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Videos -- Garda arrested after €100k of drugs was allegedly stolen from a secure area in Garda station

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Courts - latest - | Wanted Enoch Burke comes out of hiding and goes to Wilson's Hospital School

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Paul Kimmage – Part Two of the investigation into Irish rowing: Denial, downfall, and a bitter end

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'No chance he's paying that': Cab hits Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch with tax bill of €790,000

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Dear Mary: A colleague confided in me that he is also gay but can't accept it so is marrying a woman. What advice should I give him?

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Beauty mogul Charlotte Tilbury: 'I feel much more Irish than anything else and I love that'

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Middle East -- Sixty-seven children killed in Gaza since ceasefire began, UN says

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Europe -- Samuel Ramani: Trump's plan would abandon millions of Ukrainians to live under brutal Russian occupation

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North America -- 'You may not believe me but a bald eagle's dropped a cat through my windshield' – driver's terror in US crash

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Sarah Carey: Harris has raised the stakes betting big on himself to replace 'prudent Paschal'

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Richard Curran: In boom or in bust, Ireland fans will find a way to be there for the Boys in Green

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The Irish Independent's View: Tackling wars and climate crisis requires us to work together

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Donal Fallon: Daring, once more, to dream the impossible dream of an all-Ireland football team

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John Downing: As sauerkraut officially goes out of fashion, is it time to finally ditch this culinary insult?

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Sex & Relationships -- Dear Mary: Our niece boards with us for college and has acquired a fancy new wardrobe – we fear she is stealing

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News -- Paddy Jackson's father wants face-to-face meeting with reality TV star who spread 'vile' lies about him online

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Ireland v South Africa preview: It's time for Irish to remind the world they are still a team to be feared

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From Belvedere to Budapest – why Troy Parrott will always be a north inner city hero

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Irish News -- 'The joy in her eyes chips away at any ache the heart carries' – Parents of girl stabbed in Parnell Square issue update

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Courts -- 'There's nothing but lives being lost' – mother of teen killed in e-scrambler bike crash calls for vehicles to be banned

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Dublin News -- 'Yet another cost of living hit' – Stillorgan Shopping Centre introduces car parking fees

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Dublin News -- Residents push back against 'unfair' new parking charges plan for Blanchardstown Centre

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News -- Learner driver left 1,200 ESB customers without power and a €60k clean-up bill after hit-and-run crash

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Wicklow & District -- 'You will always be in our hearts' – Heartbreak scenes as Wicklow family say final farewell to eight-year-old Matthew

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New whale species for Ireland washes up on beach in Donegal after being spotted by family

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Wicklow singer (15) to perform South African national anthem at the Aviva as Ireland take on the Springboks

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Waterford's Winterval drone show is postponed due to adverse weather conditions

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News - Breaking - | Nearly 60 swans wiped out after bird flu outbreak at coastal Wexford beauty spot

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Irish News -- 'I just wanted to not get fired in the first six months' – Tracy Clifford on a decade at RTÉ 2FM

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Celebrity News -- 'He taught me to believe in myself' – Rosanna Davison says Julian Benson trained her to 'walk the catwalk like a pro'

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Ireland -- 20 Christmas hotel breaks in Ireland – from luxury blowouts to affordable festive family stays

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Travel News -- Kerry hotel marks 60 years in business –'It was nothing more than a dream in 1965'

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Europe -- How a 'total novice' in wellness holidays got on in a Swiss oasis that attracts guests like Roger Federer

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Courts -- Woman shouted racial abuse at gardaí while in ambulance after accident

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Irish News -- 'We rarely break, we always bounce back' – how Dublin's 'golden mile' became a launchpad for rising stars like Troy Parrott

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Irish News -- Vogue Williams admits she feels 'so ugly' after first full day in 'I'm A Celeb' jungle

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Sam Kiley: Putin is pulling Donald Trump's puppet strings – but Kyiv can still cut them

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Lorraine Courtney: Forget votes at 16, raising the age limit makes more sense

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Letters: An extensive government portfolio does not mean that Simon Harris is inexpert

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Frank Coughlan: Ireland's World Cup heroics are an opportunity to take our flag back

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Catherine Prasifka: Yes, they're 'winter' lights, not Christmas ones – after all, what have laser beams shooting from the Spire got to do with the birth of Jesus?

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Sophie White: With toddler skincare products and app-controlled cribs, there's now a new frontier in the arms race of parenting musts

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Letters: In Government's game of bingo, there's a Simon of all trades, master of none

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Tanya Sweeney: Just when you think Donald Trump can scrape no lower, he manages to do just that with 'quiet, piggy' jibe

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Mary Kenny: Why Ireland is too 'nice' to copy Denmark's tough immigration policy

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Bel Trew: Next step in Gaza plan is more about triumph for Trump than peace in the Middle East

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The Irish Independent's View: Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe will be a loss, but it is time for others to step up

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Money -- Online shoppers warned about taxes and duties if buying from outside EU for Black Friday

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Technology -- 'Think global from day one' – Dundalk duo return from Silicon Valley with bold plans for AI venture

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Business -- Plans by Irishman Gary Quin for $1bn bitcoin firm hit turbulence

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Business -- Revolut records show payment to corporate 'spy' in Rippling vs Deel case

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Business -- Wetherspoon uses Ireland to skirt Brexit red tape for EU expansion

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Technology -- Adrian Weckler: EU bows to pressure from US and Big Tech on AI and GDPR

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World Business -- US jobs growth beats forecasts, but unemployment nears four-year high

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World News -- Upbeat forecast from Nvidia squashes fears of AI bubble

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Business -- Provisional liquidators appointed to company with farm of 200 cattle

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Business -- Revenue bill to store and maintain ship involved in nation's biggest cocaine seizure now up to €12m

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Irish News -- Supermac's revenues rise to record €314m as €7m pension payments hit group profits

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Gaelic Football -- Dual star Aaron Fitzgerald brings the fight on two fronts as Éire Óg target a Munster double

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Premier League -- Jamie Carragher: If Newcastle are not careful, others will give Eddie Howe the chance to take next step to the top

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Rugby -- Caelan Doris reveals Andy Farrell has given players a 'bollocking' in build-up to South Africa clash

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Rugby -- 'A lot of people ask me, 'Who do I support now?' Obviously, I support Ireland' – Richardt Strauss

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Horse Racing -- Wayne Bailey: Short odds but Grey Dawning has serious chance to atone in Haydock feature

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Horse Racing -- Michael Verney: Fact To File looks primed to repeat John Durkan heroics in Punchestown blockbuster

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Gaelic Football -- 'Winning an All-Ireland doesn't bring you peace' – ex-Galway ace Adrian Varley on quitting county football, alcohol, and conquering his fears

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Rugby -- Ian Madigan: What Ireland must do if they are to overcome the strongest squad of the professional era

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International Soccer -- 'I've watched this back probably a thousand times' - Ireland hero Troy Parrott basking in 'special moment'

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