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Eamonn Sweeney: The whiff of bullshit is unmistakable in the way oligarchs run their football clubs

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Irish News -- Girl left seriously injured after she was struck by car in Dublin

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Rugby -- Adam McKendry: Rory Best and Ulster face dilemma on how to make the most of their NIQ allocation

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Rugby - Exclusive - | Scott Robertson to depart All Blacks head coach role as player power forces NZR hand - 21:38

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'They wouldn't listen to her': Grandmother raised concerns about care of Mason (4) weeks before he was murdered by Tegan McGhee

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Price of a pint of stout tops €6 nationally as third-level costs jump – CSO

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UK's Badenoch sacks Conservative leadership rival Jenrick, saying he was 'plotting in secret to defect'

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Courts - Warring ex-couple settle bitter dispute involving equestrian centre and valuable horses

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North America - BREAKING - | SpaceX capsule with four astronauts splashes into Pacific Ocean in first medical evacuation from International Space Station

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Teacher faked two pregnancies and wore false 'bump' to school in €60,000 maternity fraud

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Catherine Fegan: Child killer's sister has final word to say in court before family pays tribute to little Mason (4)

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Rugby -- Joe Schmidt linked to another Ireland reunion as All Blacks seek new coach

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Family -- The Divorce Diaries: 'I told him I didn't love him and he threw a cup of tea against the wall'

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Food Reviews -- Restaurant review: 'It's the kind of place you'd expect to be in and out of quickly – but 40 minutes after arriving, we have neither food nor drinks '

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Money -- Seven easy ways to pay less tax in 2026 – and how to earn €29,000 this year, tax-free

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Middle East - LIVE - | Iran closes airspace to commercial aircraft for hours amid tensions with US

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Irish News -- Average person overestimates level of immigration to Ireland, ESRI report reveals

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Irish News -- Sinn Féin criticises Government as just one-third of eligible renters claim tax credit

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Health Features -- Robert F Kennedy Jr's new food pyramid has literally inverted previous nutrition advice – should we follow suit?

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Irish News -- Almost half of people taken to hospital after e-scooter crashes end up in ICU, report finds

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Celebrity Features -- What we know about Irish nepo baby Jack Keating, his exes and what he's going to get up to on 'Love Island All Stars'

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Irish News -- Enoch Burke addresses the media as he arrives at Wilson's Hospital School

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Irish News Video -- Our family is forever broken - Mason O'Connell-Conway's mother speaks outside court

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World News -- Astronauts return to earth after first medical evacuation from the ISS

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Irish News -- Irish people overestimate level of immigration into the country, new research from the ESRI has found

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Irish News Video -- X are giving two fingers to tech regulations and two fingers to children in this state

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My child has been diagnosed with autism and PDA, but I don't know how to help him – where should l start?

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Health Features -- Stay Well: Hiccups – what are they, why do we get them and what's the best way to get rid of them?

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Celebrity Features -- Tanya Sweeney: Nicole Richie's daughter Harlow is the latest celebrity offspring to swap an unusual name for something more common

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Travel News -- 'The Brooklyn of Dublin' – National Geographic hails inner-city neighbourhood's 'modern revival'

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Health & Wellbeing -- Eat your age: The steps you need to take in your 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond to live longer and be healthier

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Doctor and influencer wife's luxury Ailesbury Road home goes sale agreed

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Revenue told Government not to tell public about lucrative tax loophole

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'I'm getting married in 2027. So that's a great come around' – Eoin McGee on the injury that changed his life, finding new love and his latest financial advice book

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Michelle Doherty on the end of her relationship: It is the most terrifying decision. But I just kept thinking, this is not a relationship, this is not how I want my life to be'

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Caitríona Perry: If Donald Trump takes Greenland, Ireland has an enormous decision to make

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Ministers approve bumper salary hikes for top bosses, including one of more than 50pc

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50 ways to wellness: From retreats to greenways and yoga to cacao ceremonies, start your 2026 with feelgood activities happening in every county in Ireland

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North America -- Donald Trump gives the middle finger to heckler at car plant

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Asia-Pacific -- BREAKING

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North America -- LATEST

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Europe -- Russia expels British diplomat over 'spying' allegations

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John Walshe: Can Hildegarde Naughton's education overhaul match the impact of the 1993 revamp?

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Mary Kenny: Why Mary McAleese is wrong about lack of consent in baptising babies – sure, infants can't consent to anything

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Chris Matthews: Democrats betting on a turnaround for 'chaotic' Trump, with mid-term elections set to tip the balance in their favour

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Sophie White: It's kill or be killed when it comes to e-scooters - so, fellow pedestrians, use my defence tactics to match their aggression

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The Irish Independent's View: Advances in technology cannot override the boundaries of right and wrong

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Letters: Downward trend in cards being sent at Christmas is worrying for the most isolated and lonely

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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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'I needed that, to get going' – Troy Parrott takes home match ball as Ireland boss sees striker demolish Ajax

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Conor McKeon: To Trump or not to Trump? There is a moment of reckoning coming for Irish golf fans

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Frank Roche: It's not a question of 'if' but 'when' integration happens for the GAA

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Beef -- How this Cavan auctioneer went from selling a football jersey for €400 to €22,000 heifers

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Farm Property -- €20,000/ac guide for 40ac Naas farm in prime location

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Legal Advice -- Family, land and wills: Mary Frances Fahy on what really matters

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Beef -- Seeing organic in action convinced us to make the switch – Sligo farmer

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Dublin News -- Public consultation to open on Dublin's 're-imagined' Mountjoy Square

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Dublin News -- Dermot Kennedy added to impressive line-up for Hot Press 50th anniversary concert

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Anti-social scourge of Cork City centre in retreat as gardaí ramp up their presence on the streets

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Plans for old grain store in Kilkenny to be converted into tourist accommodation

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Wexford woman fundraises for charity that allowed late sister to meet favourite boyband – 'It is a treasured memory'

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Still no start date for work to begin on new north Wicklow school building

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Award-winning Wexford leisure centre gears up for January fitness boom

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News -- Galway yoga studio closes doors as owner thanks community for years of loyalty

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Enniscorthy -- Wexford café and design shop closes its doors after nearly four years with 'heavy but excited hearts'

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South Kerry -- Pedestrians still risking their lives on notorious Kerry road after 50-year struggle – 'How long do we have to fight?'

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News -- Meath woman keeping cherished St Brigid's cross tradition alive for a great cause

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News -- Trial of Kerry man for humanitarian work to resume in Greece

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Real Health podcast: The Fibre episode with dietitian Lorraine Cooney

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Just Between Us: Coming out later in life with Sarah Magliocco

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The Indo Daily: How an Instagram 'like' exposed the messy Beckham family feud

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Indo Sport podcast: Dodgy Boxes revisited | The crackdown, the sellers, and could you get fined?

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Movies -- Laura Dern: 'Hopefully couples who see my new film are going to have super-hot sex'

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Movies -- 'I had to punish myself, it was my method of recreating pain' – Josh Brolin on his wild ways

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Book Reviews -- Dave Rudden's first fantasy tale for adults takes inspiration from a history of Irish rebellion

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Television -- Today's top TV and streaming choices: The First Class Travel Show, Where Eagles Dare and Agatha Christie's Seven Dials

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TV Reviews -- Ed Power: Game of Thrones prequel is a heart-warming addition to a universe of mud-caked warriors

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Fashion -- 'You either love or hate that tight sensation, it's not for everyone - Channel your inner Sabrina Carpenter with the return of the corset

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World Business -- US department store Saks files for bankruptcy protection but shops stay open for now

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Celebrity Features -- Inside the worsening Beckham family 'feud' as the reason for Brooklyn's cease and desist letter is explained

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Celebrity News -- Folk star Jamie McIntyre says his teaching career hopes ended when kids found his TikTok

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Alan Shortt's Italian ski trip: 'You ski by day, eat like royalty at night and relax like a Roman emperor'

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Eye of the tiger: 'I travelled to India with a group from all over Ireland, and friends were made for life'

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The private club set on changing solo travel – 'for the sort of woman who orders from the middle of the wine list'

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Education -- Playing board games has lasting benefit for the brain

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Irish News -- Only half of household batteries sold in Ireland are being recycled each year, new data shows

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Courts -- 'If you don't get out of my way I'll break your jaw and you'll have no teeth left,' drunken teen told garda

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Politics - LATEST - | Elon Musk's X restricts Grok photo editing – and 8 other things to know on the 'nudification' controversy - 06:30

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Courts -- Trial for Dublin man accused of taking phone and car keys during burglary

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Courts -- George Nkencho took out a knife and raised it above his head before he was shot dead by gardaí, inquest hears

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Irish News -- Labour Party makes complaint to the Judicial Council about 'nightmare cyclists' judge James O'Donohoe

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Irish News -- 'He will always be remembered,' family of tragic Oisín Reddin (12) say as private funeral to be held

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Max Boot: Donald Trump needs to know colonial ambitions led to two world wars

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Saoirse Hanley: Who are we to shame the Love Island All Stars cast when looking for love in any form is inherently cringey?

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The Irish Independent's View: Overdue migration rule changes must address capacity limits while maintaining compassion

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Barry Cowen: Political posturing over Mercosur will do nothing to help Ireland's farmers

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Letters: Justice Minister's proposed family reunification rules are just completely unfair

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From all-out war with US to the return of an exiled prince: What happens next in Iran?

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Letters: An Post stamp price hike is only likely to leave more elderly people feeling isolated

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The Irish Independent's View: A ruinous path lies ahead if Donald Trump uses force on Greenland

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David W Higgins: How the awesome power of AI could 'gobble' up professionals like economists

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Tabitha Monahan: Migration and housing firmly on the agenda as Dáil returns from recess

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Ksenia Samotiy: Four years on from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, numbness is a coping mechanism

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Rachel Morrogh: Government choosing to leave X could send a powerful message of solidarity to sexual violence survivors

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Declan Lynch: Maybe David Bowie really was the hero holding fascism at bay

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Have Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner just made the terms 'girlfriend and boyfriend' redundant?

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Mojtaba Dehgani: We are witnessing the endgame in Iran, bankrupt Islamic Republic is finished

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Business -- RTÉ hands back €60,000 painting to Dublin gallery after ownership claimed

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Irish Business -- Losses rise to almost €1m at maker of commemorative coins

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Business -- Average daily rate in Dublin hotels is now €174, reveals Fáilte Ireland

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Business -- ATM usage fell by almost 4pc last year, says Bank of Ireland

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Irish Business -- Fitzwilliam Hotel back in profit after suffering losses in 2024 due to refurbishment

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Technology -- Tesla switching to subscription model for its self-driving technology

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World Business -- Gemini can now analyse users' gmail, photos and searches, Google says

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Business -- 'Dragon's Den' star's East Coast Bakehouse enters interim examinership

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Business -- Uniphar buys Limerick pharmacy software firm

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Money -- Mortgage rates fall to their lowest level in almost three years

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World Business -- US consumer prices rose in December

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Irish News -- 'Why isn't Elon Musk's X being prosecuted?' – Coalition under pressure to take stronger action over Grok 'nudification' tool

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Money -- How you can cut shopping bills by up to half by swapping branded groceries for own-label products

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World Business -- Central bankers rally around embattled Fed chairman Jerome Powell as Trump administration ramps up pressure

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Premier League -- Three ways Manchester United are likely to line out under Michael Carrick

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Champions Cup -- 'Once you've been in there ... You want to be back' – Munster's Jeremy Loughman eager to answer possible Ireland call

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Champions Cup -- 'It doesn't look great' – Joe McCarthy gutted to be without brother in arms for tough battles ahead

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Hurling -- Shane O'Brien insists Cullen Killeen suspension saga is 'no distraction' for Loughrea

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Gaelic Football -- 'This is all about family and friends' – veteran Mikey Geaney desperate for Dingle to keep defying the odds

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Soccer -- Real Madrid dumped out of Spanish Cup by second-tier Albacete in Alvaro Arbeloa's first match as head coach

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Soccer -- Celtic move up to second in Scottish Premiership as Benjamin Nygren's header sinks Falkirk

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Soccer -- Arsenal edge Carabao Cup semi-final first leg at Chelsea but Alejandro Garnacho double keeps tie alive

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Gaelic Football -- Donegal's third quarter scoring frenzy holds off Derry and secures McKenna Cup final spot

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Soccer -- Troy Parrott hits hat-trick in front of Heimir Hallgrimsson as AZ Alkmaar thrash Ajax in Dutch Cup

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Gaelic Football -- Mícheál Bannigan on form as Monaghan see off Tyrone to book McKenna Cup final place

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