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Irish transfer news: Johnny Kenny eyes promotion after sealing loan move to Bolton; Sammie Szmodics swaps Ipswich for Derby

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Man (80s) hospitalised for serious injuries after being hit by car in Co Longford

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First medical evacuees leave Gaza for Egypt as Rafah crossing reopens

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Latest - | League of Ireland transfers: Johnny Kenny eyes promotion after signing for Bolton - 20:49

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Pope Leo apologises to abuse survivor David Ryan during private audience in Vatican

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Fraudster DJ Carey moved to same prison landing as Kinahan gangsters

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Rugby - Breaking - | Sam Prendergast set to start Ireland's Six Nations opener in Paris

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Fionnán Sheahan: Lawmakers break the law then claim they don't have power to say sorry as catch‑22 leaves Kerins without an apology

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Comment -- Colin Murphy: Is America now a fascist state? Here are the people who beg to differ

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Courts - BREAKING - | Jury finds Frank Cushnahan not guilty of fraud after mammoth Nama corruption trial

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Dublin News -- 'It's more than just a haircut' – 1,000 people on waiting list for salon where prices start at €96

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Health Features -- Life after cancer: You become a 'cancer patient' and that can strip you of your identity. It's a nice feeling to be back at work

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Celebrity -- Grammy's 2026: Trevor Noah's dig at Nicki Minaj, Cher's mix up and Justin Bieber's pants performance – here's what you missed from the biggest night in music

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Enniscorthy -- Taoiseach vows to prioritise 'human life' and speed up legislation following floods in Enniscorthy

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Politics -- John Downing: How a photo of Bertie Ahern knee-deep in water changed the course of River Tolka's history

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Six Nations -- Ranked: the 30 greatest players in Six Nations history

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Six Nations -- Rúaidhrí O'Connor: Sam Prendergast will get the chance to settle Ireland's harmful No 10 debate against France

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Health Features -- Ask Allison: My son tells me his wife screams at him and knows how to push his buttons. He feels so lost. How do I help?

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Money -- Michael Houghton: 'My grocery bill during a recent trip to New Zealand was far more expensive than in Ireland'

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Irish News - BREAKING - | Man (40s) dead after crash involving car and lorry in Cavan

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Life -- 'I've never felt I had imposter syndrome. I believe I'm doing exactly what I'm supposed to be doing': Ryan Hennessy of Picture This

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Crime -- 'Wave of horror': Gardaí plan to question woman after man 'stabbed to death in violent rage' in Dublin

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Irish News -- Ireland braces for third major flood in a week as Met Éireann issues warning for more heavy rainfall

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Food Reviews -- The supermarket Evoo taste test: 'If you use a lot of olive oil, and favour a strong flavour, stock up on this one – it's excellent'

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Irish News -- Regency attack 10 years on: the day gangland Dublin changed for ever

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Money -- My Money: 'There's no such thing as good value in property anymore – unless it was seized by CAB'

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Irish News -- Dublin's top illegal parking blackspot revealed as almost 43,000 vehicles clamped across capital last year

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Irish News Video -- Dublin City Council's senior engineer talks about Tolka River and its history

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Irish News -- The State of the Parties: Sunday Independent / Ireland Thinks Poll

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Irish News -- Lawyer Paul Tweed cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein after he failed to take his legal advice

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Entertainment -- MELANIA REVIEW: 'It's very, very dull'

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TV Reviews -- These Sacred Vows review: This cut-price Irish riff on 'The White Lotus' is an unholy mess

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Irish News -- Mother and daughter (4) found safe and well as search stood down in Dublin

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Music News -- In pictures: From Chappell Roan to Lady Gaga – the Grammys stars on the red carpet

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Book Reviews -- Crime novels and thrillers to read this February, from Elly Griffiths to Tracy Sierra

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Six Nations -- 'If it was keeping me up at night, then I'd be in the wrong place' – Simon Easterby excited by Antoine Dupont challenge

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TV News -- Eilis O'Hanlon's guide to Carrigstown for Coronation Street fans, as beloved barmaid Liz McDonald joins the Dublin soap

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Health & Wellbeing -- Romanticise your life this February: How small acts of awareness helped one writer to fall in love with her day to 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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Music News -- Kanye West says car crash caused months-long psychotic episode and apologises for antisemitic comments

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Britain -- Suffolk strangler Steve Wright admits murder of sixth woman

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Britain -- Former minister Peter Mandelson quits Britain's Labour Party after new Epstein reports

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Middle East -- Iran warns of regional conflict if US attacks, designates EU armies as 'terrorists'

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Europe -- Swiss bar fire claims 41st victim after teenager dies in hospital

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

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Jenny Maguire: I'm mired in existential dread of never being able to leave childhood bedroom and find my own home

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The Irish Independent's View: Saint Brigid's bank holiday reminds us to honour the women who shape Ireland

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Letters: After the garda traffic ticket fiasco, I despair at the direction the force is taking

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Shane Ross: Politicians flex their mussels in search of a flooding scapegoat

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Sarah Breen: If you want a realistic sex scene, go for 'The Snapper' instead of 'Heated Rivalry'

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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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Horse Racing -- 'The queues for the coffee stands outranked those around the alcohol vendors and the on-track bookmakers'

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Premier League -- Richard Jolly: Casemiro has restored his status at Manchester United – but exposing his side's vulnerability in the process

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Bord Bia Chair to face Oireachtas committee amid renewed calls to resign

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US cattle herd stays at 75-year low, keeping beef prices high

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Wet weather splits sheep supply as hogget prices struggle to lift

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

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German farmers hand out free potatoes amid record glut

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Weather -- 'We need to limit the ability to take judicial reviews' — residents 'furious' with legal challenges that leave homes vulnerable to flooding

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Irish News - LATEST - | Gardaí investigate fatal stabbing incident in Dublin

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Gaelic Football -- Ger Brennan says All-Ireland winners and 'good lads' face axe from Dublin squad

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Irish News -- 'Crime is out of control in Dublin city,' says Fianna Fáil councillor hoping to win Paschal Donohoe's seat

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Crime -- Gardaí appeal to taxi driver witnesses after man (20s) seriously assaulted in Dublin Docklands

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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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News -- Kerry emergency services sound alarm over rising road deaths, phone use and drug driving

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Wexford & District -- Wexford mourners unable to visit loved ones' graves as flooding turns cemetery into 'complete bog'

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'Families buy homes in good faith' – Council to examine how crèches promised in planning permissions are delivered

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Man's lonely existence in rural Cork laid bare in court hearing over drugs charge

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Pier works blamed for dangerous harbour conditions in Wexford – 'It's killed the fishing industry there'

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Louth man jailed for four years after drugs found in neighbour's coal shed

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Iconic Wicklow seafront kiosks are open for business and available for lease – to the highest bidder

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Plans for new Galway housing estate are refused over road safety fears

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Government urged to move ahead with 'long-awaited' train station in Clare

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Historic Kerry castle over 300 years old wins national honour – 'It means so much to us'

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Indo Sport podcast: Six Nations 2026 preview | Live @ The Helix | Can Ireland overcome ominous France opener?

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The Indo Daily: 'One strong punch' – Trinity law graduate gets six-year sentence for killing Limerick student after Greek trial

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The Indo Daily: 'We saved 14 houses from the sea' – What climate change looks like in Ireland

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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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TV Reviews -- 'The Night Manager' season finale review: Merciless ending marks huge departure from le Carré's style

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Health & Wellbeing -- Dear Mary: My wife's sisters use our house like it is their own home at the weekends and I feel pushed out and like I don't matter

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Beauty -- Triona McCarthy: These face and body elixirs rock – much like model Bella Hadid in The Beauty

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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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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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Recipes -- Susan Jane White: 'This soup is a soothing, anti-inflammatory, uplifting, badass delicious party keg for your gut'

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Interiors -- My favourite room: 'Trying to get pregnant can be scary but it doesn't need to be' – inside the family home of fertility nutritionist Amy Swan

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'Cows on a beach never fail to surprise me' – 10 walks you may not have heard of in Ireland

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From post-war refuge to eco retreat: A Wicklow farm's story of legacy and renewal

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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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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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Barry Egan's honest guide to a cruise ship holiday with the kids: 'I am very Irish, very pale-skinned and, already, very sunburned'

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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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Irish News -- 'Cherry on top of the cake' – Rose of Tralee on DWTS immunity and her hearing impairment

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Courts -- Serial thief with 310 convictions jailed for latest spree

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Courts -- Man 'wielded baseball bat during dispute in large crowd', court hears

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Irish News -- Despite rising costs, 1,000 people are on waiting list of Dublin salon where prices start at €96

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Irish News -- Hairdressers preparing price hikes as rising costs squeeze margins

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Irish News -- No 'momentum' for border poll in Northern Ireland, deputy first minister says

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Irish News -- Tourism and spending up by 30pc over the Christmas period, says CSO

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Politics -- HSE still owns almost 200 vacant properties across the country, with calls for hospital sites to be turned into social housing

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Politics -- Dublin TD questions enforcement of scrambler laws after Grace Lynch's death

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Courts -- Air passenger screamed abuse at cabin crew when refused alcohol on Ryanair flight

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Letters: Jessie Buckley just hamming it up as 'Hamnet' fails to justify hype

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Eoin O'Malley: New laws won't change anything if gardaí are reluctant to pursue scrambler drivers

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Brendan O'Connor: Nothing about these floods shocked us — apart from how long we'll have to wait for a solution

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Tom McCaughren: When the pint men picketed pubs over a one-penny rise in the price of porter

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Chris Wasser: Melania's film is an insipid mess, with no soul, no heart – and a no-show from the public

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The Sunday Independent's view: Flood response demands serious action, not just 'joined-up thinking'

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Fionnán Sheahan: Unlike our leaders, Trump doesn't blame the weather when things go wrong

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Eilis O'Hanlon: Be warned, Emperor Trump, Ireland has its Skibbereen eagle eye on you

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Máiría Cahill: Why my friend found it so easy to stumble into selling photos of her feet online

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Paul Kearns: What would persuade a Dublin planner to live in the city centre? 'Absolutely nothing'

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Richard Bruton: International trade deals are not quick fixes — as I know from bitter experience

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Declan Lynch: Sinn Féin sings along with Putin's populist cheerleaders when it comes to Ukraine

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Luke O'Neill: How HRT and the shingles vaccine could protect us from Alzheimer's disease

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Sam McBride: Sinn Féin is right — we do need an Irish passport office in Belfast

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Letters: Blind optimism abounds after Government's latest housing policy update

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Technology -- Enterprise Ireland pumps €1m into Galway-based med tech firm Bluedrop Medical in strategy to attract more investors

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Business -- Adrian Weckler: Backlash against big tech after Grok blow-up nudges Ireland ever closer to under‑16 social media ban

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Irish Business -- Richard Curran: MetroLink's Kiwi boss is bound to clash with our 'duck and dive' politicians

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Business -- In a world rocked by instability, Irish entrepreneurs show their resilience

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Money -- Your Questions Answered: 'My late father abandoned me when I was three. Can I challenge his will?'

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Irish Business -- UK fitness chain David Lloyd Leisure's plan for Swords gym turned down for a second time

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In The Workplace -- Gina London: Leaders exploit what already works while exploring what might work next

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Irish Business -- 'It is not working, the numbers aren't coming through' – Low take-up of SME rescue scheme blamed on Revenue opt-out clause

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Irish Business -- 'There's massive consumer interest' – Therapie boss McGlade backs hair transplant firm ahead of plans for UK launch

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Irish Business -- 'We have grave concerns' – Blame game erupts ahead of creditors' meeting at troubled energy firm Solar 21

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Irish Business -- The trains are late again, but new Irish Rail CEO needs cash for a 21st-century infrastructure

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Money -- 'There's a frenzy to buy and sell because prices have gone up so much' – how to cash in on the gold rush

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Irish Business -- Crisis grows at Irish airports over shortage of air traffic controllers

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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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World Business -- Gold suddenly loses its lustre after blasting to all-time high

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Premier League -- Kevin Palmer: Sack race odds have been flipped for past master Thomas Frank and former pupil Keith Andrews

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Premier League -- Xabi Alonso expected to be on three-man shortlist to succeed Pep Guardiola as Man City boss

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Motor Sport -- Toto Wolff tells F1 rivals to 'get your s*** together' as Mercedes boss issues angry rebuke to critics

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Irish News -- 'When it rains, it pours' – Fire breaks out at James McClean's family home in Derry

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Soccer -- PSV Eindhoven join race for Troy Parrott but Ireland star keen to see out season with Alkmaar

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Premier League -- What happened to Oleksandr Zinchenko? From Man City title winner and Arsenal stalwart to a cast-out at Nottingham Forest

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Ladies Football -- 'I feel these rules will suit teams that want to play fast, open football. And that's the way we like to try and play'

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Soccer -- Stuart Pearce: I won Celebrity Mastermind because there were three people on it even thicker than me

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Premier League -- Benjamin Sesko credits defensive improvement as Manchester United continue winning run

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Horse Racing -- Dublin Racing Festival Day 2 (Monday): Galopin Des Champs can raise the roof again by landing a fourth Irish Gold Cup in a row

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Six Nations -- Why is this year's Six Nations starting on a Thursday with France v Ireland?

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Darts -- Luke Littler responds to rival's claim he is already the best darts player ever

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Golf -- Justin Rose proves LIV snub right with wire-to-wire win at Torrey Pines as Séamus Power slides out of Pebble Beach field

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Premier League - Live - | Transfer deadline day: All the latest deals as January window closes this evening - 10:14

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