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A year of war in Gaza: A timeline of key moments as ceasefire deal agreed

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Rugby -- Cian Tracey: Who are the winners and losers from Simon Easterby's first Ireland squad?

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Courts -- Hospital staff failed to follow protocol in care of patient who died after glucose levels went 'dangerously low', inquest hears

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Europe - The real Brad Pitt issues statement after AI fake scams woman who thought she was dating him out of €800,000

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Six Nations -- Ireland Six Nations squad revealed: Dan Sheehan's miracle recovery complete as Jack Boyle gets first full call-up

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World News - latest - | Hamas and Israel reach ceasefire deal to end war and return hostages; Taoiseach says two-state solution only way to lasting peace

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Late blitz sees Sarsfields-less UCC home against UCD at the Mardyke

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'Saipan' shares in movie tax credits of over €121m paid out by Revenue in last year

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Central Bank to pay experts €7.5m to assist in crypto-asset regulation

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Politics - LIVE - | Government formation: Micheál Martin to be Taoiseach for first three years as draft deal promises cut in childcare costs and new transport police

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'I owe Sars a lifetime of debt for what they did' – Paul Leopold eyes All-Ireland after recovery from brain surgery

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Explainer: what this weekend's TikTok ban means for users and for Ireland

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New Government TD poses with veteran criminal days before entering coalition

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Boy previously awarded €40,000 when he was left stranded on Luas platform wins €18,000 after he ran out in front of car

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Convicted terrorist who showed 'willingness to kill' for IS relocated to Ireland after release from UK jail

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Woman who alleges gang rape by three men tells jury she believes she was drugged

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Chris Wasser: Saoirse Ronan is in a competitive Bafta field, but with a career-best turn in 'The Outrun' you wouldn't bet against her

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Rowan Pelling: 'Today's parents are raising a generation of mollycoddled brats'

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Irish News -- 'It's staggering what she goes through' – broadcaster Colm Hayes reveals his wife Anne has stage four breast cancer

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Courts -- ESB denies operating 'blacklist' after allegations by former lineman at WRC hearing

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International Soccer -- Former Aston Villa boss Carla Ward appointed as new Ireland women's team head coach

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News -- Man (30s) appears in court charged with murdering his mother and attempting to murder his father in Cavan

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Politics -- Independents in power: who are the new and not-so-new faces joining Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil in government?

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Money -- We grew a family investment portfolio of €700,000 in seven years — here are nine things we would never spend money on

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Business -- Plan to demolish iconic spiral ramps at Dublin Airport

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Irish News -- 'A pop icon and beacon of hope' – Tributes flow after death of Irish singer Linda Nolan following long illness

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Interiors -- Operation renovation: 'Two days into the build, we got a call to say the cottage had fallen down. That was our Kevin McCloud moment'

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Crime -- 'I remember searching in briars and bushes while we prayed he would be found' – locals recall tragic death of schoolboy Robert Holohan 20 years on

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Wicklow & District -- Call for gates in Wicklow Mountains to help stop 'snow tourists' as thaw slows

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Comment -- Dublin's Cherry Tomato Bridge may be a one-hit wonder but it's destined for 'Reeling in the Years'

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Britain -- Hilary Benn has said "nobody wants to see" Gerry Adams paid compensation for his detention

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Courts -- Danny Heyneman makes court appearance at Monaghan District Court

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Courts -- Woman who became addicted to 'powerful' sleeping tablets used fake prescription to get more of the drugs

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Health Features -- My eating disorder was my best friend. When things weren't correct in my life, and I felt sad, it was like a comfort blanket

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Legal Advice -- 'I don't want to leave my farm to my stepson... I want to keep it in the family name, but I would hate to upset my wife'

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Movie News -- Saoirse Ronan and Kneecap receive BAFTA nominations as papal thriller Conclave leads way with 12 nods

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Indian nurses alleging mistreatment on Galway's 'migrant ward': 'It's like they bring us here to torture us'

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'I just want a normal school, not a circus' – student at Wilson's Hospital School on the impact of Enoch Burke's ongoing protest

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'I was burnt out' – How 'savage' training in 'toxic environment' pushed two-time world champion Sanita Puspure to breaking point

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'We are trying to do him proud' – how loss of their teammate to cancer is spurring one Donegal GAA squad to unprecedented victory

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Europe -- Polish PM Donald Tusk accuses Russia of planning acts of terror against 'airlines over the world'

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North America -- Final round of dangerous conditions forecast in Southern California amid devastating wildfires

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Middle East -- Palestinian Authority should run Gaza in future, leader says

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Europe -- Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Poland amid deal on exhuming Polish wartime massacre victims

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Asia-Pacific -- BREAKING

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Mary Kenny: Eulogies are never the whole truth – for those undecided on their merit, I have just the solution

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Billy Kelleher: Is a digital euro the EU's best answer to 'crypto president' Donald Trump?

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Saoirse Hanley: I couldn't wait to escape the claustrophobia of my small town. Now I realise that communal experience is something we all need

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Sinéad Ryan: Denmark's former playboy prince faces his toughest test yet – keeping Greenland out of Trump's clutches

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Ju-min Park: North Korea's suicide troops pose a new problem for Ukrainians

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Courts -- How boss of Tusla-funded firm presided over misuse of €700,000

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Life -- 'I know people who were very happy they got caught' – experts on the aftermath of cheating and how to cope with it

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Health -- 'I worked with professional rugby players and Dublin GAA – here's how I help people achieve their own health goals now'

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Irish News -- Landlord 'could not travel around Australia' after tenant racked up more than €14,000 in arrears

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Premier League -- Southampton clash will reveal Manchester United's true nature, says Ruben Amorim

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New farm income volatility tax break to be considered by incoming Government

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Noel Grealish and Michael Healy-Rae expected to take up junior ministerial roles in Department of Agriculture

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Mike Brady: What will 2025 bring for dairy farmers?

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Cattle in neighbour's shed man fails to get another appeal

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German meat exports threatened by foot-and-mouth outbreak

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Dublin News -- Dubliner making remarkable progress after being 'close to death' and paralyzed from the neck down

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Dublin News -- Ballymun gets a shout out on new season of Love Island All Stars

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Ladies Football -- Dublin star Carla Rowe admits concern over growing AFLW impact on ladies football

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News - Breaking - | Man (70s) dies in workplace incident at midlands concrete facility

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News - Well-known Sligo shop set to close as owners retire after 52 years behind the counter

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South Kerry -- Kerry publican tells of ordeal after losing €50k in Michael Lynn property deal

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Wexford & District -- Motorcyclist dies following two-vehicle crash in Wexford

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New Ross -- Tempers flare as Barden defends Verona Murphy's record – 'She's done more for Wexford in the last five years than other TDs in the last 30'

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Arklow -- Former Wicklow model gets 100th birthday surprise when teenage stranger paints portrait

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Wexford & District -- 'It's not a sport, it's savagery' – Investigation under way into illegal hare hunting at Wexford nature reserve

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Tralee - Exclusive - | 'They threaten to stick needles in us' – Kerry tenant talks of drugs nightmare at apartment complex

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Gorey -- Iconic Wexford pub and restaurant shuts doors for final time – 'It is no longer sustainable for us to continue'

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Indo Sport podcast: Bits & Bobs: Sol Campbell's trolling | Ireland's Six Nations squad announced | Snooker's mental toll

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Indo Sport podcast: Shadow over tennis | The ins and outs of the Sinner and Swiatek doping cases | Dr Ross Tucker

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The Indo Daily: 'I grabbed her and tried to pull her back' - woman on watching sister fall to her death from cruise ship

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Indo Sport Podcast: The Detroit Story – How a city and its NFL team turned disaster into dreams

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Entertainment -- Boyzone: 300 at Louis Walsh's open audition, Colin Farrell missing the cut and that famous Late Late Show appearance

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TV News -- 'Love Island' is a zombie – is it time to kill this show for ever?

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TV Reviews -- Severance season two review: TV's weirdest series is back, but can it captivate us all over again?

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TV Reviews -- 'No Worries if Not!' review: All hail an RTÉ comedy sketch show that isn't an embarrassing disaster

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Book Reviews -- Sex workers, a murdered Marxist friend and prayers for a pain-free death: God is in the details as Pope Francis tells his life story

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Television -- Today's top TV and streaming choices: Hotel Cocaine, Creed and Severance

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Tommy Fury blames Molly-Mae Hague split on his 'alcohol problem' and gets candid about his mental health

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Emmet Kirwan: 'Since becoming a dad I spend far less time procrastinating. Parenthood forces you to wrestle with your own mortality'

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Former Coronation Street actor Helen Flanagan gets driving ban despite claiming 'exceptional hardship'

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Celebrity News -- David Schwimmer says he served Rod Stewart divorce papers

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Celebrity -- Neil Gaiman denies sexual assault allegations after accusations from multiple women

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Parenting -- Robert De Niro won't change his daughter's nappy – two parents weigh in on why that attitude stinks

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North America -- Kirsty Blake Knox: There's a good reason for criticising Leonardo DiCaprio escaping the LA fires on a private jet

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Women's Sport -- 'A week after tearing my ACL, I was googling how to run a business' – Rugby sevens star Anna McGann on the end of her Olympic dream and a new chapter

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Celebrity -- Tanya Sweeney: Did Demi Moore really snub Kylie Jenner at the Golden Globes or are we all just too hungry for mean-girl bitching?

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Travel -- Pól's Travel Clinic: How can I find a last-minute deal from Dublin Airport, and not just with Aer Lingus and Ryanair?

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Travel News -- 'The Danish have hygge, the Irish have the craic' – now Wales wants tourists to feel the 'hwyl'

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Business -- Value of inbound tourism hits €7bn amid concerns about Dublin Airport passenger cap

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Japan in a van – one retired Irish couple's surprisingly affordable adventure of a lifetime

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The secret to safari? Forget the 'Big Five' and take the Maasai Mara's magic one moment at a time

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Mary Kennedy: 'I didn't want to retire because I didn't know if I was going to be just left on the shelf'

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Irish News -- Dalradian gold mine inquiry suspended after failure to notify Irish government

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Courts -- Carpenter who bit garda and assaulted another garda and two men while drunk jailed for 18 months

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Irish News -- Protesters refuse to back down in sit-in after Franciscans shut Clonmel church

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Irish News -- Study uncovering Iron Age society centred on women led by Trinity researchers

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Politics -- Senan Molony: Michael Lowry and Regional Independents have run rings around their opponents – no wonder they're smiling

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Courts -- Former prisoner loses High Court claim over alleged assault by another inmate in Mountjoy Prison

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Courts -- Man who was paid €100 to transport over €3m worth of cannabis jailed

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Courts -- Man jailed for agreeing to pick up drugs because he ran up debt due to his addiction

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Irish News -- 'We bond over the shared experience of coming home' – meet the Irish emigrants returning to start a business

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Irish News - breaking - | Man (40s) transferred to Beaumont Hospital in 'critical' condition after serious assault in Monaghan - 14:55

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Irish News -- Singer and actress Linda Nolan dies aged 65

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Politics -- Michael Healy-Rae to take up junior minister post in the next government

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Irish News -- Price of a pint of Guinness to rise again from next month, as vintners warn 'many pubs will not survive'

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Letters: Popularity of Dublin's Cherry Tomato Bridge can pave way for more attractions

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Ian O'Doherty: Europe is bound to lose any battle with Elon Musk over what we get to say and hear

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Letters: Portrayal of nuns in media may be unfortunate, but it is not entirely unfounded

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Uri Kohen: As an Israeli who has lived in Ireland for 26 years, I'm alarmed at what's happening in Gaza – but also disturbed by the reaction here

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The Irish Independent's View: Donald Trump must use 'art of the deal' to bring peace

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Philip Ryan: Katherine Zappone is back. And suddenly the controversial former minister wants an €80,000-a-year Seanad seat

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Ksenia Samotiy: The idea of a week in the office fills my generation with dread – do we have to be at our desks to prove our value?

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Jennifer Rubin: Devastating fires in LA won't stop MAGA zealots denying climate change

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John Downing: Europe's rightwards turn is a cause for concern, but you can never write off the EU

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Frank Coughlan: Democracy surely cannot survive the unholy alliance of Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg

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The Irish Independent's View: One hand on parish pump won't serve national interest

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Letters: Kudos to newly-elected Labour TD Eoghan Kenny for speaking so openly on his epilepsy diagnosis

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Maria Walsh: Why Mark Zuckerberg's changes will make the digital world a darker place – the EU must hold Meta to account

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John Daly: What the f*** is driving our attraction to profanity, and is it possible to wean ourselves off it?

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Ciara Kelly: Those in charge need to follow the UK and pull the plug now on harmful puberty blockers for under-18s

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Business -- Oil price up as sanctions screw tightens on Russia's 'shadow fleet'

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Irish Business -- Editor of medical journal says she should be reinstated

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Money -- PTSB cuts mortgage rates for fourth time in move expected to be copied by rivals

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Irish News -- Consumers warned to expect a raft of price hikes

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Commercial Property -- Aviva fund sells prime St Stephen's Green properties

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Money -- Energy, insurance and grocery costs to rise this year – but there are ways to still save money

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Irish Business -- Consultants' fees tripled on Waterford quays project due to redesign

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Irish Business -- Concerns for badger setts stall €141m solar farm proposal

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Business -- Fingal shock ruling says Dublin Airport application to lift passenger cap is 'invalid'

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Business -- European court expected to take a year to rule on Dublin Airport passenger cap

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Technology -- Ireland set to be included in new Meta layoffs aimed at axing 'low performing' staff

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Business -- Another bookshop closes, with free schoolbooks scheme being blamed

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Business -- Airport boss says two-drink limit for flyers not needed in Ireland

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League of Ireland -- New programme for government to include commitment to 'explore new mechanisms' for creation of LOI academies with FAI

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Premier League -- West Ham may have Premier League rival in race to sign Evan Ferguson

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Premier League -- Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim responds to Marcus Rashford's links with Barcelona

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Six Nations -- Leinster tighthead Rabah Slimani recalled to France squad for Six Nations

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Premier League -- Jurgen Klopp hopes Salah signs new Liverpool deal

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Sport -- Gabby Logan, Kelly Cates and Mark Chapman named as new Match Of The Day hosts

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Soccer -- BBC announce new presenters to replace Gary Lineker on Match of the Day

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League of Ireland -- 'It was a no-brainer for us' – Shamrock Rovers boss Stephen Bradley hails signing of teenage striker Michael Noonan

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League of Ireland -- January's LOI transfer updates: St Pat's sign striker Carty as Hoops nab Noonan

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Soccer -- Sven-Goran Eriksson was heavily in debt before he passed away

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