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Politics - latest - | 'I have a mandate' – Taoiseach says he will lead Fianna Fáil into the next election

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Relief for Dean Rock as Dublin survive Wicklow scare to make Leinster semi-finals

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Second-half blitz proves decisive as Rebels surge to perfect provincial start against Tipperary

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Rory Beggan proves Monaghan's saviour in Ulster derby duel as spirited Cavan rally falls short

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Brian Lohan 'pulling the hair out' over Waterford goals but Clare's attack sizzles in Munster SHC opener

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Sam Mulroy to the fore as Louth ease past Wexford to set up Dublin semi-final

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Irish News -- Daniel Kinahan's final hours of freedom: How one of the world's most-wanted men was captured in Dubai

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Middle East - LIVE - | Trump accuses Iran of 'total violation' of ceasefire, threatens new attacks unless it takes deal

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Irish Business -- 'This could be groundbreaking for Ireland Inc and the midlands' – New research reveals transformative potential of 'energy parks'

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North America - Breaking - | Eight children killed in Louisiana mass shooting, local police say

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Dermot Bannon on the homes of Joanne McNally, 'There were chairs that didn't fit. She sawed the legs off,' and Vogue Williams: 'People coming in and out all the time'

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Gaelic Football - As it happened - | GAA results and reports: Dubs edge Wicklow, Cork beat Tipperary, Westmeath overcome Meath

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John Boyne: 'No one writes to win prizes, but we all need a clap on the back sometimes'

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Irish News -- 'I dreamt I was looking for Killian... it was my brain's way of trying to understand what had happened' – jewellery designer Emily MacKeogh on fiance's death

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Irish News -- Aer Lingus cuts over 500 flights for 'maintenance' as fuel shortage fears grow

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Gaelic Football -- Joe Brolly: Ger Brennan can only move on from this ban if he owns his behaviour

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Irish News -- Retired lollipop man regrets abducting neighbour's cat as he and wife handed three-month jail sentences

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Health -- Nearly €50m worth of vaccines destroyed or returned unused by the HSE in two years

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Irish News -- Evictions rise in wake of controversial new rent reforms, data shows

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Politics - latest - | Electricity prices may rise by 'up to 9pc', minister warns as Taoiseach plays down predictions of jet fuel shortages

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Sex & Relationships -- Dear Mary: My husband keeps telling me I have to lose weight before our holiday so he will look good

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Irish News -- Teen dies after being struck by car in Little Island, Cork

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Irish News -- Eric Trump hails Rory McIlroy's Masters win as 'perfect timing' as massive security plan ramps up for Irish Open

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Book News -- 'I'd feel like a voyeur in another world' – Wicklow cancer survivor on novel she started from hospital bed

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Irish News -- Indo Politics - Will Micheál Martin survive another Fianna Fáil Heave?

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Entertainment -- Top IKEA Picks Ireland

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League of Ireland -- Watch: League of Ireland preview with Seán O'Connor and Aidan Fitzmaurice – Matchday 12

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Irish News -- Stardust families to protest over 'slow pace' of garda review into case

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Irish News -- 'Exceptionally rare' discovery sees long-living Greenland Shark wash up on Ireland's shores for the first time

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Irish News - 'I was dealt a terminal prognosis at age 23' – young dementia campaigner on disease that has claimed 12 members of his family

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My favourite room: 'My husband kept saying, 'You've a great eye,' but I had impostor syndrome' - Sarah O'Neill's journey from travel agent to interior designer

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How to find Ireland's best value current account in a very crowded banking market

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'By looking in their eyes, you can really see what war does to a person, it kills a part of you' – A Kilkenny filmmaker's journey into Ukraine

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Top 20 titles of two decades – how the reading public voted for their favourite Irish Book Award winners

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'You're aware that this is the end': Home of the Year's Amanda Bone on watching Hugh Wallace in his final series

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Passing on the backpack baton from mum to son – how Interrailing has changed since my days of print maps and guide books

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Caroline Foran: 'The first thing I said to my husband was, 'It's not our fault. It's not something we were doing''

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Norah Casey on losing husband, Richard Hannaford: 'Radiotherapy shifted the tumour, it cracked his spinal column. Three weeks after the diagnosis, he was in a wheelchair'

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'It has paid for itself, many times over' – nine smart buys that will save you hundreds of euro in the long run

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Council investigates alleged unauthorised development at Marian Finucane's former home in Kildare

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'The Ireland we left has changed... it feels like we're emigrating to a new place' – five expats on the challenges of returning home

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Living with ambiguous loss: 'When someone is dead, you get to have a eulogy, you put a lid on a coffin. With missing, you get none of that'

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Britain - BREAKING - | Another attempted arson attack reported at London synagogue

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Europe -- Starmer backs Cabinet Secretary who failed to tell him about Mandelson vetting

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Europe -- Peter Allen: What France's Gilets Jaunes movement could teach Ireland's fuel protesters

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Europe -- French film star Nadia Fares dies after being found unconscious in swimming pool

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Middle East -- Strait of Hormuz is open, says Iran, as Donald Trump suggests deal to end war could be reached 'soon'

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Europe -- Rat poison found in HiPP baby food jar in Austria, police say

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Britain -- Keir Starmer claims that he 'wasn't told' Mandelson failed vetting ahead of US appointment

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Shane Ross: Jim O'Callaghan's army gaffe has spared the Taoiseach from a changing of the guard

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Brendan O'Connor: When it comes to trolling, Donald Trump is no match for Pope Leo

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Donal Fallon finds the historic figures of 100 years ago, including 'jack of all trades' Maud Gonne and Kitty Kiernan

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Willie O'Dea: Fianna Fáil rebels are right — this Government is allergic to humanity

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Opinion - 1926 Census - | Colin Murphy: What I learned about my street's storied history on a late-night journey down a historic rabbit hole

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Courts -- Dublin solicitor who was accused of sexual assault by son leaves almost €50m in his will

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Celebrity News -- 'We have pitched it lower to allow market decide': Shane Ross on slashing price of family home by €900,000

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Education -- Shorter school days and more breaks under review as Dáil committee pushes for 'holistic' Finnish model

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Sex & Relationships -- Asking for a friend: 'My partner got really angry and hit me. They apologised a few days later but now keep telling me I just need to get over it'

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Paul Kimmage: Rory McIlroy had a taste of something he liked and he wanted more

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News -- EU eyes grants, subsidies to offset Iran war impact on farming, transport

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Forestry & Enviro -- Tirlán unveils new 16-acre solar farm in Kilkenny

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Forestry & Enviro -- New access point means Wexford homeowners will no longer have to drive on beach to get to their properties

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Dairy -- Spoiled at grass: why our cows have turned into springtime divas

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News -- IFA admit they didn't know the full details of €505m government package until 'it went public'

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Crime -- 'We'll never give up on the ones we lost' – Stardust families to protest over 'slow pace' of garda review into case

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Irish News -- Dublin man to run 125km with disabled cousin in aid of respite service

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Dublin -- Fingal councillors make emergency appeal to pause rent hikes for council tenants in response to 'crippling' living costs

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Courts -- Noise experts carry out inspections in row between Hoxton hotel and Yamamori Izakaya nightclub

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Dublin News -- Over 500 homes get green light in south Dublin following legal disputes

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Health & Wellbeing -- Inside south Dublin's secret world of weight-loss jabbers: 'Women are shrinking before my eyes. Handbags are quietly being sold to fund the habit'

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Cork farmer who 'wiped out' over nine acres of woodland did so for 'profiteering', says Judge

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See inside Victorian home near Wicklow seafront for sale at €1.2 million

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New Ross -- Wexford residents can't get out to work 'without bursting a tyre' as wait continues for emergency roads funding

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News -- 150 jobs for Cork region as €8m expansion of Cygnum completed

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News -- Man (24) remanded in custody after assault on Monaghan gardaí

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Galway train commuter leapt onto tracks to save dog as lucky pup to be up for adoption

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Road restrictions blamed for gridlock in north Mayo town to be removed next week

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Wexford based writer shares lived experience while serving in South African military – 'In those days you just had to continue'

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Cork court remands Limerick man who pleaded guilty to string of thefts in custody for a week

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Buyer wanted to take on Galway village pub as property goes on sale

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The Indo Daily - Extra: Daniel Kinahan detained in Dubai in major breakthrough for Gardaí

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Indo Sport podcast: Bits & Bobs | Friday mailbag | Shane Lowry's Sunday struggles | World Cup price gouge

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The Indo Daily: Beginning of the end for Micheál Martin? Can Taoiseach survive second leadership crisis in six-months

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The Left Wing: Brittany Hogan in studio | Facing England, life with Sale and Italy in Galway

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Louise Duffy: 'I don't always have to be in front of a camera sharing. I don't just blast it all out there, which I think is why I haven't been cancelled'

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Entertainment -- Irish actor Fra Fee: 'I don't think any actor is under any obligation to reveal who they like to sleep with'

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Beauty -- Triona McCarthy: Need a pep-tide in your step? Try these firming skin, hair and make-up wonders

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Horse Racing -- Notions and necessities: From film and music festivals to foodie must-haves and summery scents, it's all here

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Sex & Relationships -- Asking for a friend: I feel like my contraception is causing headaches and changing my periods but my doctor told me to just deal with it. Are there any other options?

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Celebrity News -- 'It's been a long week' – Zayn Malik thanks fans for their support from his hospital bed

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Britain -- Meghan and Harry win over masses on first Australia tour as non-royals

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Motoring review: This behemoth has all the subtlety of a shipping container – but off road it's a revelation

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An all-female trek to Annapurna Base Camp: 'My sister-in-law and I joke we haven't seen this many helicopters since the 2006 Galway Races'

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'A baby-what?' – my family were babymoon sceptics, until I actually went and took one

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An Irish Goodbye... from Phuket: 'I feel like Thailand is one of the best countries in the world to live in as a gay woman'

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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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'Our packs became lighter, and our lives became fuller' – 10 travel tips for retirees on a golden gap year

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Irish News -- 'These entries show an extraordinary journey': Fergal Keane, Maureen Gaffney and Joseph O'Connor on finding their relatives

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Editorial -- The Sunday Independent's View: Census proves democracy can survive chaos

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Irish News -- 'These things confuse me' – Internal emails reveal outgoing MetroLink chief's frustrations with red tape

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Analysis -- A snapshot of the fledgling Free State, featuring a Monto madam, literary legends and two five-year-old Eamon de Valeras

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Irish News -- 'I've known patients who've been in tears' – Doctors warn of AI diagnosis dangers as distraught patients get false medical advice

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Irish News -- Mary Regan: Fianna Fáil rebels betting on a bloodless coup if Martin is still leader early next year

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Irish News -- Obituary: Moya Brennan, hugely influential singer with Clannad who performed on the biggest stages

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Irish News -- Bid to take down fake videos and images of garda response to fuel protests

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Irish News -- 'Art gave me a new life,' says artist who found love again after plane crash death of first husband

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Eilis O'Hanlon: For Trump, admitting his AI Jesus post was a mistake would be the real blasphemy

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Brenda Power: Nameless TD who vouched for a paedophile owes us all an explanation

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Seán Kelly: Orban showed the danger of EU states having a veto – now we must seize our chance to scrap it

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Sam McBride: When one generation takes its lead from Rory McIlroy and the next from Kneecap, the future is impossible to predict

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Eoin O'Malley: Simon Harris avoids heat in fuel protest fallout, but for how much longer?

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Sarah Breen: I thought Coachella was some kind of utopia, until I realised it was missing something very important

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Louise McSharry: Things can be bleak, but Artemis moon mission showed us that at our core, humans are good

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Iona Cleave: How China and Russia are becoming Iran's eyes in the sky

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The Irish Independent's View: World must hope Donald Trump's truce can bring lasting peace

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John Downing: Trump is now more a hindrance than a help to Europe's right

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Kathy Donaghy: Reboot of 'Little House on the Prairie' is perfect antidote for the world we live in

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Conor Skehan: Farewell to Seán Ó Laoire, the urbanist who helped make Dublin's docklands a global success story

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Letters: Dáil Éireann desperately needs to pack its benches with fiscally prudent TDs

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Sarah Carey: How to make Ireland happier? First, we must be honest about what we really want

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Irish Business -- Here's how to how we develop and advance Ireland's digital healthcare sector even further

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Money -- Your Money Questions: When will I be hit by the reduction in benefits on my Laya health insurance?

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Irish Business -- East Coast Bakehouse co-founder will not be part of its rescue plan

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Money -- Home Economics: 'I'm a cancer survivor– will I still be able to get life insurance in order to obtain a mortgage?'

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Comment -- Richard Curran: Government didn't cause fuel crisis, but that won't stop MAGA mob making it pay the price

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Business -- OceanR Ventures enters small business rescue process

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Irish Business -- Ryanair leads Irish shares higher as tankers freed to sail through Hormuz

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Technology -- Adrian Weckler: People are getting it wrong on EVs, electric is now the cheaper choice

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Irish Business -- Hiring from the officer corps has raised the bar at Integrity Security

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Money -- Your Money: How to complain about a company giving you poor service – the right way

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Money -- 'Switching could save someone over €200 a month' – money experts share the mortgage repayment hacks more people should know about

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Irish Business -- Judge finds 'series of significant and serious errors' in investigation by Central Bank

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Business -- Whistleblowers using AI in their protected disclosures, commissioner says

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Technology -- GoCar puts €2 fuel surcharge on bookings as experts warn that airline jet fuel could run out

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Commercial Property -- Stores and car park in the heart of Wexford town set to go under the hammer

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Gaelic Football -- Westmeath hold on to secure famous championship victory over neighbours Meath

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Hurling -- Supersub Pádraig Boyle inspires Kerry past Donegal

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Hurling -- Westmeath too strong for wasteful London in Joe McDonagh opener at Ruislip

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Horse Racing -- Harry Redknapp's The Jukebox Man to miss Punchestown Gold Cup after setback in recovery

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Hurling -- Wicklow start and finish strongly to see Derry off by the minimum in Christy RIng bow

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Premier League -- Miguel Delaney: Mikel Arteta has Arsenal 'fired up' to beat Man City - but there's a twist

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Six Nations -- Watch: Sinead Kissane and Cian Tracey review Ireland's stunning Women's Six Nations win in Galway

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Premier League -- Tottenham report 'significant and abhorrent racist abuse' of Kevin Danso on social media to police

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Hurling -- Niall Arthur on fire as Monaghan make light work of Cavan in Lory Meagher

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Premier League -- Kevin Sheedy interview: 'People don't like change, so there will be some resistance to the way the game has gone'

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Gaelic Football -- Pat Spillane: One certainty from the championship's first weekend is that no one will be talking about it by the end

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Golf -- Tom McKibbin and Pádraig Harrington both chasing Sunday victory options

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Premier League -- Kevin Palmer: Mikel Arteta's desperate bid to project optimism is not being shared by those who really matter

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Premier League -- 'They're the moments we live for' – Michael Carrick revels in Manchester United's hard-fought win at Chelsea

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