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Senior garda urges people to report friends and family for drink driving

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Man charged with murder of Donegal businessman Stephen McCahill

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Enoch Burke granted leave to seek injunction against disciplinary appeals panel

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Man accused of slamming partner's head into wall and throwing baby 'across room'

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McEntee to meet Troubles victims and politicians in Belfast visit

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Bertie Ahern was involved in mediation to end industrial school hunger strike

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Government pressured by Independents to oppose Mercosur, even if it can't stop deal

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Two more US aircraft fly over Ireland to track oil tanker under Russian flag

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'Good thing' that 'brutal dictator' Maduro gone from power, says Harris

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Flu hospitalisations up by a third in one week, HSE figures show

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Irish femtech company Peri starts taking orders at CES for its perimenopause product

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First-time buyer mortgages hitting record levels, says BPFI

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Rise of non-bank lenders strengthens position of brokers in Irish mortgage market

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Revenue warned Government over controversial apartment VAT cut ahead of Budget 2026

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I managed phone-less until I was 19. I still crave transcribed contact with people

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The Irish Times view on mortgage interest rates: competition is key

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Holiday problems for almost one in five Irish overseas travellers, research finds

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Mark Moriarty: It's January, quinoa's time to shine in the kitchen

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The solution to tackling the climate crisis? We need everything

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Students suspected of AI misuse to face in-person interviews under new recommendations

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Which province is worth paying to watch?

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Tusla paid private firms €36m to house children in an unregulated system

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EU readies tougher tech enforcement in 2026 as Trump warns of retaliation

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Stephen Kent appointed chief executive of CIÉ Group

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