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Defence Forces’ intelligence bureau audits soldiers’ bank accounts for any links to private military contracting

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Army’s secretive J2 intelligence bureau conducts surveillance on and interviews with those suspected of recruiting for private work

Poles in Ireland: ‘You’re always going to be a blow-in, no matter how long you live in a place’

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As the 20th anniversary of Poland joining the EU approaches, Poles reflect on their experiences here

The life and crimes of Tony ‘King Scum’ Felloni - the drug dealer who peddled heroin to his own children

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The drugs smuggler, who died on Monday aged 81, flooded the Dublin streets he grew up in with heroin in the 1980s and 1990s

The Border ‘back door’: why are so many migrants crossing into the State from Northern Ireland?

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The perception of a leaky border comes against a backdrop of simmering tensions and mounting political pressure on migration

Matt Williams: Time to refine current red card laws in the interests of rugby justice

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World Rugby to consider a proposal to globally trial a new variation of red card laws successfully implemented in Super Rugby

First shots fired in the Government’s budget battles

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With spending promises already flooding in, expect another bazooka budget this year as the Coalition gears up for a general election

‘When a child dies by suicide, and you know they were struggling, people have to be held to account’

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Milly Tuomey, aged 11, died by suicide in 2016. Her family reflect on how the system let her down, coping with grief and why it’s important to remove the stigma linked to suicide

The lemon: versatile, powerful and essential to quality home cooking

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Lemons should be as much of a kitchen staple as olive oil and butter

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Kerry Condon: ‘Sometimes people look at me but they can’t place me. And that’s what I want to be – an actor’

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The intensely private star likes to stay out of the limelight, even though she is the most successful Irish actress at the global box office

Irish in London: ‘Nobody was making me stay. I could have left at any time and gone home to Sligo ... That was 24 years ago’

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What brings the new generation of Irish emigrants to London, and what motivates them to come home?

Quashing of Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction draws prompt parallels with Donald Trump trial

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Judge’s decision in Weinstein trial had abandoned Molineux ruling limiting testimony to complainants involved in case, while Trump’s trial judge has permitted jury to hear evidence of uncharged activity

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Arrival of first overseas bank since Celtic Tiger a ‘win’ for consumers

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Bankinter decision to target savings rates will be welcomed by Irish customers who largely have their money in ‘on demand’ accounts offering latry returns

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Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar raises concerns about racism in Late Late Show interview

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Varadkar, who resigned last month, declined to be drawn on whether he would run in the next general election

Friday, Apr 26

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Death of Aoife Johnston: what does her inquest tell us about the state of University Hospital Limerick?

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The inquest into the 16-year-old’s death in December 2022 heard harrowing details of an emergency department that simply could not function

Israel mulls Gaza truce proposal for Hamas to release 20 hostages

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Egyptian plan would see Israel agree ceasefire of one day for each hostage released in move further delaying Israeli attack on city of Rafah

Taoiseach convenes private meeting about Mount Street ‘tented village’

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Meeting involving Ministers, gardaí and Dublin City Council agreed on new search for State land to house estimated 200 asylum seekers living in tents in city centre

Palestinians sleeping rough in Dublin face intimidation as 1,758 asylum seekers now homeless

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An estimated 200 men now sleeping outside International Protection Office

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Man who raped girl in park after plying her with alcohol is jailed for five and a half years

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Victim aged 16 was socialising and drinking alcohol in a park with friends when Nicolas Horvath (28) joined them

Facebook and Instagram pull the plug on charity fundraising

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Meta says users in European Economic Area can not raise funds for charity on its platforms beyond June with some restrictions already in place

Rhys McClenaghan wins third European pommel horse gold

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24-year-old retains his European crown months out from the Paris Olympics with a score of 15.300

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Four arrested as gardaí recover €300,000 of drugs in Limerick cannabis factory raid

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Two fled property on Clare Street in Limerick city during planned Garda operation

Staff at sanctions-hit Russian lessor awarded €31,738 by WRC

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Avia Capital Leasing, a subsidiary of the second-largest bank in Russia, unable to pay redundancy after EU bank accounts frozen following invasion of Ukraine

Do Peadar Tóibín and Aontú have their finger on the public pulse?

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The conservative one-TD party is riding high after being the only party to call for no-no votes in the family and care referendums so disastrously lost by the Government parties in March

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Former Green Party candidate Saoirse McHugh to contest European elections as an Independent

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Climate activist standing as Independent in Midlands North West constituency

How did the unfounded claim that the Stardust fire was caused by arson take hold?

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The original findings from the 1982 report that the fire was started deliberately have been debunked

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Four charged in court following disturbances at proposed international protection centre in Newtownmountkennedy

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Three men and a woman appeared at Bray District Court in relation to the events on Thursday night

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Number of people in emergency accommodation reaches new high of 13,866, including over 4,000 children

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Latest data shows an increase of 25 people since February, not including people sleeping rough or homeless asylum seekers

Newtownmountkennedy protests: Taoiseach condemns ‘thuggery’ 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

Father who raped and sexually abused daughter from the age of 3 ‘stole’ her childhood, court hears

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Patrick Honan (69) of Lake View, Doonbeg, Co. Clare was found guilty of 48 sample counts including 25 of rape and 23 of indecent assault and was sentenced on Friday

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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