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'I've got no plans to move from Chelsea' – Cole Palmer responds to Man United links

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Tommy Tiernan makes his musical debut. But the real question is: can he sing?

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'Too much is at stake' – Catherine Connolly tells world leaders 'democracy is under attack' on first foreign trip as president

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International Soccer - Live - | Ireland v Poland, Women's World Cup qualifier: Girls in Green aiming for back-to-back wins

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Irish News -- Three young men injured, one seriously, in single-vehicle crash involving van in Limerick

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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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Six Nations -- Amee-Leigh Costigan interview: 'You adapt your life. And being able to do it while growing two babies, it's a challenge'

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Irish News -- Ireland's 1926 census is published online today – here's how to make the most of it

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Health -- Meet the Wexford radiologist who has helped build hospitals across the world to improve access to cancer treatment

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Irish News -- Revealed: The HSE regions where dental patients in need of general anaesthetic are having to wait over a year

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

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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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Family Features -- Bill Linnane: No homework, no dinners to make, no pressure: The joy of a rare kid-free weekend away with my wife

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'We were left having to pay the full costs of their mistakes' – couple sue builders on RTÉ's 'Room to Improve' over water damage to their home

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Katriona O'Sullivan: 'A lot of my friends have had gastric sleeves. They're on Ozempic. They've had their face done, their arse done. If you look at the more educated woman, it's very different – it looks like wellness'

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Soccer - Exclusive - | 'I wanted my parents to know that football took one of their sons, but it also gave another son the most beautiful gifts'

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

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Colm Keys: Formbook shows Limerick are ready to roar again as Cork and Kilkenny seek to end famines

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

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Britain -- Too much reliance on AI erodes ability to make an effort, study shows

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Middle East -- Lebanese return to 'unliveable' areas after 10-day truce is announced as Trump says attacks by Israel are 'prohibited'

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North America -- 'Good chance' Donald Trump will pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, her lawyer says

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Middle East -- Average of 47 women and girls killed every day during Israel's war on Gaza, UN agency finds

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

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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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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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Hurling - Kilkenny are longing for the day they can be All-Ireland contenders again as the 11-year famine goes on

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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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News -- 'Castlerea Prison is not a nice place' – Judge issues stern warning to Cavan man over nuisance phone calls to garda station

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Rural Life -- Wicklow student argues fox hunting still essential to rural Irish culture in award-winning article

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News -- 'Don't come any closer or I'll stick this into you' – Aldi knife raider blames robbery on 'bad break-up'

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News -- Limerick student calls for reform of foster care system after childhood in care

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Food & Drink -- Eight new ways to experience Waterford Festival of Food 2026 across the Déise

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Courts -- Wexford bus driver successfully appeals jail sentence for driving without insurance for a fourth time

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News -- Young people in rural Cork are being 'pushed out' of their home places by planning policy

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News -- Man (68) who threatened to burn down Sligo business found with petrol and lighters in his car

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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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Music News -- From the Vatican to 'strip clubs', reggaeton superstar Karol G is about to take over world of music

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Book Reviews -- Richly illustrated 'The Story of Us' provides a snapshot of a very different Ireland from Census 1926

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Book News -- 'Once you know your ABC, give it a go' – Meet the Wicklow book club members marking 25 years of good reads

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Television -- What to watch on TV and streaming today: Full Swing, The Young Offenders and Road to Perdition

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Movie Reviews -- Lee Cronin's The Mummy review: Clumsy and bloated chiller starring Jack Reynor is dead on arrival

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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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Sex & Relationships -- 'It's perfect': meet the couples practising LAT — living apart together

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'Had Ireland not come, I might not be alive': The children of Chernobyl given a second chance by activist Adi Roche's charity

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Climate Changemakers: Meet the people helping to put the environment and nature at the heart of schools

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Donal Skehan chooses salt, spice and all things nice – chicken adobo, lamb flatbreads and sticky tamarind glazed pork

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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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My sea voyage to Shackleton's grave – what it's really like to go on an Antarctic cruise to South Georgia

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Courts -- Drunk chef shouted at passers-by and gardaí

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Politics -- John Downing: Government is harder and much less popular for politicians than howling at the moon in opposition

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Courts -- Burglar smashed Dublin pizza shop window with scaffold pole in act of 'wanton destruction'

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Irish News -- Department silent on pay gap between outgoing Department of Health chief Robert Watt and successor

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Crime -- How Daniel Kinahan rose from Dublin street thug to International crime boss

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Courts -- Sil Fox fails to get jury trial over damages claim arising from dismissed sexual assault charge

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Courts -- Man who sexually assaulted former partner and hid in her shed to spy has jail term increased

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Courts -- Martina and Ammi Burke appeal criminal contempt decision

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Irish News -- Court upholds decision that former Twitter employee was unfairly dismissed but record award reduced to €200,000

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

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Luke O'Neill: With the number of redheads on the rise, are Irish people simply more evolved?

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Joshua McElwee: More forceful Pope Leo steps up as globe's moral leader as he decries 'tyrants' after Donald Trump barbs

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John Scally: How Moya Brennan found light after darkness

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Police 'beaten and bitten' in January 6 riots decry pardons

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Fionnán Sheahan: Micheál Martin given '12 months' in job as exit deadline moved forward

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Karen Tumulty: Why Christian backers of Donald Trump are so alarmed at his strange, unholy antics

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The Irish Independent's View: Precarious times for Micheál Martin as Fianna Fáil leadership in question

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Oliver Callan: Shinners join the Healy-Raes and other Paddy-MAGA lads, while Coalition caps off fiery fuel furore with more floundering

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Donal Fallon: If any sport warrants a re-evaluation in Ireland, it's Samuel Beckett's beloved cricket

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Letters: Shutting down country resembled nothing more than outright anarchy

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Katriona O'Sullivan: 'I don't start conversations online with strange men... I have seen too many relationships end because one partner gets close to someone else'

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Mark Keenan: Martin Cahill, apples, democracy and the housing crisis

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Martina Devlin: From a one-man attack on a German sub in Bantry to Nazi parachutists disguised as nuns – the oral history of an Irish centenarian

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As Micheál Martin faces down potential heave, here are the runners and riders who could replace him as Fianna Fáil leader

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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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Small Business -- Fresh start for iconic Wexford bakery as new owners open doors to strong support

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Commercial Property -- Historic Kilkenny property which featured in hit film 'Circle of Friends' is on the market for €395,000

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Money -- Home Economics: 'My father needs to go into full-time care– but could his Approved Retirement Fund prevent him from qualifying for Fair Deal?'

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Business -- Finance professionals less confident about economy amid conflict in the Middle East

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Irish News -- Warning diesel prices could hit €4 a litre, as fuel rationing and free public transport 'may have to be considered'

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Money -- 'It helps them move forward and co-parent into the future' – how mediation can prevent a costly divorce

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Irish Business -- Irish mineral firm TechMet gets $17m cash boost for Ukraine mining project

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Business -- Employers hire more temps and fewer full-time staff

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Business -- Record year for Irish airports as number of passengers passing through hits 43.5 million

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In The Workplace -- Irish banker bonanza – 68 men and five women earn over €1m a year

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Europe -- Emmanuel Macron leads charge to put guardrails on social media

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League of Ireland -- 'Next Friday is a great opportunity for us' – Shels boss Joey O'Brien channels Giovanni Trapattoni in bid to end slump

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Premier League -- Jamie Carragher: Safety-first approach from Mikel Arteta is only acceptable if Arsenal get over the line

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Premier League -- 'Boring? No, I really enjoy watching Arsenal but if we lose it's over' – Pep Guardiola on title hopes

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Hurling -- Who's laughing now? Conor McHugh is relishing his left-field second coming as a Dublin senior hurler

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Horse Racing -- Red Letter to take open-looking Alleged Stakes for Ger Lyons and Colin Keane

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Horse Racing -- Wayne Bailey: Captain Hugo bred to win at Ayr while Collectors Item is a total outsider worth looking at

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Rugby -- 'Munster didn't work out like the dream I had but I loved my time there' – Benetton's Matt Gallagher relishing Reds reunion

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Hurling -- John Mullane: Rebels won't get out of Munster if they can't Tipp the scales in do-or-die opener

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Gaelic Football -- Can Westmeath break their 'so close but so far' streak? Sam McCartan thinks so – if they can change their mindset

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International Soccer -- Carla Ward explains 'layering' as Ireland seek back-to-back wins to prove that development is real for this team

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Ladies Football -- Shauna Kelly confident Cork can push on for championship glory after league success

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