obligation to reveal who they like to sleep with'

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Music News -- From the Vatican to 'strip clubs', reggaeton superstar Karol G is about to take over world of music

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Book News -- 'Once you know your ABC, give it a go' – Meet the Wicklow book club members marking 25 years of good reads

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Television -- What to watch on TV and streaming today: Full Swing, The Young Offenders and Road to Perdition

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Movie Reviews -- Lee Cronin's The Mummy review: Clumsy and bloated chiller starring Jack Reynor is dead on arrival

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Celebrity News -- 'It's been a long week' – Zayn Malik thanks fans for their support from his hospital bed

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Britain -- Meghan and Harry win over masses on first Australia tour as non-royals

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Celebrity News -- How AI has killed the 'where did you get your dress?' question – and Meghan is cashing in on her 'faux-royal' tour

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Sex & Relationships -- 'It's perfect': meet the couples practising LAT — living apart together

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'Had Ireland not come, I might not be alive': The children of Chernobyl given a second chance by activist Adi Roche's charity

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An all-female trek to Annapurna Base Camp: 'My sister-in-law and I joke we haven't seen this many helicopters since the 2006 Galway Races'

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Home Economics: 'I'm a cancer survivor– will I still be able to get life insurance in order to obtain a mortgage?'

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Climate Changemakers: Meet the people helping to put the environment and nature at the heart of schools

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Donal Skehan chooses salt, spice and all things nice – chicken adobo, lamb flatbreads and sticky tamarind glazed pork

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'A baby-what?' – my family were babymoon sceptics, until I actually went and took one

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An Irish Goodbye... from Phuket: 'I feel like Thailand is one of the best countries in the world to live in as a gay woman'

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'We're no longer a pass-through place' - can a €7.5m Shackleton Experience breathe new life into this Irish town?

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'Our packs became lighter, and our lives became fuller' – 10 travel tips for retirees on a golden gap year

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My sea voyage to Shackleton's grave – what it's really like to go on an Antarctic cruise to South Georgia

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Courts -- Drunk chef shouted at passers-by and gardaí

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Politics -- John Downing: Government is harder and much less popular for politicians than howling at the moon in opposition

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Courts -- Burglar smashed Dublin pizza shop window with scaffold pole in act of 'wanton destruction'

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Health -- Meet the Wexford radiologist who has helped build hospitals across the world to improve access to cancer treatment

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Irish News -- Revealed: The HSE regions where dental patients in need of general anaesthetic are having to wait over a year

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Crime -- How Daniel Kinahan rose from Dublin street thug to International crime boss

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Courts -- Sil Fox fails to get jury trial over damages claim arising from dismissed sexual assault charge

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Courts -- Man who sexually assaulted former partner and hid in her shed to spy has jail term increased

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Courts -- Martina and Ammi Burke appeal criminal contempt decision

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Irish News -- Court upholds decision that former Twitter employee was unfairly dismissed but record award reduced to €200,000

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

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Luke O'Neill: With the number of redheads on the rise, are Irish people simply more evolved?

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Joshua McElwee: More forceful Pope Leo steps up as globe's moral leader as he decries 'tyrants' after Donald Trump barbs

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John Scally: How Moya Brennan found light after darkness

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Police 'beaten and bitten' in January 6 riots decry pardons

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Fionnán Sheahan: Micheál Martin given '12 months' in job as exit deadline moved forward

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Karen Tumulty: Why Christian backers of Donald Trump are so alarmed at his strange, unholy antics

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The Irish Independent's View: Precarious times for Micheál Martin as Fianna Fáil leadership in question

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Oliver Callan: Shinners join the Healy-Raes and other Paddy-MAGA lads, while Coalition caps off fiery fuel furore with more floundering

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Donal Fallon: If any sport warrants a re-evaluation in Ireland, it's Samuel Beckett's beloved cricket

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Letters: Shutting down country resembled nothing more than outright anarchy

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Katriona O'Sullivan: 'I don't start conversations online with strange men... I have seen too many relationships end because one partner gets close to someone else'

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Mark Keenan: Martin Cahill, apples, democracy and the housing crisis

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Martina Devlin: From a one-man attack on a German sub in Bantry to Nazi parachutists disguised as nuns – the oral history of an Irish centenarian

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As Micheál Martin faces down potential heave, here are the runners and riders who could replace him as Fianna Fáil leader

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Irish Business -- Judge finds 'series of significant and serious errors' in investigation by Central Bank

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Business -- Whistleblowers using AI in their protected disclosures, commissioner says

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Technology -- GoCar puts €2 fuel surcharge on bookings as experts warn that airline jet fuel could run out

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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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Small Business -- Fresh start for iconic Wexford bakery as new owners open doors to strong support

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Commercial Property -- Historic Kilkenny property which featured in hit film 'Circle of Friends' is on the market for €395,000

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Money -- Home Economics: 'My father needs to go into full-time care– but could his Approved Retirement Fund prevent him from qualifying for Fair Deal?'

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Business -- Finance professionals less confident about economy amid conflict in the Middle East

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Irish News -- Warning diesel prices could hit €4 a litre, as fuel rationing and free public transport 'may have to be considered'

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Money -- 'It helps them move forward and co-parent into the future' – how mediation can prevent a costly divorce

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Irish Business -- Irish mineral firm TechMet gets $17m cash boost for Ukraine mining project

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Business -- Employers hire more temps and fewer full-time staff

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Business -- Record year for Irish airports as number of passengers passing through hits 43.5 million

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In The Workplace -- Irish banker bonanza – 68 men and five women earn over €1m a year

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Europe -- Emmanuel Macron leads charge to put guardrails on social media

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Gaelic Football -- Shane McGuigan finds range against Saffrons to help Derry to first Ulster win in three years

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International Soccer -- 'I'm really gutted' – Cork's Denise O'Sullivan reveals despair as she is ruled out of Páirc Uí Chaoimh clash in June

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Other Soccer -- Brian Barry-Murphy's Cardiff promoted after win at Reading and dramatic help from elsewhere

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Premier League -- Bournemouth win at Newcastle to increase pressure on former boss Eddie Howe

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Premier League -- Richard Jolly: Liverpool's rebuild project is now clear – here's how it will unfold if Arne Slot oversees it

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Hurling -- Tony Shine's dozen helps Meath earn 10-point Christy Ring Cup win away to Roscommon

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Premier League -- Leeds edge towards Premier League safety with thumping win over Wolves

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Hurling -- Tom Hennessy's impressive Sligo take Louth apart to record big win in Nickey Rackard Cup

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International Soccer -- Marissa Sheva strike keeps Ireland on right World Cup track as Carla Ward's side make it back-to-back wins

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International Soccer -- Ireland player ratings: Anna Patten and Emily Murphy shine again as Poland are beaten at the Aviva Stadium

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Rugby -- Ireland v Italy, Women's Six Nations: Scott Bemand's side secure emphatic win – as it happened

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United Rugby Championship -- 'It's awesome' – Stuart Lancaster pours praise on his Connacht side after a big win in South Africa

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Hurling -- Down's Donal Hughes strikes at the death once more to snatch Joe McDonagh win over Antrim

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United Rugby Championship -- Stunning comeback sees Connacht storm to huge bonus point URC win in Cape Town

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