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Irish News -- 'When I reported I'd been raped by my best friend's husband, I didn't realise he had also been my stalker'

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Several elderly patients endure trolley waits of over 24 hours in UHL with no respite from overcrowding crisis

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Deposit Return Scheme reliability 'not good enough', minister admits as our survey reveals extent of issues

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Ditch the lift and take the stairs to cut risk of early death by a quarter, scientists say

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Growing number of people with HIV in west of Ireland already at advanced stage of illness when diagnosed, study finds

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From charming Derrynane to the 'hidden gem' of Valentia, locals and tourists welcome new national park

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Travel News -- 'Buy a dog if you want some loyalty' – Ryanair's Michael O'Leary rules out frequent-flyer perks

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Politics -- Philip Ryan: Leo Varadkar returns to our TV screens after just two weeks with the type of 'content' that might have helped him in office

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Rugby -- David Kelly: How Leinster and Dublin turned tide into a blue wave

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Sex & Relationships -- Asking for a friend: My boyfriend wants us to break up but get back together after the summer. Will this work out?

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Irish News -- Aoife Johnston's family to take civil action as they vow to 'vindicate her life' after she 'suffered all night' in overcrowded UHL

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Personal Finance -- Charlie Weston: Mortgage price war heats up as Spanish bank sends shockwaves through Irish market

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Politics -- Charles Haughey and Stardust: Why son Seán's regret over fraught relationship with families hit a nerve

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Courts -- Louth judge dismisses drink driving charge after listening back to audio recording of garda's evidence

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Politics -- 'I nearly chickened out the night before' – Leo Varadkar says on stepping down as Taoiseach

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Gaelic Football -- Philly McMahon: Fixing what went wrong last week is the least of Derry's worries

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Irish Business -- State to get €1bn from AIB next Friday after off-market share buyback

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Personal Finance -- Your personal finance questions – Can I avoid paying tax on rental income if I buy a property with my pension?

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Videos -- Shoppers talk about their experiences with the Deposit Return Scheme machines

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Have You Seen -- How Dublin street artists are transforming run down laneways into gallery walkways

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Irish News Video -- Scene of fire at site slated to house asylum seekers in Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow

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World News Video -- Gaza priest says Palestinians living in 'hell'

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Britain -- Loose horses bolt through central London

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Music News -- Electric Picnic 2024: Kylie is Stradbally's saviour as line-up is finally here, but where are CMAT and Lankum?

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Music -- Frankie goes to Borris: how UK pop stars became tax exiles in Ireland — and stayed for the beer

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The Men's Sheds movement: 'People say men don't talk... once you provide a safe space in which to do it, you can't get them to shut up'

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Edaein O'Connell: Maybe that topless guy we all see around is right – it's time to let go of the body hang-ups

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Billy Scannell: 'I left no stone unturned in Munster, I gave it my best shot'

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Richard Curran: We need to build up rather than out to solve the housing crisis and rejuvenate our cities

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Simon Delaney: 'I'm in the chair Gay Byrne sat in. That isn't lost on me'

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What to watch on TV and streaming today: Women's Six Nations, Neil Jordan thriller Greta and In the Land of Saints and Sinners

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A day working at Karen's Diner: 'Everyone at the table looks at me with a mixture of disgust and abject pity'

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How to ace Los Angeles – studio tours, cherry-picking neighbourhoods and every conceivable type of cuisine

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Musician Sarah Crean: 'I was about to quit full-time music when my song suddenly went viral'

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The French region attracting innovative winemakers

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Louise McSharry: From Turkish towels to gorgeous jellies and spiffy speakers — these shower accessories are sure to propel you out of bed

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World News -- Students inspired by Gaza protests in US block famous Paris university as France divide heats up

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World News -- Two lifeforms merge into single organism for first time in at least a billion years

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Middle East -- Joe Biden must finally put the lives of people on both sides of the Israel-Hamas war ahead of support for any state working against their best interest

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Middle East -- 'One last chance' for ceasefire before all-out assault on Rafah, warn Israelis

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Europe -- Putin's army 'accelerates' advance in bid to break defensive line

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Britain -- Britain's King Charles to resume royal duties as medical team 'very encouraged' by progress with cancer treatment so far

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Sarah Carey: It's wrong to oppose greenways in hope of railways that might never happen

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Billy Keane: Walking in Memphis, we felt the warmth of human kindness and the sadness that birthed the blues

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John Boyne: Football academies need to teach boys that girls do not exist to satisfy their needs

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Tanya Sweeney: Declan Rice is happy with 'love of his life' Lauren – the trolls targeting her appearance have hit another low

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Courts -- Man gave showjumping partner cash from €127,000 inheritance to buy horse before going bankrupt with debts of €500,000

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Opinion -- Tanya Sweeney: Ozempic face and other nasty side effects – why I won't be taking any 'miracle' weight loss drug

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Irish News -- 'I went through his belongings looking for answers and found nothing' – mother opens up about loss of son (14) to suicide

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News -- Agricultural contractor sentenced to two and a half years for defrauding finance companies of more than €160,000

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Gaelic Football -- A Spoonful is just enough for Louth's Conor Grimes as he balances his growing business with inter-county career

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Soccer -- Conor Shaughnessy: The Galway man who helped Pompey end a 12-year wait

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News -- Britons Finally Taste Full Brexit as Costly Border Checks Begin

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News -- Bird flu virus found in one in five US milk samples, FDA says

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Legal Advice -- 'There's a proposal to build a wind farm beside my land. Can I get compensation? Can I oppose it?'

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Tillage -- Act now to combat grass weeds – or they could put you out of business

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Dublin News -- 'We will miss her desperately, she was bright and brilliant' – Tributes paid as cyclist killed in Dublin crash named

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Irish News -- Two teenagers appear in court charged with murder of Josip Strok in west Dublin attack

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Crime -- Friar stabbed in head while giving out breakfast in Dublin homeless centre

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Dublin News -- Dublin restaurant calls for the return of stolen ceramic fish

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Irish News -- 'Is Dublin dangerous? Not really. I come from Rio de Janeiro': Caio Benicio on his €370k gift and ­standing for election

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Italian woman who came to Sligo to work as an au pair, fell in love and stayed publishes her first novel

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New York community to remember 'beautiful' and 'unique' Longford woman Sarah McNally at month's mind mass

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Drogheda & South -- Former Drogheda Independent editor to take up new role as CEO of Drogheda & District Chamber

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News -- Call to upgrade St John's Famine Graveyard in Tipperary as ownership remains unclear

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Gorey -- Man makes lucky escape from burning car in Co Wexford

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Westmeath people row in behind toddler's brave fight against cancer as €150k raised in just five days

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Cork family received three 'life-changing' kidney transplants within six months

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'Log cabin' builder in Tipperary applies for retention permission of his mobile home

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Co Wexford chef who groomed teenager and exposed her to 'brutal' pornography is jailed for defilement

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Heart issues not deterring Sligo dad (67) whose son and niece have MS from taking part in fundraiser

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Indo Daily Extra: Aoife Johnston – Why wasn't her life saved?

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The Indo Daily: Rise, fall, and recovery of notorious Libertine Pete Doherty

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Seachtain: Killer Lucy Letby os comhair na cúirte arís in appeal bid

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The Big Tech Show: From redundancy to CEO with the co-founder of Glitch Aisling Browne

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Books -- Rick O'Shea: Put your beach towel away, you will want to stay in to read these

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Billy Mundow: 'When I moved to Inishbofin, the locals didn't speak to me for a few days...'

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New Irish Writing short story: Monster by Vincent Barton

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Celebrity -- 'Only one night of the year when you can go big' – Irish celebs bring glitz to red carpet at Platinum VIP Style Awards last night

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Irish News -- Longer-lasting Botox on the way as dentist warns against 'wild west' injection treatments from unlicensed operators

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Talk -- Where will prices start for the new overhauled Dacia Duster?

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Reviews -- CLE review: Mercedes shows how it's done by blending two coupes into one

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Home & Garden -- Malahide home where Cecelia Ahern lived while churning out some of her bestsellers is for sale for €2m

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Home & Garden -- Monastic mystery: €1.8m Wexford mansion may have been built on ruins of ancient monastery

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World -- Would you pay a €2 tax to stay in Galway? Here are some of the destinations charging tourist taxes

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Travel News -- Ireland's top 10 hotels on Tripadvisor revealed - and the 'home from home' that tops its B&B list

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Ireland -- The Fab 50 – Ireland's 50 best places to stay for 2024

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Travel News -- Venice residents protest as city begins €5 tourist entry charge

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Europe -- 'In Zagreb, it's different' - museums celebrate hangovers, illusions and broken relationships

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Ireland -- Hidden Dublin: 30 new and surprising things to do, from backstage tours to kayak concerts

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Courts -- Couple sent for trial over €100k drugs and €340k cash haul

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Irish News -- Kirsty Blake Knox: Why should I wait a year for a driving test while others jump the queue?

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Irish News -- Mandatory sentences needed for people who attack gardaí, Simon Coveney says in wake of Wicklow unrest

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Crime -- More supports for gardaí amid violent anti-asylum protests to be discussed by Cabinet, Micheál Martin says

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Courts -- Legal bill of €33,000 for €8,000 compensation case is 'unrealistic', judge says

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Politics - Breaking - | Saoirse McHugh to return to politics as an Independent candidate in European elections - 18:31

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Courts -- Former pastor who stole €125,000 from his own church in Kildare jailed for six-and-a-half years

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Courts -- Four appear in court over anti-asylum protest at which gardaí met 'relentless and prolonged' violence

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Courts -- Supreme Court to decide case that could mean motorists avoid convictions for drug driving

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Courts -- Three men caught retrieving €4.2m of cocaine from hidden panels in truck are jailed for 8 years each

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Irish News -- Number of people in homelessness reaches new record of 13,866

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Irish News -- Six arrested as gardaí seize €180k worth of drugs, along with cash, three horses and 13 cars in Dublin

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Fionola Meredith: I find it disturbing seeing kids towed in bike trailers inches from fast-moving vehicles

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Kevin Beirne: Bambie Thug's refusal to boycott Eurovision is baffling, but they're following the example set by the Government

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Tim Stanley: It may not look like it at first, but Israel could end up being Biden's Vietnam

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Martina Devlin: Ireland has an unpaid debt to migrants who are hit hardest by climate change

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Letters: Charities must not profit from the social ills that come from gambling

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JJ Clarke: Why your smell can speak louder than your words

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Tanya Sweeney: I adore my child and her imagination but the words 'Play with me, mammy' fill me with dread

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Mark Keenan: Evidence shows 'affordable' housing, as defined by the Irish State, is a bananas equation

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Will the tragic death of Aoife Johnston be a catalyst for change at University Hospital Limerick?

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Editorial: Lack of enforcement on our roads must be dealt with by ministers

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Mark Lawler: Ireland is doing well in the fight against cancer, but we need to start boxing clever

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Tanya Sweeney: The online reaction to Lana Del Rey's comeback proves we still see weight loss as our proudest achievement

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Roslyn Dee: Self-serving celebrities need to think of the children when naming them

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Ishaan Tharoor: Ukraine finally gets its desperately needed military aid – but will it be enough to turn tide in a long war?

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Editorial: Inflicting further violence on the people of Gaza is indefensible

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Personal Finance - LATEST - | Spanish banking giant to enter market in huge boost for competition - 10:08

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Irish Business -- Kingspan reports revenue of €2bn in 'sluggish start' to 2024

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Business -- More than a third of cigarettes smoked in Ireland have no duty or taxes paid on them, Revenue finds

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World Business -- Hong Kong investor leads bid for Northern Ireland's biggest gas distributor Phoenix Energy

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Business -- Reform of law allowing multiple DPC appeals 'long overdue', says judge

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Personal Finance -- Households yet to see improvements in finances as prices continue to rise

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Business -- Highest-paid Irish banker earned over €24m in 2022, data reveals

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Technology -- Ask Adrian: How can I avoid massive roaming bills in the US?

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World Business -- Car rental firm Hertz hit by huge loss as it reverses big bet on Teslas

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Irish Business -- PTSB non-executive directors buy small number of shares in the bank

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Business -- AIB's Belfry review called 'deeply flawed' in legal challenge

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Irish Business -- State-owned forestry firm Coillte's revenue and profits fall amid 'volatile' conditions

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Technology -- RTÉ running gambling ads on 'player' as anti-betting advertising law stalls in Oireachtas

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Personal Finance -- Most prepared to upgrade efficiency of their homes if they get a quick return

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Irish Business -- Ires chiefs rule out rapid sell-off but see scope to hike parking fee income and for selective disposals

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Gaelic Football -- From Liverpool and Gerrard to chasing the Anglo-Celt Cup – Armagh's Aidan Forker reveals 'Road to Damascus' moment

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Horse Racing -- Wayne Bailey: Enrilo can strike for Paul Nicholls at a big price as his form improves again

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Premier League -- City's 115 charges: Premier League chief Richard Masters says hearing 'in the near future'

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Horse Racing -- Paul Townend insists losing Irish title to Jack Kennedy wouldn't ruin his season ​

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Hurling -- John Mullane: Brian Lohan must get Clare heads right for titanic Munster SHC tussle with wounded Rebels

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Gaelic Football -- All-Ireland SFC explainer: Game of snakes and ladders looms as race for Sam Maguire spots comes to the boil

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Premier League -- Leicester's immediate Premier League return has been built on Enzo Maresca's unwavering philosophy

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League of Ireland -- Johnny Kenny equaliser rescues point for Shamrock Rovers to deny Galway United famous win

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Soccer -- Leicester seal Premier League return as QPR win Championship survival battle with thumping win over Leeds

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League of Ireland -- Frantz Pierrot sparkles to help Drogheda survive Sligo Rovers scare

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League of Ireland -- Derry City enjoy first away win of the season with victory in Waterford

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League of Ireland -- Shelbourne back to winning ways as John Martin makes the difference against St Pat's

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Hurling -- Laois cruise past Kildare with Conor Fitzpatrick and Jer Quinlan leading the way

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