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Irish News -- 'This has financially ruined us' – couple claim they have to demolish €141,000 home extension following dispute with builder

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How UK billionaire James Dyson's €30m Waterford mansion is setting the scene for Blackwater Valley Opera Festival

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Benedict Smith: US credibility at negotiating table with Iran fatally undercut by earlier trickery

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Sarah Carey: The Constitution is not an obstacle to a united Ireland, but there is no shortage of things that are

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Home economics: 'If one of the two tenants renting my house since before March 1 leaves and is replaced by another, is the new tenant treated under the new or old rental rules?'

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Irish News -- 'I fear for the public. I fear for children' – survivors of sexual abuse on the terror of bumping into their abusers after they walk free

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International Soccer -- Gary Breen: Rewatching Thursday's game highlighted what this Irish team need to do differently

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

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Mark Sexton: 'I'd always ask Johnny for advice and his opinion as he played at the highest level'

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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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Gaelic Football -- From warm-weather training to league 'indifference' – 10 things that bind the best of enemies, Kerry and Donegal

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Money -- From smarter driving, tax returns and bill switches: Six ways to cope with economic fallout from Iran war

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Business -- Donal O'Donovan: No one has ever moved markets like Donald Trump. That's good news if you're on the right side of the trades

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Politics -- 'It's an act of vandalism by the State' – why is it taking 15 years for new family court to be built on vacant land?

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Music -- 'I didn't have all my armour on': David Gray on that rowdy Dublin gig and finding creativity in his new, quiet life

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Irish News -- Feeling down after Ireland's Prague heartbreak? Here's how to deal with emotional fallout of defeat

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North America -- Jeffrey Epstein survivors sue US Justice Department for exposing their identities

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Soccer -- Daniel McDonnell: Why this play-off defeat to Czechia hurt much more than all the others

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North America -- Why Elon Musk believes replacing humans with robots will usher in 'world of amazing abundance'

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Money -- Your money questions: Is it possible to switch my mortgage from the bank to a local credit union?

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Comment -- Édaein O'Connell: A good heart is hard to find and money can't buy me love – or even a date

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Family's anguish over ill son in the United States as fundraiser launched

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Home help: We love going to the cinema as a family, so how can we recreate that vibe at home?

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Today's top TV and streaming choices: Local Hero, Big Night of Musicals and Predator of Seville

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North America -- US to meet all objectives in Iran without ground troops, says secretary of state Marco Rubio

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North America -- Support for Donald Trump plunges to new low over cost of living fears and war in Iran, polls show

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North America -- Savannah Guthrie to return to work as TV host despite mother Nancy's kidnapping

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Asia-Pacific -- Meet Balendra Shah, the 35-year-old rapper sworn in as Nepal's new prime minister

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Sam Kiley: Donald Trump would need to send a million soldiers for successful invasion of Iran

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Fionnán Sheahan: 'Limited evidence' becomes 'a good use of resources' as enhanced flu jab for over-65s gets approval

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Richard Curran: State has fuelled public expectations, but when spending windfalls stop, who will pay the price?

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Antonia Langford: How Ukraine has thwarted Vladimir Putin's plan to make billions from Iran war

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John Downing: Donald Trump's actions doing no favours for the hard right in France

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Gaelic Football -- Colm Keys: Football squads are suffering from 25-30pc annual 'churn' of players

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What next for Ireland: Macedonian misery, Spanish camp and it's the Nations League once again

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John Mullane: League has revealed seven wonders of the hurling world

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Life -- The €50m question: From lidos to late buses and a boating lake in Phoenix Park, how to spend Dublin's tourist tax windfall

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Celebrity News -- 'Would you ask Liam Neeson that?' – Colm Meaney on whether acting roles are slowing down as he enters his 70s

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Theatre & Arts -- 'Now it's almost trendy, but it used to be something I was so ashamed of. I would never talk about it in a work setting'

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New Irish Writing: The Great Blondini by Colm Scully

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Easter egg overload? Here's 14 books that make a great alternative gift for kids, chosen by Sarah Webb

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New Irish Writing: Poems by Kevin Cahill

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Hair -- 11 of the best purple shampoos to keep blonde and grey hair looking vibrant

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Kevin Dundon: Brighten up your day with my creamy spaghetti carbonara and colourful caramel flapjacks

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'It's not like secondary school' – how I took my French to the next level with a language holiday

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Courts -- Drunk woman with 205 previous convictions lashed out at gardaí, court hears

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Irish News -- Over-reliance on BMI is leading to incorrect diagnoses of obesity, study finds

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Courts -- GP's criticism of Covid-19 guidelines was contribution to 'legitimate discussion about contentious matters', inquest hears

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Courts -- Wind farm operator to appeal €300,000 damages in far-reaching ruling on noise nuisance

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The Irish Independent's View: World may pay dearly for Trump's 'big stick' approach to Iran

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Katriona O'Sullivan: Influencers I relied on to feel OK about my body are now taking GLP-1s – the ugly truth is I want them to stay chubby

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Donal Fallon: Whatever you think about the Cuban government, the world owes its ordinary people better

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The Irish Independent's View: Mixed signals from Trump and Washington are causing international chaos

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Analysis: How long can the US keep on hammering Iran as supplies of missiles run low?

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Sinéad Ryan: Central Bank policies are not protecting the vulnerable from fraud as they should

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Business -- Is this Big Tech's 'big tobacco' event? Groundbreaking Meta/ Google verdict could be gamechanger for EU and Irish watchdogs

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Business -- Ireland is behind Europe in awareness of the digital euro

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Money -- Some 315,000 households in arrears on electricity bills

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Business -- Taxpayers will now be afraid to appeal Revenue rulings, Bar Council warns

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Irish News -- Economic mood darkens as consumers cut spending, sending confidence to a three-year low

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Business -- Liquidator to seek five-year directorship restriction for woman who took payments of €45k per month from firm

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Money -- Farmers question motive behind supermarket dairy price cuts

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Business -- Central Bank data reveals further fall in lending to Irish SMEs

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Gaelic Football -- 'It'd be huge for us' – What a Division 4 final win at Croke Park would mean to Longford

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Horse Racing -- Wayne Bailey: 'Force' can be with William Haggas once again in Lincoln

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Soccer -- Séamus Coleman: 'It's not something I'm thinking about, talking about myself. It would be selfish'

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League of Ireland -- Wexford FC earn first home win of season with deserved success against Treaty United

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International Soccer -- Ben White booed, scores and concedes penalty as England held by Uruguay

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United Rugby Championship -- Leinster see off Scarlets to get back to winning ways ahead of Champions Cup knockout clash

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Gaelic Football -- Shane Lennon's double burst gets Louth's U-20 title defence off to perfect start

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League of Ireland -- Kelly nets late, late winner as Bray Wanderers fight back to beat Kerry FC

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Golf -- Power cut in Houston for Séamus as Gary Woodland closes in on dream win

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United Rugby Championship -- Connacht v Ospreys: TV times, team news and all you need to know as Westerners face crunch tie

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World News -- Tiger Woods taken to jail and charged with driving under the influence after rollover car crash in Florida

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Videos -- Ireland's World Cup dream ends on penalties: podcast from the stadium

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Irish News -- Consumers bracing for a major hit to their finances due to Middle East war

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Irish News -- Listening service for the elderly sees 27pc rise in calls

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Irish News Video -- Names and addresses of 300 'dodgy box' users to be sent to Sky to help tackle illegal streaming

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Irish News -- Confusion continues as 'Smart Meter' glitch set to cause bill headaches for homeowners

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Courts -- 'I hope you see my son's face every time you close your eyes. I hope you rot in hell' – mother of Steven Ring as man sentenced for his murder

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Irish News -- Roy Keane's mother Marie dies following illness

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Courts - LATEST - | Michael Flatley seizes control of Lord of the Dance, removing board and share trustee

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Irish News -- Buyers who paid deposits and signed contracts for homes on Ringfort estate in Co Meath consider legal action in bid to move in

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers: 'I drank alone. I wanted oblivion all the time. I'd buy two bottles of vodka and lock the door'

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Two weeks after being ordered to prison, why are Enoch Burke's mother and sister still at large?

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Amy Molloy: How a massive dream home in rural Co Meath ended up as 'a costly pile of rubble'

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Dear Mary: My adult daughters are living at home and want their boyfriends to stay over but my husband says no

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Electric vehicles or petrol cars – which are cheaper to run?

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A lost boy: the harrowing story of one Dublin child, failed by those who should have protected him, whose life is now blighted by drugs and crime

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Legal Advice -- 'I put the family home into my wife's name to get agricultural relief, but now we are separating and she says I have no entitlement to the house. Is this true?'

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Courts - LATEST - | Watch: Drone footage shows Meath home demolition underway, as owner says 'send the bill to Mickey Mouse' because her family can't pay

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Family -- The Divorce Diaries: 'I was planning on breaking up with him, and then I found out I was pregnant'

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Bail revoked for dairy farmer who moved cattle between Mayo and Roscommon amid multiple animal cruelty allegations

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EU is failing on biosecurity – so Ireland must get tough on tourists to combat FMD

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55-acre residential farm in Carlow set to go under the hammer

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Government facing 'irreparable damage' with farmers over fuel costs, senior FF TD warns

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Courts -- Man charged with attempting to murder three children in Parnell Square declared 'fit to stand trial'

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Politics -- Government urged to allow Dublin councils to collect tourist tax

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International Soccer -- Daniel McDonnell: Pain in Prague as an Ireland team that did so much right gets the ending wrong

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Courts -- Popular Dublin city pub ran 'shebeen' and 'had blatant disregard for the law', judge told

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Galway changes presidential nomination protocol after 'dangerous ideologies' heard last year

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South Kerry -- From Kerry to Nairobi – living the dream, one fuel check at a time

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South Kerry -- 'Dark cloud' over South Kerry at death of young woman, 'a truly special lady loved by everyone'

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News -- Kerry's glamping pods given widespread approval in towns and villages but not in rural areas

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News -- Mayo woman's company launches free app to track fuel prices in filling stations

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Wexford & District -- 'Despite our different cultures, the core meaning of marriage is the same everywhere' – Inside the modern world of weddings

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Bray -- Katie Taylor Croke Park homecoming proposal being reviewed by government

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News -- Big crowds gather in Portlaoise for launch of revamped €9m Penneys store

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Indo Sport podcast: Bits & Bobs | Ireland fallout | Schools rugby fandom | Interviewing Guardiola

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The Left Wing: Schools rugby special with Bernard Jackman | Cup final drama & player pathways

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Indo Politics: A €250m cost of living package under scrutiny and the return of Mairead McGuinness

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Dodgy boxes: a new era begins as end users face legal action

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Celebrity -- 'I'm so glad we were together' – Lucy Kennedy on supporting radio co-host Colm Hayes' through wife's illness and death

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Fashion News -- Irish designer Simone Rocha tasked with saving a 'cautious' menswear market at the world's pinnacle fair in Florence

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Fashion -- Orla Dempsey: Who is Tamara Ralph, the It-designer of this year's glam Oscars gowns?

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Irish News -- Breaking

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Crime -- Three men charged over Clondalkin attack that left young mother with horrific burns

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Courts -- Man appears in court charged with murder of Derry mother-of-two Amy Doherty

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Courts -- Court told no recording of alleged 'shoot in the head' comment in defamation action between racing tipsters

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Courts -- Wexford GP says criticism of Covid-19 guidelines was effort to contribute to 'a legitimate and necessary discussion about contentious matters'

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Letters: Government's response to fuel crisis offers more help to those who don't need it

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Martina Devlin: Greyhounds are majestic animals, so why does the State continue to fund an industry that treats them as expendable?

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Akhtar Makoii: Killing of navy chief has weakened Tehran's grip on Strait of Hormuz

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Melanie Finn: How our treacherous school run reached a new low when my son (7) was nearly knocked down

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Jeremy Warner: Despite Donald Trump's claims, we are still heading into the storm of recession

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Mark Keenan: With councils nationwide throwing cabin dwellers into homelessness, the Murrays' mini mansion in Meath didn't stand a chance

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Sophie White: I don't do drugs or drink alcohol any more – these days I get high from DIY

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Letters: Demolition was justified outcome after rules on planning were ignored

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Frank Roche: Media dealings tell us that cloud still hangs over troubled GAA-Allianz deal

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Technology -- Adrian Weckler: Who can afford sky-high rents? It's the young tech workers on €200k salaries

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Money -- Home economics: 'We want to buy an apartment and are shocked by the annual management fees – why are they so high?'

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Money -- Leave the car at home and grow your own spuds: how to get ahead of the energy surge and spend less

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Business -- Irish SMEs have lost €19m due to email scams in the last two years

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Irish Business -- How the business of looking after an ageing population is facing a crisis

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World Business -- UK will suffer biggest hit among large economies from Iran war, OECD says

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World Business -- Mars CEO joins board of Ozempic-maker Novo Nordisk

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