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Former Wexford pub in need of extensive refurbishment is on the market for €70,000

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Kilkenny care home which closed in 2022 to be converted into apartments despite local opposition

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The Indo Daily: Is The Monk bound for Dáil Éireann? And does he even want to be a politician?

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Irish Business -- Ken Fisher: Job losses don't predict anything. Stocks priced it all long ago, and moved on

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Courts -- Hundreds of motorists are repeat offenders for drink or drug driving

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'We are in a much better position now' — Wicklow school celebrates €13,000 raised through extraordinary community effort

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How a small family garden business in Wicklow became Ireland's outdoor living giant

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Fionnán Sheahan: Healy-Rae brothers discover there's a cost to power as they 'can't ride both horses'

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Brother of woman allegedly killed by Irishman in Budapest says 'we want the truth'

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Solicitors in legal dispute after mistakenly paying almost €100,000 to estate of deceased client

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Health Features -- 'I managed to get from high cholesterol to normal in three months without medication – here's how I did it'

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Health & Wellbeing -- Ask Allison: I have social anxiety and find things like going into shops difficult. Should I push myself?

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Six Nations -- Tony Ward: Sam Prendergast and Jack Crowley deserve so much better than this online vilification

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Money -- Michael Houghton: Why deemed disposal matters less than you think

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Irish News -- 'If I don't get a grant, I'll be out of business' – garage owners tell of six-figure losses caused by recent flooding in Dublin

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Irish News -- 'We have no alternative' – family ordered to remove mobile home while renovating 100-year-old cottage in Tipperary planning dispute

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Health -- 'The IVF suggestion was dropped so casually. We were like, what the f**k' – former 'Fair City' actor Aoibheann McCaul on writing a play about her fertility journey

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Food Reviews -- The vegetable soup supermarket taste test: 'With a nice simple list of real ingredients, this chunky soup is the closest to homemade'

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Gaelic Football -- Colm Keys: Jim McGuinness reveals new Donegal defensive remedy while holes emerge in Mayo's kicking strategy

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In The Workplace -- Dear Vicki: 'Should I spend big money doing up our tired office, or does it actually matter?'

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Education -- Over 1,100 new college places for healthcare courses to be available to students this year

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Celebrity News -- Comedian Sil Fox: 'False sex assault claim wrecked my life. I lost all my work... it's affecting my mental health'

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Horse Racing -- 'It's fun getting ready but it's a dread too' – Willie Mullins insists his team will be primed to peak at Cheltenham

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News -- Cork politician shares how he was 'one of the lucky ones' to get early prostate-cancer diagnosis

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Irish News -- Father 'devastated' as sons with additional needs face uncertainty over school place and day services

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TV Reviews -- Pat Stacey: Disney+ drama about tragic Kennedy relationship is a grinding bore

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Irish News - Latest - | Tributes to nurse Áine O'Reilly who died in three-car Limerick crash as gardaí seek driver who fled scene

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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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Irish News -- Well-known Cork businessman leaves €16m in his will

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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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Irish News -- €35 million in funding to support local climate action

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Dublin News -- 'Spirit of the people makes it a special place' – Liberties locals pushing for Unesco World Heritage status

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TV News -- 'Find your joy in dance' – Niamh Kavanagh latest celebrity to exit Dancing With The Stars

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Six Nations -- 'It's damaging' – Andy Farrell blasts 'keyboard warriors' and calls for fans to back both out-halves

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Book Reviews -- From best man to the firing squad – Gerard Shannon traces how taciturn engineer Rory O'Connor became a key IRA figure

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Books -- New York City, murder, wealth and privilege make for truly gripping read in Edel Coffey's new thriller

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My sexual awakening: 'I called him 'My Elevenses', because every Tuesday at 11am, he would come around. It was the best thing'

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Restaurant review: The food at one of Ireland's newest Michelin stars is skilful and well-judged – but is the talented chef playing it safe?

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Louise McSharry: My top five make-up friendly moisturisers

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'We couldn't hear the bombs going off, but we could feel them' – the deaf 'Romeo and Juliet' who fell in love during the Troubles

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Tanya Sweeney: Why can't women like Charli XCX be taken at face value when they say they don't want children?

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Nathan Carter: 'My weight is probably my biggest insecurity and I stress about that quite a bit. I lose weight quite often'

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Britain -- Andrew is not above the law, says top UK prosecutor as police investigate Epstein links

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Europe -- EU envoy Kaja Kallas hits back at 'Europe-bashing' after Rubio speech offers olive branch

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World News -- Iran offers nuclear compromise to Donald Trump for first time as talks set to continue

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North America -- Steve Bannon discussed how to 'take down' Pope Francis with Jeffrey Epstein, files suggest

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Europe -- Moscow 'moving its nuclear missiles' to EU border, warns exiled Belarus opposition leader

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Britain -- Consumers in UK 'scarred' by inflation, says Bank of England rate setter

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Latin America -- Gonzalo Soto: Claudia Sheinbaum's decision to not send oil to Cuba will test her standing within Mexico's ruling party

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James Lawless: New healthcare places at third level will help transform brain drain into brain gain

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Letters: How Pancake Tuesday helps me keep memories of my beloved mother alive

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Suzanne Crowe: Placing architectural objections ahead of the interests of patients is obnoxious

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Tanya Sweeney: 'We're living in the Peak A**hole Era and there's nothing anyone can do about it'

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The Irish Independent's View: Get reckless repeat drunk drivers off our roads for good

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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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Crime -- The five men identified by the Kinahan gang's 'intelligence network' as being Regency gunmen and what became of them

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Irish News -- GP who failed to recognise critical condition of girl (10) who died from treatable illness is found guilty of poor performance

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Ladies Football -- 'You could say we haven't played the big shots yet' – Cork manager Joe Carroll

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Six Nations -- The power ballad of Edwin Edogbo hits first international note after Cobh hero makes Ireland debut

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News -- Majority of farmers believe providing herd TB history should be mandatory at point of sale, ESRI study finds

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News -- Ciaran Moran: Bovine TB – the €700m problem we can't fix until farmers themselves believe fixing it is possible

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Forestry & Enviro -- Urgent action is needed to save Wexford beach as erosion intensifies following recent storms

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Irish News -- Offaly farmer wants gardaí to reopen probe into how his signature on property deed was 'forged'

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Irish News -- Vets warn against using animal medication to treat cancer after death of man (45)

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Education -- Gardaí investigate after intimate image of rape victim shared with staff and students at UCD

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Irish News -- 'Marriage and fertility today are in recession,' economist says at St Valentine's Shrine as he and fiancee prepare to wed

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Irish News -- Residents left 'in tears' as north Dublin apartment complex flooded after sudden rain

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Irish News -- Pensioner Frank Daly who died in Dublin bus crash was a 'gentle, loving and caring' man, funeral hears

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Much sadness in Cork town as popular family footwear shop prepares to close

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'They want to keep their stoves': Concerns over heating for rural council tenants

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Enniscorthy -- Planning submitted for new oriental takeaway in Wexford

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News -- €450 fine for Cork resident driving 36kmh over the limit while on a learner permit

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Wicklow & District -- See inside three-bedroom Wicklow home in hotel grounds that is only open to cash buyers

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Kerry player ratings after their National League draw with come-from-behind Galway

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Musicians 'fobbed off' as Cork City Council refuses gear van access to popular street

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Historic number of cattle at Carnew Mart annual Fatstock show and sale

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As new LOI season starts, former Kerry FC keeper talks retirement and his epic new challenge

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Wexford boutique crowned bridal shop of the year at national awards

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The Indo Daily: Killer dentist Colin Howell's daughter on learning her father murdered her mother

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Indo Sport podcast: Ireland survive serious Italy scare | Post-match reaction | Ireland 20-13 Italy | Six Nations 2026

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Indo Sport podcast: Bits & Bobs | Ireland's Israel dilemma, BBC's Olympic cheerleading & Jim Ratcliffe's interview

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Health & Wellbeing -- Dearbhla Mescal: 'I was at the centre court in Wimbledon one Sunday – it was my first outing as Paul's plus one – and the following Sunday I was in an oncology ward'

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Sex & Relationships -- Dear Mary: I feel ostracised in my prayer group and want to leave but I'm afraid of what people will say

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Food News -- Notions and necessities: From photo exhibitions to new theatre, true-crime experiences and dreamy retreats, it's all here

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Hair -- Triona McCarthy: Want to know how to get locks like Kendall Jenner? I've got the inside on the latest hair scents and balms

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Healthy eating: 'Instead of sugar-coated white carbs on Pancake Tuesday, we're making tangy, badass kimchijeon'

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Three hotels in Tenerife: My tour took me north, south, to some delicious meals and a 'Burren by the sea'

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How the other half lives: Walking with wolfhounds and unfussy elegance of the Lodge at Ashford Castle

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'I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel conflicted' - Irish parents on the true costs and savings of taking kids out of school for holidays

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Staycations -- My, what big twin beds you have! And a sofa with more fringing than Claudia Winkleman – but is The Merrion hotel worth the hype?

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Reviews -- Hotel review: 'We're a golf hotel', I'm told – but don't let that put you off this new coastal bolthole

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Travel News -- Aer Lingus announces new flights from Dublin Airport to Barbados – for two months only

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Courts -- Suspended sentence for man who supplied cocaine to woman who later died

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Crime -- €100,000 of cannabis seized and man arrested in Limerick

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Crime -- Gardaí investigate after teen shot in head and back in north Dublin

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Irish News -- Presidential hopeful Maria Steen says handbag did not cost close to estimates in September

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Irish News -- Confirmation pledge taken by young teens updated to include explicit references to vaping and cigarettes

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Irish News -- Israeli football team have 'no security concerns on Ireland fixtures'

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Politics -- Simon Harris says country must 'decouple' its stance on Gaza from sport

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Irish News -- Casey Wasserman to sell talent agency that is home to host of Irish stars, amid Epstein Files fallout

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Weather -- HSE employee pleaded with Met Éireann to change weather warning to Red, so they wouldn't have to work and still get paid

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Irish News -- Vigil held in Dublin to remember Stardust victims

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Eoin O'Malley: Just because they're conspiracy theorists doesn't mean they're crazy

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Bryan Dobson: Long-term effect of school closures must be among our pandemic lessons

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Brenda Power: If male murderers like the Canadian shooter are described as female, crime statistics are meaningless

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Brendan O'Connor: As tech titans boast about making humans obsolete, should we maybe talk about this AI thing?

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Sarah Breen: My true crime obsession could not survive Dublin's godforsaken serial killer exhibition

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Declan Lynch: Donald Trump and the Rev Ian Paisley — you could call them kindred spirits

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Shane Ross: Jim Ratcliffe has given two fingers to Machester United fans – and players

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'It's become urgent now': the Irish people returning home from the US in the shadow of Trump's immigration crackdown

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Letters: It's up to parents to protect children online, not wait for the Government to intervene

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Luke O'Neill: How to reduce your risk of developing the cancer that killed 'Dawson's Creek' star James Van Der Beek

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Máiría Cahill: The fall from grace of Jeffrey Epstein's friends and associates is entirely deserved

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Richard Curran: We got too comfortable with the ATM of corporate cash – it's time to bat for EU

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Letters: We must focus on dialogue and bridge-building, not boycotts, in Middle East

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Sarah Carey: Rookies in Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael need to recognise stability is worth more than gold

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Western cohesion is the only thing that will test Putin's strategy of endurance and relentless grind

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Irish Business -- Fledgling start-ups tap into the vital 'three Cs' with Enterprise Ireland's New Frontiers programme

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Irish News -- Leading bin collection company hikes charges again

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Business -- Richard Curran: EU re-classification of regions set to hit several counties hard. Could it be time for our own internal structural funds?

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Irish Business -- 'It's in good hands' – Former Global Shares boss Tim Houstoun retires from role in renamed JP Morgan Workplace Solutions... to invest in more Irish companies

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Irish Business -- Irish funds delivering €1bn to midsize firms – but focus must include growing start-ups

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Technology -- Steve Dempsey: Maybe social media bans can protect the children – and the adults too

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Money -- Dotcom deja vu: How to shield your finances from an AI stock crash, according to the experts

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Irish Business -- Icon PLC headcount plummets 1,800 in a year amid 'strong cost control'

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Irish Business -- Long-haul airlines circle Dublin Airport, waiting for passenger cap clearance

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Money -- My Money: 'I dodged the wedding tax by buying my bridal bouquet from a florist outside a graveyard'

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Irish Business -- Swedish-owned Cork engineering services firm Induchem eyes further Irish acquisitions after MAAS deal

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Business -- US law firms circle Icon PLC after revelations of accounting probe send shares plunging

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Money -- 15 Irish Instagrammers to follow for budget-friendly interiors inspiration

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Money -- Financial infidelity – what is it and what are the warning signs to look for?

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Golf -- Max Kennedy eyes DP World Tour promotion spot after runner-up finish

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Gaelic Football -- Tyrone star Darragh Canavan to miss month of league to travel to Australia

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Premier League -- 'We need some players back' – Mikel Arteta admits injuries a worry in Arsenal's bid for silverware

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Six Nations -- Steve Tandy calls for unity as Wales hammered by France in front of record low crowd

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Soccer -- 'Not great for my health' – Martin O'Neill after Celtic's comeback win at Kilmarnock

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Gaelic Football -- Darragh Canavan shines brightest with nine-point haul as Red Hand register their first league win

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Six Nations -- Cian Tracey's Breakdown: Stuart McCloskey enjoying rise from international wildnerness to Ireland's MVP

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Gaelic Football -- Young Conor McCahill sets stage for dominant Donegal display

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Gaelic Football -- Matthew Carey racks up 1-9 as Longford earn statement 13-point away win in Antrim

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Gaelic Football -- 'We were brutal in the first 15 minutes' – Kieran McGeeney rues Armagh's start after Roscommon soar to victory

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Gaelic Football -- Aaron Griffin sets Clare on way to victory over Fermanagh

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Gaelic Football -- Conor McKeon: Dublin aren't in transition, they're on an epic trawl in discovery mode

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Gaelic Football -- Ben McCarron's late penalty save ensures Carlow stay at the summit of Division 4

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Gaelic Football -- Colm O'Callaghan brace leads the way as Cork beat Offaly

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