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'I don't think anybody could have come in and done any better results-wise' – Jamie Carragher backs Michael Carrick to keep job

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Dublin News - BREAKING - | Two people hospitalised after fire at pub in Dublin city centre; Luas line out of service and commuters warned of delays

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Premier League -- Casemiro digs deep to all but seal Manchester United's return to Champions League

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Irish News -- 'This is not how we roll' – Edelman CEO seeks answers over firm's handling of Jim Glennon controversy

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Weather to turn colder for Bank Holiday weekend – Met Éireann

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Wicklow mum of two children with additional needs days away from eviction – 'Her food alone costs €110 a week'

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Courts -- Messages reveal Sean McGovern's plan to have 'easy target' Noel 'Duck Egg' Kirwan killed to restore hitman's 'confidence'

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Legal Advice -- 'I was given a right to live in the family home – but it's become a legal trap'

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Politics -- Airbnb register unlikely before summer amid Cabinet tensions

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Irish News -- 'It was horrific' – dad tells of fight to get son a place at special school

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Food Reviews -- Lucinda O'Sullivan's restaurant review: 'I'm sure the terrace will be packed all summer – but what a difference smiling service would have made'

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Money -- I asked an AI chatbot to be my financial therapist

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Gaelic Football -- Colm Keys: Mayo and Donegal both need something different to reboot a season that has bent badly out of kilter

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Life -- I say 'I can't do this anymore' 10 times a day, and then the phone rings – meet the reluctant animal rescuer fighting to keep her sanctuary open

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Irish News -- Massive security operation for Doonbeg if President Trump confirms Irish Open attendance

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Horse Racing -- 'The only way Gordon Elliott will be champion trainer now is if Punchestown gets snowed off' – Ted Walsh

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North America -- Sam Kiley: King Charles's soft power is more important than ever Stateside in the wake of shooting

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Health & Wellbeing -- Everyone's talking about: Pore strips – but do they really remove blackheads and improve skin?

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Politics -- Taxpayers may be subsidising policing of 'lucrative private events', Dáil spending watchdog warns

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Politics -- Aisling Moloney: September crisis looms for special education as 'hundreds' of children could miss out on school places

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Irish News -- Hospital stays for 'laughing gas' abuse on the rise, doctors warn

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Irish Business -- Popular Kildare business to close after 60 years – 'A sense of pride is what's keeping a lot of family-owned businesses open in Ireland'

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Irish News Video -- Dad tells of traumatic experience in courts to secure son's special school place

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Irish News Video -- Doctors are seeing a rise in abuse of 'laughing gas'

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Irish News Video -- Largest security operation of its type for Doonbeg if President Trump confirms Irish Open attendance

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Irish News -- Penneys insists teens still prefer in‑store shopping as it launches new 'in‑between' line

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Cycling -- Nicolas Roche speaks about his younger brother Florian, who was diagnosed with leukemia twice

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Life -- 'I think the manosphere is a group of men who are lost' — why I offer life coaching for men that turns pain to purpose

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Irish News - LATEST - | Woman (40s) dies after suspected assault at Waterford home; man arrested

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Irish News -- Young cousin of Scarlett and Jason Faulkner critically injured in crash

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Courts -- Top Kinahan gang member considered targeting rival's daughter days after Regency attack, sentence hearing told

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TV Reviews -- 'Celebrity Super Spaces' review: Dermot Bannon seems happiest when he's hanging out with the rich

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Movies -- 'I could lose myself in West Cork, it's just beautiful' – 'Severance' star Adam Scott on filming his new horror movie 'Hokum'

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Theatre & Arts -- 'There are times when we exist hand-to-mouth. We're trying to keep a 130-year-old building going' – Irish theatre directors on why the show must go on

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Comment -- Darragh McCullough: I was enjoying a break from all the farm alerts on holiday until I suddenly didn't have my phone

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Premier League -- Alexander Isak may be the face of Liverpool's failure — but their problems go a lot deeper than one signing

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Britain -- Kym Marsh: 'It's devastating to think that my father put off visit to GP until it was too late'

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Health Features -- Walking will slash your cancer and dementia risk – but only at the right pace. Here's what you need to know

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Who really pays for Ireland? What the facts tell us about Leo Varadkar's rural-urban divide

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Billionaire Luke Comer takes control of 340 acres of champion trainer Dermot Weld's prime Curragh land

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Are plumbers and electricians really the new millionaire class?

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'I am six feet from Tina Satchwell's body. She's buried in her dressing gown, underneath the stairs'

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Karma will sort Daniel Kinahan, says Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch as he gets ready for Dublin Central by-election campaign

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Middle East - LIVE - | Trump reviews latest Iran proposal to end the war – but he is not happy

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Middle East -- Donald Trump reviews proposal to end war as Vladimir Putin hosts Iran minister

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Middle East -- Israeli opposition figures unite in bid to oust Benjamin Netanyahu

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Britain -- MPs to vote on whether Keir Starmer should face inquiry over Peter Mandelson

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Australasia -- Girl (5) gone missing in outback was kidnapped, say police in Australia

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Europe -- Pope Leo meets and prays with new head of Church of England

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Lorraine Courtney: USC should be abolished for everyone earning under €100k to help 'middle Ireland'

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Brianna Parkins: No woman has ever been impressed looking at a man revving his car or motorbike. Turn the volume down

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Liam Scott: First came the gun attack, then came the conspiracy theories

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John Downing: Court reference ban should be considered after Jim Glennon's behaviour – but reform would be better

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Ksenia Samotiy: Making an effort to show up for others is the purest form of love and friendship

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The Irish Independent's View: Special education uncertainty leaves schools in limbo

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'I was innocent but treated like a killer — my best friend was murdered and I couldn't even attend her funeral,' says ex‑partner of Natalie McNally

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Twink faces new court battle to save €1.5m home as bank claims she failed to make monthly repayments

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Retired solicitor fends off debt firm's bid for possession of €800,000 Dublin home

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How Dubliner Eoin Tonge aims to supercharge Primark growth as split looms – with Coleen Rooney part of the drive

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Soccer -- David Kelly: Harry Kane has discovered more acceptance and success in Germany than he did in his native land

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Horse Racing -- Michael Verney: Punchestown Day One – 'Marine' to finish frustrating season on a high in mouth-watering Champion Chase clash

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Leinster Rugby -- 'You just keep on piling on the misery' – Leinster turn to Buddhism in order to avoid repeat of Northampton Saints loss

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Beef -- Beef prices unlikely to hit last year's highs amid war and cautious spending –Dawn Meats exec

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Beef -- Bullock and heifer prices jump €50-100 as mart trade sharpens

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Rural Life -- 'You can have absolute disasters' – the reality behind a local salad business

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Beef -- Why this 'quiet' bull nearly cost a farmer his best cow

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Beef -- Prices frozen at home while 'cheap' beef pressures UK market

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Lifestyle -- May Bank Holiday in Dublin – your guide to events happening across the capital

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Gaelic Football -- Dublin went too close for comfort against Wicklow but as Oisín McConville well knows there's no such thing as a beaten docket

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Wicklow & District -- Life-saving community defibrillator is stolen from Wicklow town

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Gorey -- Wexford developers outline plans to build residential scheme comprising 49 homes

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News -- Three athletes from Leitrim preparing to take part in the Fitness Inclusion Games

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North & West Kerry -- Kerry Garda sustains injury responding to incident of assault in Listowel

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Rugby -- 'The emergency response was world-class' – UCC captain responding well after AIL play-off abandoned due to medical incident

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First patient at a Limerick hospital to undergo robot-assisted surgery – 'I was home that day'

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103-year-old Wexford woman set to be crowned 'Oldest May Bush Queen'

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Inside the Irish pub in Georgia which pays tribute to the state's close Wexford links – 'It is rooted in history, not branding'

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Carlow man jailed and banned for five years over drink and dangerous driving

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Wexford man shortlisted for inaugural photography award for exploring lives of men living in IPAS centre

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The Indo Daily: Gerry Hutch says "karma" has come for Daniel Kinahan as by-election run kicks off

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Indo Sport podcast: Cork edge Limerick thriller, Waterford battle back, Kilkenny circle the wagons | Michael Duignan & Colm Keys

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The Indo Daily Extra: Extra: Inside the dozens of calls placed to PR firm Edelman in pursuit of the truth about Jim Glennon

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The Indo Daily: Did Leo Varadkar have a point in the urban v rural Ireland debate?

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TV Reviews -- 'This is not a Murder Mystery' review: Surrealist artist Magritte turns detective in a fun mystery romp

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Television -- What to watch on TV and streaming today: Half Man, Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr and Apex

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TV News -- Retired IT analyst becomes seventh person to win Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? – and Ulysses featured in the winning question

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Music News -- Nedra Talley Ross, last surviving member of The Ronettes, dies at 80

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Sex & Relationships -- Dear Mary: I went all out to organise a friend's celebration and got no thanks in return. It's not the first time I've felt taken for granted

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Beauty -- Triona McCarthy: These new spring launches will help you tackle everything from 'tech neck' to dull skin

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Home & Garden -- Notions and necessities: From street photo festivals to summer outfits and garden furniture, it's all here

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Sex & Relationships -- Asking for a friend: I'm thinking about getting engaged to my partner this year. We've lived together for a few months but I'm worried I'm not experienced enough

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Celebrity News -- 'What a musician, what an artist, she is' – Meryl Streep praises Lady Gaga's performance for 'The Devil Wears Prada 2'

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Music -- Sara Bareilles: 'I didn't really know what I was supposed to be doing. I started writing songs that I thought sounded like things on the radio. And then I got angry with myself'

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The Fab 50: Ireland's best places to stay in 2026, from a revamped motel and rainforest stay to a cabin that feels 'like a hug'

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We found a 1960s motel on the Irish coast – now it's an adult-only, dog-friendly coastal stay

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Ireland's Cabin Under the Hills: 'It's for a different type of tourist, a tourist that is exploring the edges'

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From skyscraper highs to dive bar lows – Toronto could be the perfect base for Fifa World Cup matches

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An Irish Goodbye... from Berlin: 'My Irish humour gets me into a lot of trouble. The Germans can be quite literal'

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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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Politics -- Commercial contracts for Ukrainian refugee accommodation to be terminated

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Irish News -- Stormont leaders 'united in condemnation' after car bomb in Belfast

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Courts -- Father of one has €5.8m property debt written off in return for €45,000

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Courts -- Injured man who hurled abuse at paramedics was 'having bad day', court told

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Courts -- Man grabbed boy (11) by throat and punched him, thinking victim picked on his son (5)

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Irish News -- ​'I've done everything right and there's still no solution' – parents applying for special education places rejected over 14 times on average

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Politics -- 'A bad mistake' – Darragh O'Brien says it's 'inappropriate' for TDs or former TDs to give character references in court cases

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Courts -- Minor at risk of fatally harming herself if Tusla does not comply with order, High Court hears

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Irish News -- 'Rise in male aggression' sparks calls for urgent reform of how State treats survivors of gender‑based violence

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Irish News -- Man (50s) arrested after €5.2m worth of cannabis found hidden in truck travelling from Scotland

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Irish News -- Claire's shuts all UK and Ireland stores with 1,300 redundancies

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Guillaume Bonn: African communities deserve a greater say in the conservation policies that directly affect them

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Letters: Latest failed assassination puts Trump on a par with the greatest escape artists

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James C Reynolds: If the Iran war stays in 'limbo', it could leave the world facing chaos

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Fionnán Sheahan: When the Department of Education needs a €646m bailout in April, something is deeply wrong with the public purse

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Fionnán Sheahan: 'Mr Well-Connected' Jim Glennon is a friend and supporter of Fianna Fáil's contenders to lead party

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Brendan O'Connor: Sunny spells with outbreaks of normality — just the forecast we needed

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Sarah Breen: If your kids pinch books like they're zooming in on a screen, here's how to get them to turn a new leaf

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Letters: Pope Leo quietly reminds us about civility, leadership and grace

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Declan Lynch: Micheál Martin, the man whose smoking ban saved lives and killed pubs, can breathe easy... for now

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Máiría Cahill on the Sinn Féin ard fheis: Brit-blaming, Belfast brogues and a hunting policy that would get Cú Chulainn's vote

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Eilis O'Hanlon: Smug urbanite Leo Varadkar will be sorry when he is the one being put out to pasture

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The Sunday Independent's View: Now is not the time for a short-term spending spree

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Julia Molony: 'Stop dating broke guys' — why women created the femosphere

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Eoin O'Malley: President Connolly goes further than Higgins with comments on immigration bill

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Brenda Power: I feel like someone has broken into my house and stolen my Sunday

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World Business -- Shell's Canada deal is biggest acquisition in a decade

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Irish Business -- Ray O'Driscoll named as new chief executive of Shannon Airport

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Technology -- Hundreds of tech jobs at risk as Irish outsourcing firm Covalen informs workers of cuts to Meta work

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Jobs -- New five-screen cinema deal to bring 40 jobs to Wicklow after Stella plans ditched

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Technology -- Enterprise Ireland announces 'Young Innovator of the Year Award' at 2026 Innovation Arena

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Media -- Pre-tax loss of €6m at animation company Brown Bag Films

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Irish Business -- Dear Vicki: Is it wrong for security and cleaning staff at a firm to call the boss by their first name?

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Business -- The week ahead in business: ECB decision on interest rates, and CRH, Glanbia and AIB among host of firms to release Q1 figures

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Irish Business -- Funds industry will lose out if Government falls behind on 'tokenisation'

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Irish Business -- Little prospect of interest rate hike by ECB on Thursday

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Money -- Michael Houghton: 'My son hasn't quite realised that the €500 or so he might receive for his first communion represents only a fraction of what the day will cost us'

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Irish Business -- IT workers get pay rises of 50pc as firms struggle to retain them

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Irish Business -- 'Pervasive mental-health crisis' among workers at TikTok's Dublin HQ, warns tech union

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Irish Business -- 'Material uncertainty' exists at Spotlight Oral Care, despite its return to profit, say auditors

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Snooker -- 'I was realistic about my chances' – Ronnie O'Sullivan had booked flight home before Crucible defeat to John Higgins

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GAA -- Frank Roche: God help Mayo's Castlebar record ... but does home venue really help?

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Horse Racing -- Luke Littler enjoying first foray into racehorse ownership with Michael Owen and Steve Bunting

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Women's Sport -- 'It was not just a one-year thing' – Kate O'Connor insists 2025 was not a flash in the pan

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Leinster Rugby -- Rúaidhrí O'Connor: It's 11 years since Leinster had this many questions hanging over them going into the month of May

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Horse Racing -- Wayne Bailey: It's 'Temps' for more big-race glory – if he replicates his Cheltenham form

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Soccer -- Katie McCabe linked with Manchester City and Chelsea as time with Arsenal nears end

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Soccer -- Steven Gerrard offered return to management by Championship club Bristol City

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Rugby -- UCC awarded play-off tie after Shannon clash was abandoned due to cardiac incident involving player

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Athletics -- Tale of two trainers – can budget Lidl runners compete with €500 sub-two-hour 'super shoes'? One runner finds out

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Premier League -- Manchester United happy with five centre-backs – but Lisandro Martinez and Matthijs De Ligt must stay fit

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Snooker -- Ronnie O'Sullivan's bid for eighth world title ended by John Higgins as veterans roll back years in Crucible classic

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Boxing -- Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua to finally face off after Eddie Hearn confirms deal signed

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