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Blinken expresses US concerns over Chinese supplies to Russian military

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US secretary of state meets Xi Jinping at the end of a three-day visit to China

Electric Picnic 2024 lineup revealed: Kylie Minogue, Noah Kahan and Calvin Harris to headline festival

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Music and arts festival takes over Stradbally estate, in Co Laois, from Friday, August 16th, to Sunday, August 18th

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‘I’ll stab the face off you’: Prison officers’ conference hears about violent incidents to members

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The Minister for Justice was asked to consider providing officers with batons

Simon Harris’s ‘row back’ on 250,000 new homes ‘soundbite’ could prove a slippery banana skin

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Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: The Greens unexpectedly opening fire at Varadkar over asylum seeker beds

Two teenagers charged with murder of Josip Strok in Clondalkin

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Mr Strok, who was from Croatia, suffered severe head injuries at Grange View Way on March 30th

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How to access a low cost loan to retrofit your home

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Details of the State’s low cost loan scheme for energy upgrades have finally been unveiled: so who qualifies and how can you apply?

Newtownmountkennedy protests: Four due in court after violent clashes with gardaí at site earmarked for asylum seekers

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McEntee and Harris back Garda handling of protests at site intended for use as accommodation for IP applicants

Q&A: What does Bankinter move to Irish market mean for me?

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New player in the sector looks like good news for customers and consumers as it should lead to increased competition in the sector

John O’Shea confirmed as Ireland interim boss for June friendlies

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Brian Kerr will not join up with the team for games against Hungary and Portugal due to prior commitments

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Aoife Johnston death: ‘Only a matter of time before there is another tragedy’ at UHL, warns local GP

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Dr Yvonne Williams of Shannon Medical Centre said that trust in the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick had been eroded

US student protests: ‘You see a lot of hate on campus’

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In the sunshine, the pro-Palestine encampment in Columbia University looks like the luxury section of a music festival. But a read of the signs shows the intent is deadly serious

Tara Mines: Voting begins on deal following meeting with ‘a lot of anger’

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The deal provides for about 150 redundancies on top of the roughly 50 jobs already lost to retirement

Baby Reindeer: should Netflix have seen all the amateur sleuths coming?

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Nothing entertaining about doxing women with mental health problems, or accusing celebrities of abuse for fun

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Spain’s Bankinter to enter Irish banking market

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Move would mark the first new entrant here since 2005, and follows a slew of exits since the crash

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‘Real hope’ for cancer cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialled

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Therapy could be custom-built for each patient affected by what is the biggest skin cancer killer

Audit raised concerns about €1.25bn ‘golden visa’ scheme for millionaire immigrants

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Department of Justice has released key details in an audit report that called for stronger controls years before scheme was scrapped

HSE concerned over whether hospitals are benefiting from new public-only consultant contract

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HSE’s chief operations officer has written to heads of hospitals and community healthcare organisations about implementation of contract

I’m all for AI as long as I can have a robot to do all the housework

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Emer McLysaght: I dearly wish it could hang out the clothes and defrost the freezer, but I’ll draw the line at asking it to write my next book

Irish electricity customers face paying for new €5bn offshore grid though fees and charges

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Regulator’s price review likely to determine network charges

A rugby match where 30 forwards take to the pitch is not a good thing for the game

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The 6-2 split has become normalised with forward power from the bench winning over coaches

Why are so many journalists leaving to work for the Government?

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When those who are supposed to be the watchdogs for the public interest become the guard-dogs at the gates of government, a country’s conversation may be guided by the dog that barks the loudest

Paris Olympics risks becoming grim monument to hypocrisy

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The International Olympic Committee claims to be politically neutral but that is bogus, as Russian athletes know very well

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EV sales in China are accelerating ahead of Europe and the US, with 100 new models to launch this year

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While subsidies, tax breaks, cheap loans and investment are driving EV sales in China, most of its carmakers are loss making

What will €315,000 buy in France, Spain, Jamaica, Norway and Donegal?

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One price, home and away: Including an apartment in Kingston and a three-bed near Carrigart

Home renovations: seven hidden budgeting pitfalls to avoid

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Construction costs are continuously rising, posing a significant challenge for homeowners

Simone Gannon: Hailey Bieber’s sold-out skincare line lives up to the hype

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Rhode’s thoughtful, uncomplicated, barrier-boosting formulas are a breath of fresh air and will fit easily into your existing routine

Joe Duffy’s snap judgment on Simon Harris’s Stardust apology somehow captures the wider mood

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Radio review: the Liveline host’s snap judgment on Simon Harris’s State apology somehow captures the wider mood

How did China build a children’s hospital six times cheaper than Ireland in just three years?

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Baoding’s hospital and the vast Xiong’an model city 50km away show the virtues of design, planning and state ownership of land

In the Land of Saints and Sinners: Liam Neeson is a gruff, gunslinging hero in this Donegal western

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Robert Lorenz’s thriller, set in 1974, features Kerry Condon, Ciarán Hinds, Niamh Cusack and Colm Meaney in a parade of wasted ideas and characters

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McGurk’s bar massacre inquest ordered

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North’s Attorney General orders fresh inquiry into the deaths of 15 people in McGurk's bar in Belfast in 1971