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Celebrity - exclusive - | Ryan Tubridy set to marry Dr Clare Kambamettu this weekend in Co Galway

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Drogheda & South

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Crime -- 'Sometimes it felt like a dream' – sister relives horror of Siobhán Hynes' murder as killer makes fresh bid for freedom

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'I had no one to go to Zach Bryan with' – Why this Clare woman set up a social group to combat loneliness

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Gruelling morning sessions, carb-loading and taking inspiration from Troy Parrott – Meet Ireland's latest swimming sensation Evan Bailey

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'I'm so grateful to have come from Wicklow' – Irish cycling world champion Lara Gillespie honoured at civic reception

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GAA -- 'I don't care if you have to take the arm. I just want this cancer out of me'

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Irish News -- Late Late Toy Show review: Kielty enters the arena with a look on his face that says exactly what we're all thinking – he's the right man for the job

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Irish News -- Gardaí investigate drones over Ireland during visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

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Irish News -- DAA foots tax bill for directors' perks, including 'Platinum VIP' private terminal use and car-parking at Dublin Airport

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Courts -- Failed appeals and lost endorsements – Conor McGregor has had a tumultuous year since Nikita Hand verdict

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Irish News -- Threat of rolling blackouts and six-month lockdowns if Irish sub-sea cables hit, secret Government plans reveal

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Irish News -- Family of man (90), who died saving woman's life, presented with gold medal for bravery on his behalf

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Irish News -- 'You'd probably have to work 80 hours to make what I do in a week now': The taxi drivers taking on Uber

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Weather -- Hail and thunderstorms possible amid 'unsettled' weather this weekend

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Food & Drink -- The Big Christmas Taste Test: from the best mince pies to turkey gravy you could pass off as homemade

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Soccer -- Conor McKeon: Infantino blew so much smoke up Trump's backside, he may not have needed Air Force One to get home

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North America -- Young Americans are turning against Donald Trump over mass deportation and Epstein fallout, new polls show

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Irish News -- Rank-and-file garda fury over €700,000 'secret' costs for housing former commissioner Drew Harris

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Money -- 'I think the biggest obstacle was probably myself' – meet the people who started businesses in their 40s, 50s and 60s

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Athletics -- Caitríona Jennings: 'I couldn't survive without running – it's my constant'

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Irish News -- 'An unsung hero' – garda drug squad pioneer Dinny Mullins was ahead of his time

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Irish News -- Donegal winner of €500,000 only has five weeks to collect prize, as players urged to check tickets

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TV News -- I'm a Celebrity preview - Tom and Martin faced today's Bushtucker Trial 'Lethal Libraries'.

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Irish News -- 192 'children' in IPAs centres referred to Tusla were later deemed ineligible because they were actually adults

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Irish News -- John Scally: In a world of fake news, we could do with more people like Con Houlihan

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Pat Shortt's daughter Faye recalls festive childhood: 'Christmas was loud, funny and full of surprises'

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Your money questions – I work on a contract basis. What can we do to stop mortgage lender rejections?

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'We've still got soul, not like a lot of bigger cities' – the surprising city accessible from four Irish airports

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Gaelic Football -- Billy Keane: The great Tim Kennelly may be gone 20 years, but he'll never be forgotten

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Sex & Relationships -- Asking for a friend: I want to treat my partner to a sexy weekend away and bring some toys for us to try but I've no idea what to buy

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Life -- Climate Changemakers: BirdWatch Ireland – the charity that brought Europe's rarest sea bird back from the brink

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American families on moving to Ireland: 'Being able to send the kids to school and know they will be safe is such a gift'

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The disappearance of Sandra Collins, 25 years on: 'How long do you keep asking your sister's killer to tell you where her body is?'

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The millionaire, the Montauk yacht club meeting and the mystery of Martha Nolan's last hours

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The making of a matriarch: How Martina Burke went from fun-loving camogie girl to mother of a fundamentalist family

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'Love snuck up on me' – Katie Taylor on finding happiness with husband Sean McCavanagh and her new 'quiet' life in Connecticut

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Paul Kimmage: Silence from Sport Ireland is deafening but it's not an old story and it's not going away

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'A woman took her top off at the Christmas party — that's when it all slotted into place': the women who came out as lesbian or bisexual later in life

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Europe -- Russian drones kill 12-year-old boy in Dnipro, Ukraine as attempts to break deadlock in peace talks continue

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World News -- Trump vowed to arrest 'worst of the worst' but less than 30pc held in ICE raids have criminal records

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Britain -- Gerry Adams fights to name anonymous IRA bombing witnesses in UK High Court

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Middle East -- Iranian president warns Tehran may have to be evacuated as city's taps run dry amid severe water crisis

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World News -- Virginia Giuffre's family seek answers over missing millions after Jeffrey Epstein survivor died without leaving will

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North America -- Texas geese attack leaves 72-year-old woman hospitalised with broken pelvis and internal bleeding

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Édaein O'Connell: Five truths I learnt about life after my near-death experience on a quad bike

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Naoise Dolan: Taxi protests may be an inconvenience, but erosion of workers' rights is far worse

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John Downing: It's not quite the Louvre heist as thieves swipe €90,000 of snails ahead of Christmas rush

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Frank Coughlan: Like a flinty Clint Eastwood, Roy Keane is a character actor who endlessly reprises the same role

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Sarah Carey: If politicians don't have the guts to tell voters 'no', the best-laid infrastructure plans will be doomed

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Entertainment -- Twink: 'The man for that job was either Oliver Callan or Al Porter but they wouldn't have the balls to give it to him'

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Courts -- 'I object, I object, I object': Residents protest over unauthorised extension to Sutton home they say looks more like 'an airport hangar'

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Golf -- 'One wants €45k for a week despite being 93km away' – Teeing up a rental windfall from the Ryder Cup? Here's how to set a realistic price

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Irish News -- National Children's Hospital is to ditch half of its private rooms for consultants

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International Soccer -- Heimir Hallgrimsson eyes January camp ahead of World Cup play-off bid

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Champions Cup -- 'I wouldn't be taking it lightly' – Leo Cullen still wary of Quins' threat despite key men being left at home

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Farming -- 10 Christmas gifts under €100 for farm-loving kids

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Comment -- Darragh McCullough: Bluetongue, bird flu, TB – have we become numb to livestock crises?

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Dairy -- The budgeting habit that will decide dairy survival in 2026

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Comment -- My electricity bill would be €1,000 a year cheaper if I was farming in France

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Farm Property -- Wexford farm sells for €2.68 million at auction

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Irish News - Latest - | Taxi drivers suspend six-day protest in Dublin pending outcome of government talks

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Irish News -- 'They came from the darkness' – delivery rider underwent emergency brain surgery after 'life-threatening' assault in Dublin

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Dublin -- Stronger Garda presence called for in north Dublin after parents report being followed by 'unfamiliar' man

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Irish News -- Neighbours object to retention bid for saunas in Sallynoggin due to car parking disputes and concerns about health and safety

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Dublin News -- Meet the octogenarian Wicklow couple who have spent 20 years feeding Dublin's homeless

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Irish News -- Hugh Wallace 'lived deeply and left his mark unmistakably', mourners told during funeral

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Renowned Wicklow horse breeder and trainer John Mulvey was 'one in a million guy struck by a one in five million rare form of cancer', mourners hear

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Garda who risked life to save man in River Barrow admits he 'felt terrified' but knew he could do it

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North & West Kerry -- Kerry writer with a 'mental empire' would have been 100 years old today

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Courts -- Judge issues warning to Dublin taxi driver clocked at 152km/h on Wicklow motorway

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News -- Man accused of threatening to 'slit' throat of barmaid and 'throw her in on top' of dead grandfather if she attended his funeral, court hears

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South Kerry -- The Herzog Kerry visit when Israeli security stood accused of 'x-raying' village homes

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New Ross -- Dolphin delight as playful pod makes a surprise splash in New Ross – 'I've just been mesmerised by them'

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News -- Roadworks traffic 'chaos' in Louth could be avoided with 9a.m start

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Wexford & District -- 'It's like one big happy family' – Wexford Able Disabled Club's remarkable 40-year rise to a beloved local institution

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Indo Politics: 'Sensible Simon', Zelensky's star power and Ireland's Golden Goose

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The Indo Daily Extra: Ireland and RTÉ's Eurovision boycott explained - is the contest in crisis?

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The Big Tech Show: Is crypto crashing or is there something else going on?

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Indo Sport podcast: Bits & Bobs | Emails | GAA vs rural decline | Ronnie at 50

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Books -- The best books to gift for every type of reader this Christmas

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Tommy Meskill profile: Who is the 31-year-old who will become RTÉ's youngest 'Six One' presenter?

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Time to face the music: How Eurovision has entered a new era of disharmony

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What to watch on TV and streaming today: Strictly Come Dancing, The New Yorker at 100 and Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

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Soccer -- 'I don't have to tread on eggshells any more' – Gary Lineker leaves BBC firmly in the past

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Celebrity News -- Marilyn Monroe's last photoshoot negatives used in $3m extortion plot, photographer's widow claims ahead of auction

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Celebrity -- 'It just feels like a good time' – Vogue Williams reveals she and Spencer Matthews may try for another baby

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'They never named a street after Dev because they couldn't find one crooked enough': place names that changed and why some dubious ones survive

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Food & Drink -- 'There is no West African household that wouldn't have jollof rice on the table' – what are Ireland's international chefs serving up this Christmas?

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With direct flights and a warm welcome, could Canada be the new US for Irish visitors?

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'Come here once and you won't look back' – sausages, 'stress-free' travel and the underdog spirit of Knock's unlikely airport

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'We put our heart and soul into this, so reading it was upsetting' – can Tripadvisor reviews still make or break Irish businesses?

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'I'm a travel editor, here are 20 Christmas gifts I'd consider for travel lovers – priced from €6.99 to €280'

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Pól Ó Conghaile: The best Christmas markets in Europe, and my travel tips for a seasonal trip

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Irish News -- Lucy Cafe owner Viktoriia Horbonos speaks about the festive traditions passed down from her Ukranian grandmother

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Irish News -- Secret Government plans reveals the threat of rolling blackouts and six-month lockdowns if Irish subsea cables hit

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Irish News -- From O'Connell Street to Monto - what's in a street name change?

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Courts -- Dealer jailed for 'preying' on vulnerable addicts outside drug treatment centre

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Irish News -- Late Late Toy Show as it happened: A night for the ages with cameos from CMAT to Kingfishr (oh, and Roy Keane popped in as well)

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Politics -- Taoiseach won't comment on Russia link to drone incursion during Zelensky's Dublin visit

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Courts -- Teenage boy receives 15 month detention for sexual assault and rape of girl (13)

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Courts -- Bride seriously injured after she fell out hotel bedroom window on her wedding night while smoking cigarette

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Irish News -- Construction of €1.3bn Dublin drainage project will go ahead as Uisce Éireann reaches settlement

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Courts -- Judge refuses to order Meta to restore accounts it disabled over alleged scam ads

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Fred Logue: Judicial reviews are not the enemy of progress — they are a vital safeguard

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Claire Cohen: Spotify's 'listening age' might be its smartest marketing feature yet – but it told me I'm 100

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Ray O'Donoghue: With just four thefts a day and every stabbing making the news, Dublin is hardly a crime-ridden Gotham City

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Mary McCarthy: Am I the only person who didn't hate Meghan Markle's Netflix Christmas special?

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The Irish Independent's View: Awareness of gender pay gap is first step to addressing it

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Lorraine Courtney: The 'Late Late Toy Show' is not for kids – it's for anxious, mortgage-paying millennials

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Martina Devlin: Let's beg IMF axeman Ajai Chopra to return and fix our woeful infrastructure failings

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Letters: With all the M50 bashing, let's not lose sight of the jobs and homes it has brought

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Tanya Sweeney: I'm quiet quitting Christmas – do we have to do December at full volume, in matching pyjamas?

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Donal Fallon: Chaim Herzog was controversial, but there are plenty of stories of heroism from Ireland's small Jewish population

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Ciara Kelly: The Late Late Toy Show is wildly overrated. Unlike when it began, today's kids already have power, attention and every toy they can dream of

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Joe Barnes: With peace talks stalling, Trump may abandon Russia and Ukraine

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The Irish Independent's View: Government's planning reforms are ambitious, but devil will be in the details

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Olivia Petter: The boyfriend test you didn't know you needed – and why you should go for maths nerds

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Mary Kenny: As a convert to Catholicism, Oscar Wilde belongs in St Mary's Cathedral, rather than Merrion Square

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Technology -- Price rises, cinemas closing and a blow to Sky — three big questions for Irish viewers from $83bn Netflix takeover of Warner Brothers

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Media -- Netflix strikes $72bn deal to buy Warner Bros film and streaming businesses

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Business -- Irish events firm playing lead role in Fifa World Cup draw taking place in Washington DC

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Technology - BREAKING - | Cloudflare outage: Widespread disruption on a large number of websites - 10:19

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Commercial Property -- Supermarket in busy Wexford town is on the market for nearly €1.3 million

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World Business -- EU regulators probe Meta move to block AI rivals from WhatsApp

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Irish Business -- Revenue to share information on properties and rents with overseas tax authorities

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Irish Business -- NTA imposes €17m in penalties on transport firms

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Business -- Department of Agriculture ordered to release letter it received from Coolmore over vaccines

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Money -- 'The most sensible option is one most people overlook' – money experts on the smartest ways to finance a new car

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Business -- Shares in Coveney-headed SSP jump on review of operations

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Business -- Electric vehicle registrations increase by almost 40pc this year

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Business -- Irish businessman Gary Quin set for 'moonshot' rewards in new $1bn bitcoin firm

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Technology -- Ask Adrian: Is there a cheap way to move photos from my full phone without buying an expensive upgraded device?

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Technology -- Irish Council for Civil Liberties files Microsoft Gaza complaint to DPC

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Munster Rugby -- Rúaidhrí O'Connor: How Johann van Graan went from a complete unknown to the complete coach

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Horse Racing -- Wayne Bailey: Willie Mullins' Il Etait Temps to confirm form with Jonbon at Sandown

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Ladies Football -- 'I'm blessed for the career that I've had' – Kate Flood on ending her Louth days in perfect fashion

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Other Sports -- Lando Norris may win F1 title but there is no doubting who is the best driver

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International Soccer -- 'There's very few bigger teams in the world than Spain' – Roberto Lopes reacts to Cape Verde's World Cup draw

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Horse Racing -- Weekend racing preview: Race-fit Found A Fifty can fend off Majborough in cracking Hilly Way renewal

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Ulster Rugby -- Ulster turn on second-half style to open European account with nine-try thrashing of Racing 92

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International Soccer -- Your guide to World Cup Group A – Ireland's potential opponents at the 2026 finals in North America

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International Soccer -- 'It's a beatable group if we think of ourselves in it' – Hallgrimsson pleased with Ireland's possible World Cup opponents

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Swimming -- Ireland's Ellen Walshe confirms her place in European Aquatics 200m individual medley final

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Gaelic Football -- 'The real curse is the ineptitude of the boards overseeing football' – ex-Mayo player John P Kean reveals fears for the game

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Gaelic Football -- Cork GAA chief blasts 'preposterous' All-Ireland hurling final rumours, as county board reveals €1.5m surplus for 2025

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Munster Rugby -- Jack Crowley forced to wait as Clayton McMillan backs JJ Hanrahan ahead of Bath test

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