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Couple charged over €20k drugs intercept in Dún Laoghaire

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Crime - BREAKING - | Man found dead and two women injured in north Dublin as gardaí launch investigation

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Eoghan Doughan hits 0-12 as Nenagh CBS come from behind to lift Harty Cup

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Brigid and me: 'Yes, she healed the sick and fed the poor – but she also made her brother's eyes explode when he crossed her'

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Steve Collins says acquitted garda who put away son's killer was 'humiliated and ruined' by traffic ticket prosecution

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The Eddie O'Sullivan interview: 'If I had it back, I would have stopped to smell the roses'

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Britain -- The former Prince Andrew crouches over woman on floor photo from the 'Epstein files'

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Sex & Relationships -- Asking for a friend: My boyfriend doesn't want to tell his homophobic landlord he is gay so I can't come over or stay the night. Why won't he look for somewhere else to live?

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Comment -- Katriona O'Sullivan: 'The rhetoric around whether the hot school meals are good enough is infuriating and stinks of ignorance'

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Irish News -- 'Listeners are often more loyal to the station than to the individual presenter': Inside Claire Byrne's battle to move the dial from RTÉ to Newstalk

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Money -- 'If you buy an old boat for €40,000 and think that you're going to get a permanent home... that's just not possible'

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Soccer -- Daniel McDonnell: Why Robbie Keane should be taken seriously as a manager

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Crime -- Man (20s) seriously injured following late-night assault in Dublin Docklands

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Irish News -- Watchdog hits out at 'cartels' that are rigging their bids for big state projects

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Politics -- Fionnán Sheahan: The flooded Housing Minister, the Fianna Fáil benefactor developer and the empty apartments

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Courts -- Feet in the flames: inside Michael Flatley's bruising court battle over his 'Lord of the Dance' show

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Irish News - BREAKING - | ESB issues flood warning for Newbridge and Clane as it may empty excess water from Poulaphouca reservoir

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South Kerry -- 96-year old Kerry shopkeeper calls it a day on vital local service with a 175 year history

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Technology -- Ask Adrian: I last bought a TV 30 years ago. What do I need to know?

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Weather -- How infighting within Met Éireann led to failing communication and growing tension before catastrophe of Storm Chandra floods

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Food & Drink -- Joe Macken: 'Failure in Ireland is seen as cancer, but cancer that you're giving someone – it's awful'

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Irish News -- 'People need places like ours' – Guinness price rise will add to loneliness in rural Ireland, pubs warn

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New Ross -- Emaciated African wildcat found in Roscommon is now thriving at Wexford wildlife park – 'He wouldn't have survived another night'

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Irish News Video -- Big companies are getting away with tiny penalties when they should be paying millions for misleading consumers

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Videos -- Flood fallout and the political blame game

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Irish News Video -- Ireland on flood alert as January poised to set rainfall record

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Irish News Video -- 'There's no joy in it': Pub owners hit out against Diageo price rises

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Books - Sophie Peirce-Evans: The tragic story of the Limerick aviator who became a global icon

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Music -- Cardinals: 'We're proud to be from here but we don't want to be defined as a Cork band... or an Irish band'

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Irish Business -- How an appearance on 'The Traitors Ireland' turned into a real business win for a Wexford brand

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Money -- Your money questions: 'Is it worth adding my child to my employer's dental plan for an additional fee?'

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'I've totally embraced it' – 'Nationwide' presenter Anne Cassin on stepping into 'Dancing with the Stars' spotlight

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Kevin Dundon's make-ahead dinner recipes: Come home to comforting pork pie or lamb casserole on a cold day

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How your county is weighing in on fighting climate change

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'If we learn to sustain ourselves, we will learn to live a better and more holistic life' – Discover Kilanerin, the Wexford community tackling a global crisis one step at a time

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Meath facing its climate fears, but data centres omitted from Climate Action Plan

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'It costs just €25 to power the grounds for three hours' – eco measures a win-win for Drogheda Town FC

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Revealed: What happens when rivers get too hot for fish

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Roscommon's 'disappearing lake': Climate change turning Lough Funshinagh into permanent flood risk

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North America -- Donald Trump warns Iran it must do 'two things' to avoid US attack

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World News -- Russian lawmakers demand powerful 'weapons of retribution' be fired at Ukraine to 'conclude' war

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Middle East -- Key Rafah crossing to open, but no goods or aid will be allowed into Strip

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Music News -- Kanye West says car crash caused months-long psychotic episode and apologises for antisemitic comments

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Mary Regan: As leaders clash over Trump and trade, it looks as if the Coalition is turning sour

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Martina Devlin: Saint Brigid was a rule-breaker who passed on her baton to generations of women

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John Downing: Why an ill-wind may blow a few little-known islands some good

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Sarah Carey: Pictures are not always worth a thousand words, US killings prove bias is even in play when it comes to videos

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Legal Advice -- 'I am my aunt's main carer and she said she would provide for me in her will. But now she says she's leaving everything to a nephew. What can I do?'

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Health -- 'Just because you did it before and didn't die, doesn't mean you won't next time' – frontline doctor's 'chroming' warning as hospitalisations rise

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Crime -- Molly Martens posts her first social media photos since being freed

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Analysis -- Barry O'Halloran: You might think it's about drugs and oil – but Trump's Venezuela intervention is based on age-old policy

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Gaelic Football -- Frank Roche: Could new bosses Ger Brennan and Andy Moran restore some of the old spice to the faded Dublin-Mayo rivalry?

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Jamie Dornan interview: I am more in awe of Brian O'Driscoll than Meryl Streep

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John Mullane: Limerick look keen to prove they're still hurling's big dogs but they must address key areas first

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Politics - LATEST - | Bord Bia boss to face questions from TDs next Thursday over Brazilian beef controversy

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News -- Eleven cattle in four herds test positive for Bluetongue – but no 'immediate plans' to introduce restriction zones

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Dairy -- Henry Walsh: Why our beef calves get the same care as dairy replacements

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News -- Calls for Dawn Farms to reveal if it imports poultry from Brazil

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Rural Life -- Antrim farmer and hero sheepdog save flock stranded in Storm Chandra flood: 'I dropped everything and ran'

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Irish News -- 'Mad youngsters full of bravado and daredevil behaviour' - Grace Lynch funeral hears priest's call for action on scrambler bikes

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Horse Racing -- Latest

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Irish News -- 'My Seán was mangled, he was destroyed' – scrambler victim's mother recalls agonising death

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Tralee -- Kerry dog-friendly rentals in short supply as owner is lonely without her precious dog

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Dublin News -- Father tells packed Kerry venue of 'unbearable pain' of losing daughter after hit and run in Dublin

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Wexford & District -- Uisce Éireann to invest €17m on water mains and new pump stations in Co Wexford

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New Ross -- Barge breaks free from its mooring amid severe flooding in rural Kilkenny

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News -- Fifty years on – remembering the burial of IRA hunger striker Frank Stagg in his native Mayo which was mired in controversy

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News -- Monaghan father and daughter lead calls for Dog DNA database after 'devastating' attacks on pedigree sheep

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News -- Meet the Clare woman running the Sydney Marathon for Cliona's Foundation – 'I am so honoured to help in any way I can'

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Indo Politics: The fallout from Storm Chandra and what awaits the Taoiseach in Washington on St Patrick's Day?

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Indo Sport podcast: Friday panel | Evolving sports journalism | Physical football | Arsenal psychoanalysis

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The Indo Daily: Troubled Waters Ep 3: CEO no shows, 'inappropriate phone calls' and zero apologies – An Oireachtas showdown for Rowing Ireland

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Indo Sport podcast: Irish rowing in crisis | The allegations, the hearing and the fallout

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Jonathan Romain's compassionate and snappy defence of the campaign for assisted dying is not without its faults

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New Irish Writing: Poetry by Lorraine McArdle

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What to watch on TV today: New Zealand's Best Homes, Old and Mulholland Drive

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Celebrity News -- Home Alone and Schitt's Creek star Catherine O'Hara dies aged 71

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Makeup -- Louise McSharry: There are plenty of courses out there to help you master your own make-up

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Celebrity News -- Brooklyn Beckham posts loved-up pictures with Nicola Peltz after family feud

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Celebrity -- 'I just poured out all this stuff about getting divorced': John Bishop on saving his marriage — and how it became a Hollywood movie

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Tennis -- Orla Dempsey: Naomi Osaka's jellyfish look raised eyebrows but tennis has been pushing the boundaries of sportswear for decades

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Aer Lingus takes off to Cancún – what's the Mexican resort really like, and is it worth the 10-hour flight?

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Climate Changemakers: Three species that are bouncing back in Ireland thanks to conservation

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Monthly cost of owning a car in Ireland hits new high, Carzone report finds

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Here's a holiday hack I'll be repeating next year – and it included a flight for €15pp

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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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Travel News -- 'We're building a destination' – May Day opening for new five-star hotel celebrating 'Ireland's food story'

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Travel News -- The 22 countries on Ireland's 'Do Not Travel' list – ignoring the advice will void your insurance

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World -- 'It's not about ticking off the Big Five' – Booking a safari this year? Here's how to make sure it's ethical

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Irish News -- 'Every loss of life is a tragedy' – bishop who blesses roads urges motorists to drive safely

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Irish News -- Coalition tensions mount as spats increase

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Education -- It's official – girls enjoy school more than boys do

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Courts -- Cab driver accused of knocking out another's tooth in alleged assault at taxi rank

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Irish News -- Ireland remains on flood alert as January poised to set rainfall record in wake of Storm Chandra

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Courts -- Two men charged over €470,000 cannabis seizure in Cork

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Courts -- George Nkencho, his troubled background and the questions that linger for his family after fatal shooting by gardaí

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Irish News -- Shorter hospital waiting times for public patients promised this year, but thousands more to join treatment queue

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Catherine Conlon: Ireland's pub culture is worth saving – our relationship with alcohol is not

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Richard Curran: Micheál Martin may not be a Trump whisperer, but having Washington's ear is priceless

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Deirdre Reynolds: Celebs get heated up about ICE, yet Donald Trump gets a free pass

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Donal Fallon: Keir Starmer needed to exploit Tory chaos, not create his own over Andy Burnham ban

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James C Reynolds: Regime change, war or a deal –what happens if Trump hits Iran

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Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh: Why should I be left to worry about what is lurking in street shadows after 6pm?

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Letters: The story of Saipan always leaves out one question – why were they even there?

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The Irish Independent's View: Radical work required if Government is to deliver on promise of building more homes

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Mary Kenny: Science has confirmed it – looking after your grandchildren can keep you young

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Catherine Prasifka: We've had too many points of no return to think that Alex Pretti's death will dial it all down

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The Irish Independent's View: Every storm exposes new weaknesses – we must find better responses

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Letters: St Patrick's Day became Ireland's most powerful global soft power tool thanks to a Franciscan scholar

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Tom Sharpe: US strikes could topple the Iranian regime without a ground invasion

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Sophie White: We tend to romanticise the old days, but I love digital friendships. Amid work and motherhood, I'm having the craic on WhatsApp for hours every day

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Aaron Wiener: Poland built the EU's biggest army, but Russian aggression means a different kind of response is required

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World Business -- European economies shrug off Trump tariff threats to report solid growth

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Business -- 'Real solution' needed for aircraft supply chain problems, says Willie Walsh

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World Business -- Trump names central banker Kevin Warsh as his pick to lead the US Fed

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Money -- Food prices continue to rise faster than general inflation

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Business -- Rents for high-quality office space in Dublin on the rise

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Irish Business -- Donal O'Donovan: Only in Ireland could data show we're simultaneously in a boom and a recession – what's really going on?

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Business -- Venture capital investment rose by 25pc in Ireland last year

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World Business -- Big spenders Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg vie for AI dominance

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Money -- Home economics: 'My mother's will stipulates that the family land is sold in one lot, but I'd like to buy some – how do I do this?'

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World Business -- Gold soars to $5,500 an ounce before dropping sharply

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Technology -- Adrian Weckler: Entering the US set to become an app-based dystopia with social media tracking

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World Business -- Donald Trump to name Federal Reserve chair nominee 'next week'

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Money -- Bargain hunter: 11 wellness deals to save you money on workouts, supplements and gadgets

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Media -- Troy Studios in Limerick aims to be global hub for reality TV shows

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Irish Business -- Waterstones' Irish arm increases revenues to over €14.5m in 'very strong year'

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Ladies Football -- 'We're always encouraged from home' – Kerry's Rachel Dwyer maintains proud family tradition

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Soccer -- Hayley McQueen: 'They were never once taught about heading of the ball, how dangerous it could be'

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Horse Racing -- Dublin Racing Festival Day 1: Galopin Des Champs can raise the roof again by landing a fourth Irish Gold Cup in a row

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United Rugby Championship -- 'I just don't want to be a good story or a fairy tale' – Leinster's Jerry Cahir on why his mother is an inspiration

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League of Ireland -- 'James McClean going back to Derry is a massive positive for them and the league' – Stephen Bradley

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Premier League -- Jamie Carragher: Brilliant Raheem Sterling has never received the adoration and recognition he deserves

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Horse Racing -- Wayne Bailey: Kala Conti looks best of the Irish raiders at Sandown

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Premier League -- Miguel Delaney: Arsenal, Arteta and the 'fear of failure' they must overcome

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Hurling -- 'It will be tough for them, but there will be some good days along the way' – Ger Oakley has faith in Offaly's future

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United Rugby Championship -- Glasgow consolidate position at top of URC with nine-point win as Munster claim bonus-point at Scotstoun

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League of Ireland - Latest - | League of Ireland transfers: Bohs keeper James Talbot Texas bound to link up with Eamon Zayed's Corpus Christi - 22:00

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Six Nations -- Rúaidhrí O'Connor: This Six Nations campaign has become Andy Farrell's greatest challenge yet as Ireland boss

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Golf -- Patrick Reed 10 back in Bahrain as red-hot Calum Hill blasts brilliant 61

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