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Courts - LATEST - | Civil action against Gerry Adams by three Provisional IRA bombing victims 'should never have been brought', he says as case withdrawn on final day

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Breaking - | Elon Musk found liable to Twitter shareholders in fraud lawsuit over $44bn takeover - 23:42

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Michael Conlan suffers shock defeat as Kevin Walsh claims split decision victory in Belfast

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Connacht inflict first home URC defeat of season on Ulster as western province claim derby spoils at Ravenhill

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Harry Maguire sees red as Manchester United settle for draw against Bournemouth

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Gbemi Arubi gets impressive Dundalk a draw in Dalymount Park to deny Bohs

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Middle East - LIVE - | US considering 'winding down' war against Iran, Donald Trump claims despite more US troops being deployed to Middle East

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Mark Keenan: Ten reasons other countries tell us that big fund housing splurges are risky

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'Work from home, use public transport and lower speed limits' – IEA warns energy shock is here

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Courts - LATEST - | Watch: Drone footage shows Meath home demolition underway, as owner says 'send the bill to Mickey Mouse' because her family can't pay

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Six Nations -- Rúaidhrí O'Connor – Andy Farrell's depth chart: key areas still looking a little light as Ireland build towards 2027

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Irish News -- Fathers of teenage boys involved in 'Epstein Files' float in St Patrick's Day parade defend their sons after outrage

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Irish News -- Fuel pumps see overnight price increases: How do the various fuel stations compare?

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News -- 'She has captured the hearts of many' – Singer Dolores Keane receives emotional farewell in her beloved Galway

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Irish News -- 'I didn't let the grief consume me after I lost my parents to cancer' – broadcaster and actress Demi Isaac Oviawe

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Sex & Relationships -- Modern Morals: We'd prefer to elope than spend €30k on a wedding – but our family expect a big day out

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Radio -- Declan Lynch: Clearly the listeners of Today FM don't realise this, but Zombie is not even a good song. It is a bad song

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Family Features -- Bill Linnane: Manosphere? I'm raising my sons to be decent blokes in the 'Linnaneosphere'

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Life -- An Irish Goodbye... from Bologna: 'Finding somewhere to live can still be competitive but compared to Ireland, the process felt more attainable financially'

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Gaelic Football -- Philly McMahon: How the kick-out has become the ultimate power play in football

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Crime -- Infamous ATM heist gang leader loses bid to stop CAB selling confiscated vehicles

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Money -- Energy bills could rise by hundreds of euro as Government scrambles for solutions – but no return of energy credits

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Health -- Cancer survivors seeking mortgage protection insurance will have 'right to be forgotten' after five years, says Simon Harris

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Six Nations -- Stuart McCloskey in line for Six Nations gong as four Irish named in Team of the Tournament

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Europe -- Norway's crown princess talks about her ties to Jeffrey Epstein for first time: 'I was manipulated'

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Money -- Home economics: 'Our dad's will leaves half his house to his second wife at our expense. What can we do?'

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United Rugby Championship -- 'People say they only started watching rugby because of our TikToks' – Ireland's Eve Higgins enjoys being centre of attention

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Crime - Council's decision to leave Dublin park open all night could backfire, city councillor says

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Wexford & District -- Wexford crèche set to close amid Tusla action as parents scramble to find alternatives

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Music -- Billy Idol: 'The Irish side of my family has got a lot to do with me turning to music'

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Homes -- 1930s home gets an Italian job in Stoneybatter

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Money -- 15 food lovers to follow on Instagram for cheap eats, budget recipes and supermarket steals

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Music -- From Hole to the Smashing Pumpkins: Melissa Auf der Maur's raw memoir on growing up at the epicentre of the 1990s alt-rock scene

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Health & Wellbeing -- Ruth Medjber's life stories: 'I think my eating disorder was just me wanting to be in control of something at a time when everything else was out of my control'

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Bigger extensions and bike sheds in the frame as planning rules set to be ripped up for home renovations

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Dubai's dark secrets — Irish expats on the truth behind the UAE's beachclub lifestyle

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Newstalk could have handled my switch to weekend show in a better way, says Pat Kenny

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Kinahans abandoned plans at 'last minute' to flee UAE hideout for sanctuary in Russia

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Brenda Power: When some of us are willing to pay €35 for an apple tart, can we really blame anyone else for our cost of living?

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Motherhood unfiltered: 'There was fear the entire time. It's probably the reason I don't think I'll have another child'

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Dear Mary: I've fallen for my fiancée's sister and am wracked with guilt. How do I get out of their lives with minimal hurt?

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Middle East -- Sam Kiley: Benjamin Netanyahu is copying Vladimir Putin's tactics by targeting Iran's energy system, and it will backfire badly

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Europe -- Russia loses over 1,700 troops in deadliest day of year to date, Ukraine claims

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North America -- JD Vance's backing for Donald Trump on Iran war could cost him next presidency, report claims

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Britain -- 'Nobody should experience this pain and tragedy' – family of teenager Juliette Kenny who died after meningitis outbreak

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Britain -- Inquest to be held into death of boxing champion Ricky Hatton

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North America -- 'I'm not putting US troops anywhere,' vows Donald Trump as Iran hits back at Gulf neighbours

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Europe -- Denmark planned to blow up runways to block US military from invading Greenland

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'It's not enough to simply disagree with or dislike the guy, he needs to be taken down' – Why is it ok to bully Timothée Chalamet?

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Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh: My Vinted challenge earned me €1,000 in a year – and I got rid of pre-loved and never-loved clothes

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Martina Devlin: Zohran Mamdani's powerful St Patrick's Day speech shows he is everything Donald Trump is not

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Letters: Barack Obama spoke truth to ugly and corrupt power that is sadly overtaking morality

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The Irish Independent's View: Support Daffodil Day and invaluable work of the Irish Cancer Society

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Family -- 'He had a late-onset autism, when he was about four or five. He met most of his markers when he was a baby': Eamon Ryan on his son, Tommy

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Life -- Laura Woods: 'I have financial responsibilities like everyone else. Suddenly you're working full-time and then you're told that your services are no longer required'

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Life -- Copper Face Jacks turns 30: 'I met him, had a dance and a shift. I went back the next night, saw him, and thought, 'he's in Coppers two nights in a row – it's meant to be!'

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Sex & Relationships -- The Divorce Diaries: 'The sex stopped – he said you're the problem, you have to sort it out'

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Dairy -- Why we changed our minds on bluetongue vaccination – at a cost of €2,500

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Tillage -- How manures and foliar feeds are helping me cut fertiliser costs

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Farm Property -- 'Market for small parcels alive and well' as 13ac Carlow farm makes €18,600/ac

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Beef -- Sucklers, dairy calves and tillage: It's all in the mix at this 320ac Offaly farm

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Dairy -- Milk price slide leaves UK dairy farmers on the brink

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Dublin News -- €5 nightly tax for tourists to Dublin floated by council

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Irish News - Breaking - | UCD lecturer accused of hacking personal data of more than 100 students

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Dublin News -- Great South Wall reopens after €2.5m repair works following Storm Bram damage

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Dublin News -- Luas Red Line services resume after technical issue as gardaí investigate assault

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Diesel hits 228.9c on Wicklow's Circle K forecourts as Sinn Féin TD warns of further steep rise

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Meet the Kerry mom that has set up Born Zippy clothing range for neurodivergent children

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Suspended sentence for school cleaner who assisted criminal gang in carrying out tool theft spree

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Tributes paid to Cork mother who died in freak fall: 'Kelly had a big heart and even bigger hugs'

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Homes -- See inside landmark Victorian terraced home in Wicklow on market for €850,000

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Courts -- Speeding driver who was late for sailing event fined €4,500 after being caught travelling at 173km/h

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South Kerry -- Scenic Kerry gem and 150-year-old pub set in woodland walks is up for sale

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Wexford & District -- Wexford Order of Malta swoop to help an unusual patient – 'I just saw it on Facebook that the WSPCA needed help'

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Sport -- Work begins on new GAA dome in Mayo over a year after Storm Éowyn

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The Indo Daily: Was Gerry Adams in the IRA? Inside the landmark £1 court case

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Indo Sport podcast: Gaelic football panel | Ger Brennan wants some 'soul searching', Jim McGuinness 'not bothered', player of the league?

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Real Health: Are you getting enough fibre? The simple fix for better gut health

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Seachtain: The Irish Hitlers – Paddy, Bridget agus uncail Adolf

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Music News -- Ye Vagabonds: 'The sad fact is there are a few people this song could have been about'

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Movies -- The Peaky Blinders movie starts streaming today on Netflix. Never saw it on TV? Here's our guide to Tommy Shelby's universe

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Book Reviews -- Colm Tóibín's short stories in The News from Dublin explore nostalgia and displacement among expats and emigres

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Television -- What to watch on TV and streaming today: The Late Late Show, In Camera and The Plastic Detox

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TV Reviews -- 'Welcome to Moore Street' review: A glimpse into a beloved part of Dublin that stubbornly refuses to lie down and die

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Celebrity News - BREAKING - | Martial artist and actor Chuck Norris dies aged 86

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Fashion -- The divorce-dressing trend: and the top Hollywood lawyer who inspired it

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Niall Horan on former bandmate Liam Payne's death: 'I didn't think it was real'

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'It's so funny to walk into a kimono shop in Tokyo and find everyone drinking whiskey and talking about Ireland' – The team fusing Celtic patterns and Japanese heritage

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Marty Morrissey: 'I miss my mum every day. She was a great woman, a mad rebel from Cork'

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'I never thought I was interested in cruises, until I went on one' – Karl Broderick and Alan Hughes take a holiday on the seas

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See inside Ireland's newest five-star hotel in Galway ahead of May opening

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Done Marrakech? Try Fes – Morocco's historic 'second city' and less-visited alternative

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Ireland -- Pól Ó Conghaile: I tried to find 10 decent-value short breaks in Ireland – here they are, from €50pp to five-star deals

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Ireland -- 10 Center Parcs swaps in Ireland - family-friendly stays that are cheaper, cosier or comfier

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Travel News -- Emirates is flying near-empty jets to Dubai as busy Easter season approaches

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Politics -- More than 130 electric buses 'sitting idle' due to lack of chargers

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Irish News -- 'Cancer hadn't even entered my mind. I had spent 20 years of my life in sport. I was fit and healthy'

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Irish News -- Met Éireann predicts 'pleasant' weekend ahead, but conditions to become 'increasingly unsettled' into next week

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Courts -- Teen charged over three-car crash that claimed life of nurse Áine O'Reilly

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Irish News -- Daena Walsh's brother Callum speaks outside court after Adam Corcoran was convicted of her murder

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Irish News -- Gardaí and security arrive as council takes control of Meath family home built without permission

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Irish News -- More than 60,000 opt out of organ donation in first nine months of new system

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Irish News -- Council's decision to leave Dublin park open all night could backfire, city councillor says

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Irish News -- Electricity bills could rise by €800 in fall-out from Middle East gas plants attacks

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Irish News -- 'I lost both my parents to cancer so being a Daffodil Day ambassador means the world to me' - Young Offenders star Demi Isaac

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Sophie White: From food shopping to taxes, make even the most boring of tasks more fun by getting yourself a BBNAF

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Mark Henry: Ireland is one of the happiest countries in the world, but failing to clamp down on social media risks our future well-being

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Donal Fallon: How Cillian Murphy's Phoenix Cinema could offer a blueprint for saving our beloved movie theatres

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Letters: We are no one's lapdogs, so it is time to join Spain in calling out attacks on Iran

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Deirdre Reynolds: Don't send me a 13-minute voice note, unless you want an equally long one back

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Barry Andrews: In Beirut, Hezbollah militia surrounded us and took my phone and passport – I couldn't help fearing the Israeli predator drones

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Saoirse Hanley: Six years after Covid-19 forced me to leave New York with no idea what was coming next, I've made a nostalgic return to the city

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The Irish Independent's View: Taoiseach Micheál Martin finds the right tone in tricky corner with Donald Trump

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Ksenia Samotiy: How taking a first aid course eased my irrational fear of dying

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Max Boot: Why there's no easy fix for the US military's weakness in Iran

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Letters: With Iran war, 'you break it, you bought it' appears to be losing all meaning

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Fionnán Sheahan: Micheál Martin sticks to his script in Oval Office cameo role as Donald Trump goes full on Marx Brothers

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Lorraine Courtney: Young men are turning to the 'manosphere' because masculinity has been unfairly scrutinised and criticised – they just want to belong

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Mary Regan: Inside the Oval Office cauldron with Trump, where Micheál Martin came out with self-respect intact

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Sinéad Ryan: Why I don't begrudge the politicians off on their St Patrick's Day jollies

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Technology -- The newest form of online scam — deepfakes-as-a-service can clone your voice and face using 10 seconds of content from social media feeds

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Business -- John Mulligan: Next winter will bring a full-scale energy crisis and we will need to be ready for it

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Technology -- Ask Adrian: I'm worried that my email has been hacked after I received some unusual notifications

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World Business -- OpenClaw AI frenzy fuels get-rich-quick dreams in China

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World Business -- UK wage growth at weakest in five years

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Commercial Property -- Retail outlet in the heart of Wexford town is available to lease

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Technology -- Mediahuis suspends former Irish boss Peter Vandermeersch after he admits misuse of AI in new role

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Irish Business -- Profits at Hot Box Sauna company almost triple to €928,000

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Irish Business -- ECB keeps rates on hold at 2pc

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Money -- Big jump in number of eviction notices ahead of new rental rules coming in

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Commercial Property -- Dublin's Nutgrove Shopping Centre on the market for €27.2m

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Irish Business -- Price of natural gas surges 35pc after tit-for-tat strikes destroy key infrastucture

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Irish Business -- Overseas firms set up in Wicklow flexible workspace as owner flags risks from new remote‑working rules

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Irish Business -- Call for 'super simplified' merger process to tackle regulatory delays

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Gaelic Football -- David Clifford and Seán O'Shea on board as Kerry eye Division 1 final place in trip to Armagh

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International Soccer -- Who is QPR's Harvey Vale – Ireland's newest recruit thanks to his Kerry link?

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Athletics -- Bori Akinola vows to work on learnings from sixth-place finish in World Championships 60m semi-final

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Golf -- Séamus Power goes bogey-free to ease into the weekend at Valspar Championship

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League of Ireland -- League of Ireland – as it happened: Dundalk foil leaders Bohs, wins for St Pat's and Rovers, as Drogs draw in Derry

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United Rugby Championship -- As it happened: Connacht claim big URC win at Ulster

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Rugby -- St Michael's come from behind to beat Mary's and lift Leinster Schools Junior Cup

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United Rugby Championship -- Glasgow Warriors v Leinster: Team news, TV details and all you need to know for top of the table URC clash

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Munster Rugby -- Sharks v Munster: How they stand and all you need to know as Tadhg Beirne rested

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Darts -- Premier League Darts' box-office Dublin night shows appetite there for return of three-day event to Emerald Isle

9 hours ago

Boxing -- Michael Conlan vows to deliver 'masterclass' display in Belfast tonight as he shuts down opponent's career-ending claim

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GAA -- Pat Spillane: Kicking kings Kerry still ahead of rivals and there's a reason why they'll fancy another NFL title

7 hours ago

Women's Sport -- 'A lack of support is stopping drivers doing that in Ireland' – Kayleigh Cole's €200,000 dream to get on the UK grid

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