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  Loophole allowing learner drivers to stay on roads without ever taking test to be closed

  

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  Budget 2025: New tax strategy points to relief for PAYE taxpayers and another cut to Universal Social Charge

  

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  Family ‘lost everything’ when Galway dream home was burnt to the ground after anti-migrant protests

  

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  Data centres used a fifth of all country’s electricity after 473pc surge in power demand in a decade

  

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  ‘The day I found my Irish mum’: Journalist Andrew Pierce on his epic search for his birth mother

  

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  latest | Four people to appear in court charged in connection with Dublin riots last November

  

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  Woman loses €75k claim against Boots after staff asked her to put face mask back on

  

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  Sinn Féin announces new immigration policy with promise to ‘audit’ communities earmarked for asylum seekers

  

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  Gardaí renew appeal for information on 2004 murder of Paiche Unyolo Onyemaechi on 20th anniversary

  

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  Orange lodge applies to complete Drumcree parade while local attention is on All-Ireland final

  

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  Why US vice-president Kamala Harris is unlikely to go searching for any ancestral ties to Ireland

  

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  Irish man died after being hit by driver who had been drinking tequila in London

  

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  Weather Ireland: Summer feeling as temperatures to top 20 degrees, with good news for weekend

  

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  Ex-professional footballer is jailed for dealing drugs on Dublin street

  

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  Man who raped woman he met on dating site jailed for seven years

  

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  Latest | Prolific car thief (17) chief suspect in fatal north Dublin hit-and-run as victim of tragedy named

  

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  High Court grants injunction to widow preventing developer Greg Kavanagh and his company from trespassing on her property

  

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  School soccer coach convicted of defilement for engaging in sexual acts with a teenage girl

• Garda accused of sexually assaulting woman in Wicklow garda station tells court ‘it was fully consensual’

  

• Inquest into death of senior garda Colm Fox will examine his interactions with colleagues in weeks before tragedy, says coroner

  

• ‘She has upset a lot of people’ – Clare TD Violet-Anne Wynne’s partner blames her for four-year wait on driving test

  

• Promising juvenile cricketer to be sentenced after drugs found in his Dublin home

  

• Breaking | Fifth man convicted of the murder of Thomas Dooley in Kerry graveyard attack

  

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  Frank Coughlan: It’s not just the unfriendly water pistols that have made me shy away from traditional sun holidays

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  John Downing: Michael McGrath is a great fit for a top EU role – but realpolitik will be the true arbitrator

  

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  Lorraine Courtney: It’s time to dismantle whip system and let TDs vote for their constituents and conscience

  

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  Michelle Norris: If Democrats dare to dump Harris, they will face a deservedly bitter backlash

  

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  Sean O’Grady: Donald Trump’s reaction to Joe Biden dropping out tells us all we need to know about his character

  

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  Letters: Claim that Nato is an obstacle to peace may be innocent but is not naive

  

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  Inquest into death of senior garda Colm Fox will examine his interactions with colleagues in weeks before tragedy, says coroner

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  Families of relatives at Cherry Orchard hospital demand inquiry from minister and HSE over move

  

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  Promising juvenile cricketer to be sentenced after drugs found in his Dublin home

  

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  From Bosco to Brexit, the Dart celebrates 40th birthday with specially designed carriages

  

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  Cyclist who died while on French holiday had Louth family ties

  

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  Jim McGuinness to be awarded Freedom of Donegal

  

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  Waterford woman fined €150 for dumping – ‘I paid a guy off Facebook, I didn’t think he’d just dump it’

  

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  Warm tributes to Sligo’s oldest priest who has passed away

  

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  Miracle escape for priest in Kerry crash – ‘It was very frightening I told myself to stay calm’

  

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  Man dies after getting into difficulty while diving off Donegal coast

  

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  Seachtain: Eamonn Casey – Cérbh é an easpag seo a d’athraigh ár ndearcadh ar an eaglais?

• Seachtain: Bean an Tí sa Ghaeltacht – ‘It’s another world’

  

• Seachtain: Donald Trump – Deamhan nó laoch, GOP favourite basks in adulation as Biden falters

  

• Dhá bhaile bheaga atá ag mealladh na dturasóirí go Tír Chonaill

  

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• Gráinne McElwain: Ní hiad na himreoirí móra i gcónaí a sheasann suas i rith cluichí móra

  

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  Gardaí renew appeal for information on 2004 murder of Paiche Unyolo Onyemaechi on 20th anniversary

• Latest | Prolific car thief (17) chief suspect in fatal north Dublin hit-and-run as victim of tragedy named

  

• Dublin taxi driver Raymond Shorten who raped two women is jailed for 13 years for rape of girl (7)

  

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  Dark secrets of a charismatic cleric: How Bishop Eamonn Casey fell from grace

  

• Man (50s) due in court as gardaí revise value of Dublin drug haul up to €9.6m

  

• LATEST | Fourth fire in four days at Coolock asylum site as Taoiseach and McDonald speak about need to engage with ‘ignored’ community

  

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  Verona Murphy accuses fellow politicians of spreading ‘malicious’ and ‘untrue’ rumours about her to ‘take my good name’

• Locate asylum centres in ‘better-off’ areas rather than in deprived communities, says Mary Lou McDonald

  

• Budget 2025: New tax strategy points to relief for PAYE taxpayers and another cut to Universal Social Charge

  

• Sinn Féin announces new immigration policy with promise to ‘audit’ communities earmarked for asylum seekers

  

• Why US vice-president Kamala Harris is unlikely to go searching for any ancestral ties to Ireland

  

• LATEST | Fourth fire in four days at Coolock asylum site as Taoiseach and McDonald speak about need to engage with ‘ignored’ community

  

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Health

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  Irish Olympic fans warned of bed bugs in Paris after ‘significant infestation’ last year

• HSE has paid out €2.3bn in last 10 years after thousands of compensation claims by patients

  

• Doctors, nurses and healthcare workers threaten ballot on industrial action over staff levels

  

• Tánaiste compares use of sunbeds to smoking and pledges an outright ban – but doesn’t give a timeline

  

• Number of children being treated for severe obesity rises sharply

  

• Lifelong vaccine to protect against ‘every form of flu’ may be available within five years

  

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  Ministers ban 51-week student leases despite legal threat by major landlord

• ‘He gave me my voice’ – man abused at Blackrock College on his brother’s death and their fight for justice

  

• Back to school 2024: All you need to know about return dates as well as qualifying for the Back to School Allowance

  

• More than 126,000 families to receive Back to School allowance from today

  

• Lack of resources and high cost of housing threaten to delay reforms of Leaving Cert

  

• University of Limerick provost takes legal action against senior college official and his wife

  

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  Gardaí renew appeal for information on 2004 murder of Paiche Unyolo Onyemaechi on 20th anniversary

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  ‘The day I found my Irish mum’: Journalist Andrew Pierce on his epic search for his birth mother

  

• Sinn Féin announces new immigration policy with promise to ‘audit’ communities earmarked for asylum seekers

  

• Latest | Cyclist Niall Kieran remembered as ‘great guy’ after Dubliner dies in accident on trip to France with father

  

• Irish man died after being hit by driver who had been drinking tequila in London

  

• Weather Ireland: Summer feeling as temperatures to top 20 degrees, with good news for weekend

  

• LATEST | Murder investigation launched after missing man’s body found in south Belfast house

  

• Former Sinn Féin press officer makes hefty payment to ex police officer he defamed online

  

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  Orange lodge applies to complete Drumcree parade while local attention is on All-Ireland final

  

• Irish girl (11) who died after falling from seventh floor of Mallorca hotel remembered as ‘beautiful, spirited child’

  

• HSE has paid out €2.3bn in last 10 years after thousands of compensation claims by patients

  

• Moonrise above Bray Head and the Northern Lights: stargazing snappers show off their stellar skills

  

• Why US vice-president Kamala Harris is unlikely to go searching for any ancestral ties to Ireland

  

• Tourist ‘found with €70,000 stolen diamond rings’ days after arrival, court hears

  

• Loophole allowing learner drivers to stay on roads without ever taking test to be closed

  

• Latest | Prolific car thief (17) chief suspect in fatal north Dublin hit-and-run as victim of tragedy named

  

• Inmate caught with phone in Wheatfield Prison gets extra jail time

  

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  Family ‘lost everything’ when Galway dream home was burnt to the ground after anti-migrant protests

  

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  Ex-professional footballer is jailed for dealing drugs on Dublin street

  

• High Court grants injunction to widow preventing developer Greg Kavanagh and his company from trespassing on her property

  

• Fr Brian D’Arcy calls on Vatican to give ‘explanation’ for why Bishop Eamon Casey was not publicly defrocked

  

• ‘I feel very privileged and lucky’ – Clare captain Tony Kelly tells 40,000 hurling fans at homecoming celebration

  

• Teen used sledgehammer and lump hammer to kill Lorna Woodnutt before sharing video online and taking selfie with body, court hears

  

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  Kim Bielenberg: Bishop Eamonn Casey’s affable public face hid the dark secrets of a sexual predator

  

• ‘We are very proud of these lads’ – Rebel hurlers get rousing homecoming

  

• Inquest of man (69) found dead after absconding from hospital returns verdict of accidental death

  

• Pharmacists and childcare providers seek increased funding in Budget 2025

  

• Rose of Tralee managing director ‘offered €750,000 for his shares in festival company’, court told

  

• Man who stamped on victim’s head leaving him with permanent brain injury has sentence increased

  

• Man accused of torching Luas tram during Dublin riots sent for trial

  

• Petrol bombs seized by gardaí at site of Coolock protests

  

• Ryanair and Aer Lingus secure permission to bring challenges over passenger cap at Dublin Airport

  

• Man who raped woman he met on dating site jailed for seven years

  

• Irish town ‘sad’ to lose White House link as Joe Biden steps down

  

• Man sent for trial accused of involvement in transportation and disposal of murdered Keane Mulready Woods body parts

  

• HSE must hand over access to records of its employees to RTÉ, says High Court

  

• RTÉ presenter Oliver Callan reveals he underwent surgery for skin cancer as he returns to airwaves

  

• BREAKING | Man charged with attempting to prevent lawful burial kept dad’s head in freezer, court told

  

• Dublin taxi driver Raymond Shorten who raped two women is jailed for 13 years for rape of girl (7)

  

• Dad of four charged after €9.6m worth of drugs seized in north Dublin

  

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  Dark secrets of a charismatic cleric: How Bishop Eamonn Casey fell from grace

  

• ‘It was like I was blacklisted’ – Wix employee sacked over social media posts critical of Israel wins €35,000

  

• Former Assistant Garda Commissioner criticises frontline gardaí left ‘vulnerable’ in Coolock protests

  

• Plea for investment in Ring of Kerry route amid road safety concerns

  

• ‘We had no idea the magnitude of it’ – Little Armagh fan Dan (2) ‘goes viral’ after All-Ireland semi-final

  

• Tyrone farmer (70s) dies following livestock incident

  

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  I want to buy Harland & Wolff’s Belfast site, says billionaire who wants to turn it into ship repair business

  

• latest | Gardaí investigate as body of man (40s) found in Wexford

  

• Man (50s) due in court as gardaí revise value of Dublin drug haul up to €9.6m

  

• LATEST | Fourth fire in four days at Coolock asylum site as Taoiseach and McDonald speak about need to engage with ‘ignored’ community

  

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