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Linda Nolan, pop icon and breast cancer advocate, passes away at 65
Singer and TV personality Linda Nolan has died aged 65 after being diagnosed with secondary breast cancer.
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Israel to close Dublin embassy following Ireland’s support of ICJ genocide petition
Israeli foreign minister says move was prompted by Irish government’s ‘extreme anti-Israeli policies’
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The growth of AI-driven cloud storage threatens Ireland’s climate objectives
Friends of the Earth calls on government to rein in growth of datacentres for fear they could increase fossil fuel use
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Conor McGregor has been ordered to pay Nikhita Hand’s €1.5 million legal costs in a civil rape case
Ruling comes on top of damages fighter was ordered to pay last month after a jury found he had assaulted Hand in a Dublin hotel
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Centre-right Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael poised to retain power in Ireland
Parties expected to hold talks as election results show incumbents closing in on majority needed to govern
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Irish PM’s party drops six points in pre-election polls amid ‘Simon slump’
Fine Gael had looked sure of victory on Friday before Simon Harris’s disastrous interaction with care worker
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It was alleged in court that MMA fighter Conor McGregor raped a woman at a Dublin hotel
Woman claims civil damages against McGregor and another man, alleging she was sexually assaulted in 2018
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Ireland is a ‘playground’ for Russian intelligence, says former army chief
Comment follows claim Kremlin recruited member of parliament to damage UK-Irish relations during Brexit talks
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Former smugglers’ ship sunk off the coast of Ireland to create an artificial reef
It is hoped MV Shingle, intercepted in 2014 with 32m cigarettes onboard, will benefit marine life and tourism
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Ireland will launch an inquiry into sexual abuse at schools operated by religious orders
Inquiry to follow preliminary investigation unearthing 2,400 allegations of historic abuse
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Irish police investigate whether stabbing of army chaplain is terror-related
Gardaí believe boy had been radicalised online and bore grudge about Irish peacekeepers in Middle East
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Irish police question man regarding woman’s death in County Cork
Woman named locally as Daena Walsh died shortly after being found with serious injuries in Midleton flat
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Two men die after helicopter crashes into building near Irish village
Police say crash happened at about 3.30pm on farmland near Killucan, County Westmeath
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’Number of casualties’ after helicopter crashes into building in Ireland
The Irish Air Accident Investigation Unit said it had deployed a team of inspectors to the site of the single-engine helicopter crash.
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Asylum seekers in Dublin reportedly attacked by people with knives
Fifteen people forced to flee hours after erecting makeshift camp as tents reportedly slashed and thrown in river
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Charlene McKenna gives birth to first child with husband Adam Rothenberg
IRISH actress Charlene McKenna welcomed her first child with her husband Adam Rothenberg.The Peaky Blinders star welcomed her daughter, Martha Josephi
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Chaos for passengers as more than 100 flights to & from UK are CANCELLED
BRITS will see holiday plans thrown into chaos next week as more than 100 flights to and from the UK are cancelled amid a staff strike.Union bosses ar
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Oxygen rushed into ring as boxer brutally KOs unbeaten opponent in Belfast
OXYGEN was rushed into the ring after boxer Rashid Omar was brutally knocked out by James McGivern.The pair met in Belfast and put their unbeaten reco
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EasyJet to launch brand new UK flights to much-loved walled city this year
EASYJET is set to launch brand new UK flights to a much-loved walled city later this year.It comes after the budget airline announced loads of new fli
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Girls Aloud ‘fail to sell out ANY London gig dates’ after slashing ticket prices
GIRLS Aloud have joined a worrying number of music acts who have been unable to sell out tickets to their live shows. The beloved noughties group –
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James McDonnell swaps Ireland and trip there after earning England call-up
JAMES McDonnell’s Irish eyes are smiling after his England call-up - not so much at having to cut short a trip there.The Leeds star is one of the ne
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'Worst pollen bomb of the year' to hit today - 'secret' tips to beat hay fever
IT'S bad news for millions of hay fever sufferers, as the UK experiences the "worst pollen bomb of the year" so far.It comes as forecasts suggest ther
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Drivers swerve to avoid boy after he falls from toilet of moving coach
The youngster tumbled from the back of the vehicle en route to the toilet, but his fall was not immediately retrieved as the driver had not noticed the accident
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Sinead was going to sing on this record but didn’t make it, says John Grant
JOHN GRANT is a man of contradictions – a big bearded bear on the outside and a deeply sensitive soul on the inside.His songs veer from serene balla
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It was terrifying time - I feared piles of bodies on streets, Graham admits
TV host Graham Norton has told how he feared “piles of bodies on the streets” during Covid as he returned home to unveil a memorial to those who d