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Top Kinahan gang member considered targeting rival's daughter days before being shot in Regency attack, sentence hearing told

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Irish News -- Catherine Fegan: Dozens of calls were placed to PR firm Edelman in pursuit of the truth about Jim Glennon – most went unanswered

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Cycling -- Nicolas Roche speaks about his younger brother Florian, who was diagnosed with leukemia twice

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Irish News -- 'Extraordinary in housing crisis — accessible apartments left empty for a year in stand-off with council

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How a Galway rescue squad saved a wounded fox hiding in Ashford Castle for over a week – 'He was in a very bad way'

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World News -- Missing five-year-old Australian girl believed to have been abducted, say police

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Europe -- Ukraine marks 40 years since Chernobyl disaster with warning

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Britain -- British police to question No 10 officials over Morgan McSweeney's stolen phone

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Guillaume Bonn: African communities deserve a greater say in the conservation policies that directly affect them

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Fionnán Sheahan: When the Department of Education needs a €646m bailout in April, something is deeply wrong with the public purse

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James C Reynolds: If the Iran war stays in 'limbo', it could leave the world facing chaos

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Twink faces new court battle to save €1.5m home as bank claims she failed to make monthly repayments

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Retired solicitor fends off debt firm's bid for possession of €800,000 Dublin home

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Farm Property -- Ballygunner GAA club among investors to pay €40,000/ac for adjoining land

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Dublin News -- 'Really disappointing' – Dublin City Council pauses purchases of derelict properties in city

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Courts -- Man (21) who looted from three shops during Dublin riots given community service

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Wicklow & District -- Life-saving community defibrillator is stolen from Wicklow town

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North & West Kerry -- Kerry Garda sustains injury responding to incident of assault in Listowel

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First patient at a Limerick hospital to undergo robot-assisted surgery – 'I was home that day'

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Carlow man jailed and banned for five years over drink and dangerous driving

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Wexford man shortlisted for inaugural photography award for exploring lives of men living in IPAS centre

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Indo Sport podcast: Cork edge Limerick thriller, Waterford battle back, Kilkenny circle the wagons | Michael Duignan & Colm Keys

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The Indo Daily Extra: Extra: Inside the dozens of calls placed to PR firm Edelman in pursuit of the truth about Jim Glennon

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Music News -- Nedra Talley Ross, last surviving member of The Ronettes, dies at 80

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Today's top TV and streaming choices: Martin and Roman's Irish Road Trip, Mint and Straight to Hell

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Celebrity News -- 'What a musician, what an artist, she is' – Meryl Streep praises Lady Gaga's performance for 'The Devil Wears Prada 2'

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Celebrity Features -- Claudia Winkleman is a brilliant TV presenter – so why has her chat show failed to catch fire?

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Irish News -- Gardaí renew appeal for witnesses after death of 'gentle giant' who reportedly fell from moving vehicle

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Health -- Prostate cancer patients could be spared worst radiotherapy side-effects as new clinical trial gets under way

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Crime -- Cup final hero for Conor McGregor's Black Forge FC laundered money for 'The Family' gang

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Irish News -- Hospital doctor suspended for forging consultant's signature on reference form

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Weather -- A few more sunny days ahead, but Met Éireann forecasts heavy showers later this week

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Irish News -- Funds for home upgrades and retrofits on table to help with rising energy costs

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Irish News -- Barry McGuigan: 'I owed it to that young man who died, to become a world champion'

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Courts -- Drunk man abused gardaí over fuel protests, court hears

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Irish News -- Island of Ireland in 'absolutely critical position' amid tensions with Russia, says top military boss

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Health -- 'I was back to work 10 days after knee op' – rural GP tells of life on front line

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Courts -- Dog owner had two pitbulls loose and unmuzzled in flats stairwell

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Letters: Pope Leo quietly reminds us about civility, leadership and grace

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Eilis O'Hanlon: Smug urbanite Leo Varadkar will be sorry when he is the one being put out to pasture

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The Sunday Independent's View: Now is not the time for a short-term spending spree

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Julia Molony: 'Stop dating broke guys' — why women created the femosphere

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Eoin O'Malley: President Connolly goes further than Higgins with comments on immigration bill

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Brenda Power: I feel like someone has broken into my house and stolen my Sunday

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Luke O'Neill: What your birth order says about your health... and wealth

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Keire Murphy: What gets forgotten in the blame game over new National Children's hospital

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Sam McBride: Running state informants is a murky game that needs clearer rules

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Owen Matthews: Why Vladimir Putin's myth of invincibility is fading fast in Russia

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Richard Curran: Our own view of ourselves is confused – but Americans still want to live in Ireland

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The sex offender, the character reference and the former TD who has now gone to ground

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Irish Business -- 'Pervasive mental-health crisis' among workers at TikTok's Dublin HQ, warns tech union

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Irish Business -- 'Material uncertainty' exists at Spotlight Oral Care, despite its return to profit, say auditors

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Irish Business -- Cork-based pharma companies setting up in the US to circumvent tariff pain and protect Irish jobs

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Irish Business -- 'I never saw a case to go on so long'– Ongoing row over pension further delays 12-year long Swan Fruits wind-up, says liquidator

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Small Business -- Retailers brace for volatile 2026 as geopolitical shocks hit costs and consumer confidence

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Irish Business -- Ted Wright still chasing exponential growth for Wtech after signing deal with APi

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Irish Business -- Richard Curran: Microsoft's Irish profits show how our corporate tax model has become the gift that keeps giving

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Money -- What should Simon Harris's new investment scheme look like – and who should it target?

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Irish Business -- Popular Irish fintech CleverCards to reissue gift cards after customer access problems

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Irish News -- Sudden cancellation of Aer Lingus training leaves cabin crew recruits 'disappointed and out of pocket'

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Money -- My Money: 'I spent all the profit from my festival stall on repairing a van, after I filled it with the wrong fuel'

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Technology -- Steve Dempsey: Oligarchs are no longer just part of the system, they are trying to engineer the western world

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Irish Business -- PTSB shareholders face price collapse if 'derisory' €1.6bn bid by Bawag is blocked

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Gaelic Football -- Tailteann Cup first round draw is made as Cavan face anxious wait on their summer status

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Champions Cup -- Leinster sweat on Tadhg Furlong and Andrew Porter as James Lowe returns for Champions Cup semi-final

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Hurling -- Cork's Ciarán Joyce ruled out for season with cruciate tear, as Rob Downey sidelined for six weeks

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Rugby -- 'We robbed it again' – Chloe Pearse and Niamh Quin pay tribute to 'amazing group' after UL Bohemians' dramatic AIL title

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Golf -- R&A 'cautiously optimistic' about Portmarnock as it awards 2028 Open to Royal Lytham & St Annes

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Gaelic Football -- Dublin went too close for comfort against Wicklow but as Oisín McConville well knows there's no such thing as a beaten docket

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International Soccer -- 'I've been a season ticket holder from the age of eight' – Jack Moylan dreaming of Ireland call after Hallgrimsson visit

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League of Ireland -- 'I was expecting surgery or retirement but that wasn't the case' – James McClean shares positive update on hip injury

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Premier League -- Virgil van Dijk: Injury won't stop Mohamed Salah from getting fitting Liverpool farewell

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Soccer -- 'He has been excellent' – Bolton boss has high praise for Johnny Kenny as promotion battle heats up

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Premier League -- Xavi Simons 'heartbroken' as injury ends season and World Cup hopes

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Snooker -- John Higgins battles back to frustrate Ronnie O'Sullivan in tense Crucible clash

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Premier League -- Pep Guardiola gives his Man City treble-chasers the all clear to take a break

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Golf -- Nelly Korda cruises to Major win number three as Fitzpatrick brothers snatch Zurich Classic of New Orleans

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Premier League -- Virgil van Dijk 'not worried' about Alexander Isak despite difficult debut season but warns striker must score more

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