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‘My dad raped me. I still love him, but right now I just can’t forgive him’ – abuse victim Karen Harkin
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David Kelly: Uncertainty rumbles on around Vera Pauw’s Ireland future
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Ireland is ‘among the most complicit’ countries in enabling global tax avoidance
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Musgrave snaps up UK fine food firm Ritter Courivaud
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The man with the plan to build the Irish hydrogen economy
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‘Embarrassing for Ireland’ – Chinese fast fashion takes the Shein off FDI
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Foreign embassies follow US in warning their citizens of the dangers of Irish street crime
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On-the-run developer who had €160m debt wiped out has ‘no regrets’
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Terenure tour match in Argentina abandoned after alleged ‘punching and gouging’
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‘In 2005 I woke to a flurry of texts from Sinéad asking me to follow her to Jamaica... What followed was part odyssey, part superfan lottery win’
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Report on RTÉ payments crisis is shared with Ryan Tubridy and his agent Noel Kelly
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HSE decision to drop investigation into harm caused by nursing-home rapist questioned by expert
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Housing crisis: The State already has enough land to build thousands of new homes
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Where did far-right tub-thumper Justin Barrett get his party’s gold bars, and why didn’t he tell Sipo about them?
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‘Let’s be nicer’ — Lord Mayor of Dublin Daithí de Róiste has big plans for ‘a city of kindness’
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Rest in protest Sinéad O’Connor, the true voice of a generation of women
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Three more people make sex-abuse claims against jailed CBS principal Paul Hendrick
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Born-again Blues will be firing on all cylinders
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Is it a hint at an election date? Leo Varadkar rolls out the barrel for 6am nightclubs by summer next year
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Irene White murder case: ‘I want to put my hands up, I’m going to ruin a lot of lives here’
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When Sinéad O’Connor joined the Sunday Independent: she was funny, fiercely intelligent – and record-breaking
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Privacy fears over plans for wider use of AI for government online information services
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Central Bank concerned over use of cryptocurrencies
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Colin Murphy: There’s no quick-fix for the trauma that echoes down through the generations in inner-city Dublin
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Truck crashes through level crossing barrier causing delays to Westport train services
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Rough sleepers are building make-shift camps in suburbs of Dublin
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Irish kayaker shows a hidden part of Dublin under the small arch of Grattan Bridge on Capel street
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Hozier dedicates his gig in Belfast to Sinead O'Connor
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Irish cellist Patrick Dexter plays a powerful tribute to Sinead O'Connor
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Eoin Ó Broin: Government keeps using petrol to try and put out the housing crisis blaze
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Ten songs to remind us why Sinéad O’Connor meant so much
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Wagner mercenaries are ‘getting closer to Polish border’ warns Poland’s PM
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Mortality is centre stage as elders Joe Biden and Donald Trump gear up for White House race
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Joe Biden acknowledges his son Hunter Biden’s daughter as his seventh grandchild
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Obituary: Rodney Walker, environmental champion who taught Peruvians the value of caring for nature
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Israelis take to the streets as Benjamin Netanyahu hacks away at judicial oversight
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US aid to Niger now ‘in clear jeopardy’after coup, warns Blinken
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Eilis O’Hanlon: Sinéad O’Connor wouldn’t want to be glorified in death
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'Why did you write that?' - The day Sinéad O'Connor, feisty and vulnerable, pitched up at my Dublin newspaper office to take issue with an article
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Pat Spillane: I’d rather listen to a ‘dinosaur’ than the spoofers and bluffers ruining Gaelic football
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My flatmate’s boyfriend gives me the creeps and he’s always at our place – I don’t want him coming around anymore
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Three men involved in mob attack on security guards at repossessed farmhouse in Roscommon sentenced to 15 years in prison
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So many women found our voices because Sinéad O’Connor urged us to speak up
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Dystopian hellscape or an answer to loneliness? My experience dating a chatbot
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Dear Mary: I don’t want my dad to bring his girlfriend to my mum’s anniversary service
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‘Being Black and trans in Ireland is hard’ — introducing Murky Onyango
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Spain’s cooler hotspot – swap the heat for gorgeous Galicia
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Ferry route from Ireland to Spain will be served by three ships in 2024
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'His best friend was his daddy’ – Dylan and Eoin Fitzpatrick are laid to rest after Turkish moped tragedy
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Gardaí concerned for welfare of teen (15) missing for almost a fortnight
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Man charged with possession of imitation gun on train granted bail
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Trial of man accused of murdering Irish backpacker Danielle McLaughlin in India is to be expedited
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AGSI threatened not to carry out ‘transition day’ plan for trans gardaí before plan was withdrawn
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No criminal charges to be brought against garda HR boss following lengthy probe
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Gardaí ‘will quit in their droves’ if pre-Covid roster is reinstated
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‘There are so many women on sports panels now I don’t think people even notice’ – RTÉ’s Marie Crowe
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Slight increase in rental properties but HAP housing remains ‘shockingly low’
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Fáilte Ireland has paid RTÉ almost €7m in ads and promotions since 2016
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Fraudster Denyse O’Brien faces eviction over allegations she falsified references for lease
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Courts
Ciara Mangan: Rape taunts brainwashed me into thinking what happened wasn’t serious
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‘We should never have set foot in Ireland’ – torn-up letter reveals lonely life and ‘cruel’ deaths of mysterious Tipperary couple
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Rising number of renters struggling to get deposits back at end of tenancy, says Threshold
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Irish passport proves ‘value and power’ as it climbs to fourth place in world ranking
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Gene Kerrigan: Politics is truly a mugger’s game
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Rosita Sweetman: Remembering the ladies who made a splash and wrestled the Forty Foot back from the patriarchy
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Declan Lynch: X marks the spot where Elon Musk is killing Twitter
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Conor Skehan: Prophets of doom are missing out on Irish wildlife’s success story
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Colin Murphy: There’s no quick-fix for the trauma that echoes down through the generations in inner-city Dublin
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Brendan O’Connor: We were lucky to have Sinéad O’Connor’s light shine on us
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Maia Dunphy: Sinéad O’Connor had every right to be wary of people but she refused to allow a world that treated her badly to rob her of her innate kindness
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Brighid McLaughlin: ‘The perfect example of a hairdresser’s revenge couldn’t have happened to a better woman’
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Ciara Kelly: Character references in support of convicted sex offenders will now be made under oath. About bloody time
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Letters
Letters: From streaming issues to shoddy treatment of legends, this has not been the GAA’s finest year
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John Cushnahan: Ireland needs a day of reconciliation, but aligning it with July 12 would be a mistake
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Johanna Drucker: Why Musk has rebranded Twitter with the mysterious X
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Mark Almond: Vladimir Putin and Yevgeny Prigozhin are building up a vast empire of power in Africa
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Minnie Mooney: Far from celebrating women, ‘Barbie’ does the opposite – it demeans them
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Billy Keane: Years from now, they might talk of how Grandad roared and jumped up like a buck when Kerry goaled
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Irish Business
John McGee: Elon Musk is going to need a lot more than a name change to win over ‘X’ shareholders and supporters
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Business
Gina London: You must listen and connect before trying to bolt on corporate culture
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Prioritising digital skills is essential for Irish SMEs to grow
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Business
The Earnings Call: Greencore’s backers bite into a sign of recovery
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We’re walking an economic tightrope as 2023 unfolds
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Adrian Weckler: ‘X’ marks the spot where Musk’s winning streak hits a dead end
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Ex Bank of Ireland boss linked to NatWest gig
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Personal Finance
Is it safe for my daughter to buy Taylor Swift tickets via social media?
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Irish Business
Ireland is ‘among the most complicit’ countries in enabling global tax avoidance
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Irish Business
Musgrave snaps up UK fine food firm Ritter Courivaud
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The man with the plan to build the Irish hydrogen economy
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‘Embarrassing for Ireland’ – Chinese fast fashion takes the Shein off FDI
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Personal Finance
Ireland has the joint highest cost of living in the EU so retiring to a cheaper country could make your money go further
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Central Bank concerned over use of cryptocurrencies
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Privacy fears over plans for wider use of AI for government online information services
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International Soccer
Lily Agg hoping for some calm after the chaos
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Life after the last bell tolls
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Another peak beckons on Liam McKenna’s racing journey
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Crazy diamonds never stop shining, even as we fade out
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Tommy Byrne’s life in fast lane to hit big screen
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Soccer
Jonathan Wilson: Cash is king in football’s new world order
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Premier League
With no Declan Rice to bail them out, Hammers may regret lack of spending
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Fully hooked on improving
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Safety comes first on Ireland’s World Cup warm-up jaunt
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Ladies Football
Hannah Tyrrell goal spurs Dublin to book place in All-Ireland final
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Premier League
Manchester United agree £64million deal for Atalanta striker Rasmus Hojlund
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Golf
Pádraig Harrington eyes Senior Open after stunning closing eagle leaves Irishman just one back
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Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh hits stunning 1-10 in second half as Kerry book placed in All-Ireland final
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Terenure tour match in Argentina abandoned after alleged ‘punching and gouging’
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