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Brian Barry-Murphy's Cardiff retain League One advantage after ex-Irish U-21 international's 99th minute winner

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All-Ireland club queens Kilkerrin-Clonberne win five-in-a-row as Galway champs see off St Ergnat's

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Camogie -- Knockbride become first team from Cavan to win an All-Ireland intermediate club championship title

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Mohamed Salah makes an unexpectedly lengthy Liverpool appearance in what may have been his Anfield farewell

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Mary Regan: Parties of the left jostle for supremacy on opposition benches

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Your money questions: 'What does it mean for our home insurance if we are away for Christmas?'

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Declan Lynch: Europe must stand up to Trump, and Mamdani shows how it can be done

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Met Éireann issues Status Orange and Yellow warnings as rainy weekend ahead

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'Farmers have sold off machinery to pay drug debts' – how gangs use violence and sexual coercion to sow fear in rural Ireland

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Celebrity -- Comedian Jason Byrne: 'When you divorce, it's really hard, and it's like constantly being punched in the face and you don't want to do anything'

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Life -- Conor McGregor at the White House, AI, World Cup hysteria and Paul Mescal – Waterford Whispers News puts a positive spin on the year

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Irish News -- National Lottery reveals where €17m jackpot-winning Euromillions ticket was sold in Ireland

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Irish News -- 'I'm aware of it, but what can I do?' – Priest who married Conor McGregor and Dee Devlin in Vatican on Nikita Hand verdict

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Irish News -- Taoiseach warns that US airport security demand for access to five years of social media activity is 'unworkable'

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Dublin News -- 'Very pleasant young man' caught throwing knife from car after late-night chase sent to restorative justice programme

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Camogie -- 'They never forget her, yet try to move on with their lives' – Joe Rabbitte on Athenry's emotional journey to Croke Park

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Soccer -- 'I feel I had a lot to offer FAI' – Twice turned down by football association Sarah Keane is moving on with a new role

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Irish News -- 'Estate agents are underestimating asking prices to create bidding wars among first-time buyers'

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Celebrity News -- Twink's beloved bird, Timberlake, killed during Christmas panto rehearsals – 'Timby was on my shoulder for the past 26 years'

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News -- 'There's no other festival in the country where you can arrive on your own boat' - How a Mayo journalist and his uncles founded Roscommon's Night And Day Festival

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Irish News -- Gardaí appeal for witnesses to cash in transit robbery in south Dublin

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Irish News -- Funeral details announced for Mary Holt, victim of Co Offaly petrol bomb attack

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Irish News Video -- Richard Quirke - the reclusive entertainment icon who left a €54m empire

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Irish News Video -- DAA bustup with Kenny Jacobs coming to a head

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Videos -- Government considers Presidential nomination reform in wake of spoiled votes in October's election

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Videos -- Twink's beloved bird Timberlake killed during Christmas panto rehearsals: 'Timby was on my shoulder for past 26 years'

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Sex & Relationships -- Asking for a friend: I've started seeing a younger guy but he's very vanilla in the bedroom – how can I spice things up without scaring him off?

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Money -- Which is the cheapest Irish supermarket for Christmas store-cupboard staples?

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Luke O'Neill: Flu vaccine is the best Christmas gift you can give yourself

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Home help: I live in a tiny apartment with no room for a Christmas tree. How can I create a festive feel in a small space?

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Want to stop billionaires buying farmland? Fix the inheritance tax system

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Restaurant review: 'This burger by a two-star Michelin chef tastes as close to perfect as I've ever had – and it's coming to Dublin'

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Ballymaloe's Rory O'Connell: 'I want younger people to think that what I'm teaching them is worth learning'

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Achill lamb, Burren smoked salmon and artisan Sligo chocolate – the 12 best Christmas food and drink hampers

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Donal Skehan's festive bites to feed a crowd – tomato breakfast eggs, gingerbread muffins and Irish cream and chocolate brioche French toast bake

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Operation renovation: 'Our house is a love story between two cultures, Irish and Italian... a perfect blend'

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Middle East -- Floods kill 12 in Gaza as UN migration organisation warns 795,000 people are at risk

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Britain -- Met Police will not investigate Britain's Prince Andrew accusations, force says

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North America -- Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and former prince Andrew seen in new photos released from Epstein files

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Europe -- EU freezes Russian assets indefinitely in step towards €165bn loan to Ukraine

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North America -- Donald Trump appears with heavy make-up on the back of his hand fuelling health conspiracy theories

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World News -- Stress from fast-warming climate visible in DNA of polar bears, says new study

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World News -- Activist Maria Corina Machado snuck through 10 checkpoints in disguise to flee Venezuela and claim Nobel Peace Prize

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Naoise Dolan: Some 'words of the year' are rage bait but here are some that made me smile

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Máiría Cahill: Without names, Stakeknife report reads like a ghost story removed from reality

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Sarah Carey: All choices in agonising fatal foetal abnormality cases must be discussed with parents

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John Downing: Ireland's first monolingual Irish dictionary is a bold mission statement

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Entertainment -- Twink: 'The man for that job was either Oliver Callan or Al Porter but they wouldn't have the balls to give it to him'

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Courts -- 'I object, I object, I object': Residents protest over unauthorised extension to Sutton home they say looks more like 'an airport hangar'

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Golf -- 'One wants €45k for a week despite being 93km away' – Teeing up a rental windfall from the Ryder Cup? Here's how to set a realistic price

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Irish News -- National Children's Hospital is to ditch half of its private rooms for consultants

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Rural Life -- Case of elderly farmer who contracted TB from his own herd highlighted

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Comment -- Oat production has dropped 97pc since the Famine – we can't talk food security while tillage takes a back seat

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News -- France seeks to delay Mercosur accord

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Dublin News -- Dublin Zoo hippo (18) sees the world for the first time after groundbreaking surgery

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Irish News - Breaking - | Man (40s) dies in workplace accident in south Dublin as Health and Safety Authority launches investigation

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Dublin News -- Repaired St Anne's Park toilets to be handed back to council next week after fire damage

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Dublin -- 'We can't let gambling become a part and parcel of our town' – Fingal councillors on growing number of casinos in Swords

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Irish News -- 'Deeply troubling' – Dublin accounts for 70pc of all homeless people, new Focus Ireland report finds

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Dublin News -- Essential repairs to Iveagh Markets building to begin, months behind schedule

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Bray -- From Kerry to Wicklow – inspirational couple behind Irish brand Outwest to open new store

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Dublin News -- 'Blatant' thief who stole from same store 27 times in five months gets probation

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Dundalk & North -- Dundalk's 'Paint Man' celebrates 40 years in business and plans to 'live over the shop'

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Courts -- Teenage boy in custody to be moved for Christmas under interim care order

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Wexford & District -- Wexford coffee truck owner 'devastated' by break-in less than two weeks to Christmas

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News -- "He was a gentleman": Cork charity to help lay Welshman without family to rest

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Dublin News -- Three store worker convicted of exposing his genitals to customer at Nutgrove shopping centre

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News -- How one Limerick restaurant is brightening Christmas for over 160 children in need

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The Big Tech Show: A folding iPhone in 2026? Apple's hits and misses in 2025 and what it will do in 2026

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The Indo Daily Extra: Vatican vows - Inside Conor McGregor's '15 minute' Roman wedding

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Podcast reviews: Kneecap on balaclavas, Alan Carr pops his cork, and revisiting an interview with the great Martin Parr

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Books -- Winter Papers 11: An anthology of insight and wit, that is occasionally startling

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Music -- 'When we went on to liven up the crowd, I flashed my arse' – Bad Manners' Buster Bloodvessel on offending the Pope and the enduring appeal of Special Brew

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Television -- What to watch on TV and streaming today: The American President, Christmas Hits and Wake Up Dead Man

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Movie Reviews -- Wake Up Dead Man review: Killer franchise gets back on track with this sarky whodunnit starring Andrew Scott and Daryl McCormack

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Celebrity Features -- 'It's another brilliant story' – Martin Compston on the long-awaited return of 'Line of Duty', his funny new series and Scotland's World Cup chances

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Weddings -- 'It's a great way to start the festive season' – Ryan Tubridy and the rise of the chic winter wedding

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Sex & Relationships -- Modern Morals: I said I'd pay for my fiancée to get a boob job for Christmas – but now I think it's a bad idea

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Conversation starters, party bottles and big-hitters – 40 best wines to buy for Christmas

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Hotel review: Donegal's house for all seasons is a 'riveting, infectious and heartfelt' stay

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Climate Changemakers: Meet NEG8 – the Irish company working to slash the carbon emissions of flying

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Life -- 'People no longer wanted to be associated with the traditional, local way of speaking': Are Irish accents as we know them dying out?

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World -- Social media checks, 'foreigner fees' and Esta updates – everything to know about travel to the US in 2026

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Travel News -- Emirates is hiring cabin crew in Ireland: here are its salaries, perks like free flights home, and height requirements

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Travel News -- Aer Lingus lists six new routes for 2026, including next transatlantic flight from Dublin Airport

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Travel News -- US plans to ask all tourists – including from Ireland – to share five years of social media history

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Europe -- First Look: Inside Guinness's new London brewery – 'stouties', baby pints, and a tour with tasting flights

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Courts -- Man had hammer 'for own protection' when he tried to evade gardaí on street

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Comment -- Conor McKeon: Just when you thought it was safe to talk about Irish football again, along comes 'Saipan' the movie

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Crime -- 'Some lives, like the cherry blossom, shine with a beauty beyond their years' – tribute for firebomb victim Tadgh Farrell

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Irish News -- Explainer: How is Uisce Éireann's €6bn plan to pipe water from the Shannon to Dublin going to work?

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Irish News -- Revealed: Young sunbed users have skin damage similar to that seen in 80-year-olds

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Irish News -- Uber policy to offer customers fixed fares upfront is not in breach of rules, minister is told

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Irish News -- There is a 'new poverty group' of middle-income earners, says St Vincent de Paul president Teresa Ryan

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Health -- New Covid variant detected in Ireland as flu cases climb

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Politics -- Explainer: What is the plan for EVs now the EU has dropped its targets – and what does it mean for Irish drivers?

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Courts -- Jail for hostel intruder who left toilets covered in faeces and overflowing with urine

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John Downing: Nerves jangle in Brussels as Andrej Babis, populist billionaire Trump fan, returns as Czech prime minister

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Valerii Zaluzhnyi: How to defeat Russia and build a stronger EU and Ukraine

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Louise McSharry: Tinsel and twinkling lights can't hide stress, but little things still make magic

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Kathy Donaghy: With our starlings, saunas and starry skies, Ireland's magical winters are a bright hope for boosting tourism

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Ted Smyth: Ireland has to dodge Donald Trump's diplomatic snubs and double-down on our US ties

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Tanya Sweeney: When I moved to London in 1997 it swallowed me whole and spat me out – for today's Irish twentysomethings it's so much easier

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Frank Coughlan: Why Netflix's planned takeover of Warner Bros is bad news for anyone who loves the magic of cinema

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Letters: After backing the housing video, perhaps Taoiseach could produce a follow-up

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Declan Power: Ireland could be 'specifically targeted' in as part of 'armed attack' on EU – why we must act now

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Max Hastings: It is time for Europe to stop pretending that Donald Trump is not the enemy

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Helen McEntee: The UN was once a beacon of hope and it can be again, if we don't lose faith in it

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The Irish Independent's View: In a world of elevated risks, our neutrality requires strength, not complacency

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Lorraine Courtney: Eurovision survived mullets, power ballads and Jedward, but its days are numbered

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Catherine Prasifka: Why are there no safe areas for children to socialise online?

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Sophie White: It's almost Christmas and my husband and I are at each other's throats. But if we're arguing at least it means we're not Quiet Divorcing

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Technology -- The phone trick to stop scam '+44' robocalls — experts warn that answering them puts you on more criminal databases

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Irish Business -- Bank of Ireland fined for failing to file Northern Ireland employment returns

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Business -- 'Heavy reliance' on foreign firms makes Irish economy vulnerable, ESRI warns

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Money -- We wish you an affordable Christmas – how to host, dress, socialise, gift and eat without breaking the bank

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Business -- Irish banks and ATM operators warned of potential sanctions breaches

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World Business -- Over half of South Africans favour end of 'black empowerment' hiring policy, study finds

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World Business -- Private equity firm plans to deploy 10,000 humanoid robots

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World Business -- Top AI chief says he will pull the plug if tech threatens humanity

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Irish Business -- Ticket prices for next year's National Ploughing Championships are on the rise

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Irish Business -- Liquidator is named to troubled medical staffing firm linked to forged garda vetting scandal

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Irish Business -- Glenveagh to lodge plans for 1,350 homes in north Dublin

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Technology -- Over one million Irish premises now have the fastest broadband

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Small Business -- My Future Fund security checks being reviewed as some employers locked out

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Business -- Inflation at its highest level since February 2024

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Technology -- Five ways bank scammers get your cash — and how to protect yourself

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Soccer -- Lionel Messi's tour of India descends into chaos as fans hurl seats and invade pitch

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Premier League -- 'I think it's a top team, top manager with a special player' – Ruben Amorim ready for Bournemouth challenge

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Premier League -- Thomas Frank 'a little bored' of questions about Dominic Solanke's fitness

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Premier League -- 'Pep Guardiola is as passionate as ever': Kolo Toure

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Leinster Rugby -- 'I'm not feeling Xabi Alonso's pressure' – Leo Cullen welcomes Leinster's great expectations after taming Tigers on the road

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Premier League -- How a deepening injury crisis is threatening to derail Arsenal's title charge – again

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Premier League -- Miguel Delaney: Arne Slot isn't alone – should Liverpool's hierarchy be under the microscope?

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Champions Cup -- 'The reason we had such an unbeaten record in the tournament for so long was because of fear' – Munster's miracle in 2003

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Ladies Football -- 'A testament to the club' – family effort on and off the pitch behind Kilkerrin-Clonberne's drive-for-five

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Soccer -- Under-pressure Wilfried Nancy insists cup final win 'would validate what we are doing' at Celtic

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