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TikTok: Social media platform faces potential US ban if parent company does not sell it

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Bill passed by Senate gives China-based ByteDance up to one year to divest Tiktok before facing deletion from US app stores

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EU could be preparing tougher car emissions rules

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Report from Court of Auditors shows that real-world performance is well below laboratory results on emissions and fuel economy

Tuesday, Apr 23

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Trump trial: Tabloid publisher says he helped presidential candidacy

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Justice Juan Merchan asked to fine former US president $10,000 for violating gag order preventing him from publicly criticising witnesses

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Stardust State apology: ‘We failed you when you needed us the most’ - Taoiseach Simon Harris tells Dáil

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Families of 48 young people who died in 1981 fire have long called for an official State apology and were invited to the Dáil on Tuesday

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Electricity prices are falling - but when will you see the savings?

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Q&A: Cost of wholesale electricity has fallen by over 70%, but how much will you see off your bill?

Judge to consider gag order violations in Trump ‘hush money’ trial

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Prosecutors want court to fine former US president for criticising potential witnesses in the case

07

Can the management company for our development enforce mandatory use of parking app?

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I cannot obtain permits without accepting use of the app, but I don’t believe it’s GDPR compliant

Six things you need to do before retirement

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It’s never too early to check whether your current pension savings match your plans for retirement, or too late to take action

03

Juror’s toothache bites into Trump hush money trial

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Defence counsel for former US president dismisses the 34 counts against his client as ‘really just pieces of paper’

Monday, Apr 22

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Donald Trump engaged in ‘election fraud’ to cover up payment to porn actor, ‘hush money’ trial told

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Former US president’s defence lawyer says Trump is ‘cloaked in innocence’ and ‘there’s nothing wrong with trying to influence an election’

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Trump victory ‘can’t happen, won’t happen’, Nancy Pelosi tells journalists during Dublin visit

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Former speaker of US House of Representatives said she was ‘very excited’ about ‘long overdue’ restoration of Northern Ireland executive

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Deposit return scheme: ‘I spent 90 minutes trying to return bottles. This scheme is vile’

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Re-Turn scheme: A reader shares her negative experience of returning plastic bottles, and another wonders whether ‘the whole thing is pointless’

Hugh Wallace: ‘I lost a lot of money during the financial crisis. Once you get badly burned, the fear never leaves you’

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Me & My Money: Hugh Wallace, architect, founding director Douglas Wallace, and television presenter

07

South African insurer ‘soft’ launches car and home insurance products into Irish market

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Outsurance has conducted a soft launch of products ahead of its official opening here in May

Sunday, Apr 21

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The riddle of Melania Trump: How much can she put up with from a husband who has betrayed and humiliated her?

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How much can the former first lady put up with from a husband who betrayed and humiliated her?

Is Apple behind latest drop in corporation tax?

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A sharp fall-off in receipts in March might - according to insiders - relate to the tech giant’s reassessing its tax liability here

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We’re heading towards AI prices, where diners can be charged more because algorithms say they can afford it

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Surge dining: Would you pay more to eat a rib-eye on a Saturday than on Tuesday?

Saturday, Apr 20

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US House passes vote on $95bn security aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

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Unusual four-Bill package includes measure threating to ban TikTok and potential transfer of seized Russian assets to Ukraine

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US House to vote on long-awaited $95 billion aid package for Ukraine

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The unusual four-bill package also includes funds for Israel, security assistance for Taiwan and allies in the Indo-Pacific

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UK government rejects talks on EU-wide youth mobility scheme

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A government spokesperson said there was no interest from the UK side, adding that ‘free movement within the EU was ended’

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The era of mega-budgets isn’t over. But it really should be

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The cocktail called the “budget bonanza” features some reasonable pre-budget suggestions sloshing around with some very poor ones

08

Residential property transactions fall 18% in first quarter as higher borrowing costs bite

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Report by property start-up Geowox highlights steep decline in transactions on back of 10 straight ECB interest rate hikes

The death of customer service: Eir is not alone in letting its customers down

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When it comes to poor customer care, Eir is not alone in letting its customers down

‘It has had a big impact on everybody around here’: Concern over scale of wind farm planned off Connemara

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The €1.5 billion development is the first to be built off the western seaboard and is expected to power 350,000 homes

Friday, Apr 19

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Man sets himself on fire outside court where Donald Trump is on trial

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Former president insisted outside courtroom earlier that he should be on campaign trail rather than facing trial, and calls on judge to free him from order barring comment on parties to the case

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Trump on trial: A hellscape for former president of having no control over what’s happening

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Donald Trump is a born communicator, but the gag order placed on him by judge Juan Merchan during this first criminal trial facing a former US president requires him to do, well, nothing

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Confronting Trump over Covid not easy but necessary, Fauci says on Dublin trip

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Director of US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases says role has involved telling US presidents things they do not want to hear

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EirGrid to provide national grid connection for proposed data centre in Wicklow

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Deal comes amid tension in energy sector over regulatory constraints on data centres, which consume huge amounts of electricity

Eir’s new billing system results in fines for some customers

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Undisclosed number of eir customers hit with €18.45 charge after new billing system rejects their card details

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Buyers of older homes may pay thousands more per year in mortgage repayments

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How green is your mortgage? The incentives to buy an A or B rated home are rising, but many cannot get hold of new builds and are left paying more expensive rates