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Irish Times - Top Stories

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James Lowe ruled out of Ireland's final two Six Nations games with groin injury

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An Irish Diary

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Construction industry needs huge expansion to meet State goals

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Transdev loses €1.75bn Luas contract after running Dublin tram service for 22 years

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Half of gifts accepted by gardaí broke anti-corruption rules

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Conor Murray: After Paris, I expected a big response against England, but nothing like this

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Evan Ferguson to miss Ireland's World Cup playoff against Czech Republic

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Mike Prendergast to leave Munster at end of the season

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Ciarán Murphy: The alarm clock is sadly already set to end the Mayo dream of Kobe McDonald

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Richest 10% of Irish households command almost half the wealth

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Instagram plans warnings over self-harm searches

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Planners may axe Dublin Airport night-flight limit

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Emer McLysaght: I've changed my mind about Botox

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Katherine Short, daughter of actor Martin Short, dies aged 42

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Patrick Freyne: The Muppets' body horror might seem extreme, but children need to learn

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Favourite books: Irish authors and stars name their best reads

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Palestine protester arrested after disrupting Google conference in Dublin due in court

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US-Iran nuclear talks: Military strike could serve symbolic purpose for Trump

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Almost 8,000 people died on migration routes in 2025 but toll could be far higher, says UN agency

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Judicial review reforms raise 'serious' concerns over access to justice, say barristers

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Workplace Relations Commission adjudicator takes WRC case after failing to get interview

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US national jailed for four years for possession of cannabis worth over €400,000

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Murder trial jury to hear evidence that 49-year-old man died after head stomped on

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Dozens of applications for eight places on State childcare capital investment scheme

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Tánaiste accuses SF of 'scaremongering' over claims of 25% rent rises under new rules

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Hilary Benn to press Ministers on 'hugely important' Troubles information sharing

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Minister for Sport and Taoiseach give mixed messages on restoring astro pitch funding

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INMO welcomes Taoiseach's pledge to look again at long Covid payments to frontline workers

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Evolution's gift of fierce, wise and generous grandmothers

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Plan to relocate Rotunda maternity hospital to Blanchardstown is 'some distance in future'

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Five homes on view this week in Dublin and Wicklow from €465,000

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McCann FitzGerald on the lookout for new Dublin headquarter office

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Private Irish investors closing in on knockdown €20m deal for Dublin 4 office block

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Gardiner Street serviced apartment business guiding at €5.25m

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FAI tip their cap to protesters but bow to expediency on Israel games

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Finn McRedmond: Love Bono or loathe him, you'd have to be a dreadful cynic to dislike U2's new EP

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Women farmers for climate: 'We are passionate about soil health, animal care, biodiversity'

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Look inside: Revamped Victorian home in Sandycove exudes coastal elegance

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Small talk is a powerful workplace asset, but can exclude new and diverse staff

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How a Manchester byelection is potentially seismic for shape of British politics

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Cash is a long way from dead just yet

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Kevin bought his daughter a bed online. It was a 'Very' frustrating experience

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The Irish restaurants Michelin says offer 'tremendous value'

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Grapes of weather wrath: the new white wine varieties emerging due to climate change

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It's easier to be healthy and fit when work stops at 6pm

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The Irishman sailing Indonesia's remote islands: 'I don't really see this as work'

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Selling Berlin: 'Ryanair added extra flights at one stage for the number of Irish property investors'

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Nuclear energy is a distant prospect – wind and solar are here now

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Voucher scheme to encourage repair of consumer goods to be piloted next year

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The trouble with the Deposit Return Scheme: 'They're sitting on a pile of unclaimed deposits'

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Short absences from school linked to lower Leaving Cert grades, study finds

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The old Irish goat is a living link to Ireland's Bronze Age

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Special-needs assistants protest outside Leinster House demanding 'job security'

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Podcast: Michael Gaine murder charge, new transport police and the next GAA president

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Maria Steen: 'If you are in the centre and everybody else moves left, all of a sudden you look right wing'

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Could Trump's new global tariff scupper the US-EU trade deal?

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New deal for Defence Forces, Imma squares up against OPW, and a major Garda raid

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AI is turning Ireland's graduate recruitment market upside down

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Blood Brothers at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre: Well-oiled show even if some elements lose their charm

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Donald Trump's State of the Union hails US economy, rounds on Democrats

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Changing names of places like Herzog Park may be 'legally unsafe' due to 'extraordinary' legal gap

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Fresh legal challenge to almost 1,000 new homes at former Central Mental Hospital Dundrum

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'What happened to you was wrong': Survivors of institutional abuse receive State apology

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State faces imminent test to match powerful apologies with action

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Immigration law overhaul: Five issues that have divided the Dáil

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Nvidia's results beat estimates

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Tech is overwhelming. Are AI agents the answer?

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New public-transport security force to have powers of arrest

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Mobile phone use behind the wheel worsens: 'We've seen motorway drivers watching Netflix'

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Minister makes big play of a cut in funding for etaxis

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John Redmond should have accepted the inevitability of partition

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Queen's University's cutting of George Mitchell ties: prudent or premature?

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'All forms of heritage connect children to their past and help them make sense of the present'

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Geraldine Barniville obituary: Irish tennis and squash number one who also made her mark in sports administration

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Gladys West obituary: Gifted mathematician who helped develop GPS

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Jesse Jackson obituary: A trailblazer who helped open the door to a black presidency

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Dacia Bigster Hybrid 4x4 can really mix it in the mud

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Chinese car makers surge in Europe, but how do we feel about them in Ireland?

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