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exclusive Mr Moonlight murder: Bobby Ryan’s daughter fears killer Patrick Quirke will walk free after new twist

The daughter of Bobby Ryan has spoken of her fear Patrick Quirke, the man convicted of her father’s murder, may walk free from prison.

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Calls for DAA to be hauled in before Oireachtas Transport committee over terror attack fears in whistleblower claims

Gerard Byrne, of Clanranald Road, Donnycarney, is alleged to have injured a garda with a window

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Man slammed window on garda’s fingers during Covid lockdown, court hears

Almost 200,000 public servants have seen their pension boosted by the surge in inflation. Photo: Getty Images

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How inflation crisis has added over 14pc to pension pots for thousands of public servants

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Owner ‘thrilled’ as shop that sold winning €3.9m Lotto ticket revealed

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Irish weather: Met Éireann forecasts strong winds with rain developing throughout the day

Centenarian Michael Cadden last year. Photo: Mark Condren

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Record number of centenarians as Ireland now has highest life expectancy rate in the EU

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald. Photo: PA.

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‘It’s wrong and cruel’ – Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald calls on backbenchers to vote to extend eviction ban

Joan de Frenay, who is set to celebrate turning 103 in June, in her Rathmines home. Photo: Gerry Mooney

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Meet the saucy centenarian who wrote a steamy novel in her 70s and hosted wild parties for Behan, Kavanagh and Donleavy

Rory Best pictured at the Aviva Stadium with Naomi Howlin (14) from Wexford, who is currently being supported by Cancer Fund For Children. The Rugby Legend Rory Best announced details of Rory’s Miles 2 Mayo - a 300km walking trek that he will make across Ireland to raise money for Cancer Fund for Children. Picture: Marc O'Sullivan

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‘It was nice to see a bit of emotion’ – says Rory Best on Johnny Sexton leading Ireland to Grand Slam victory

Nathan Coakley

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Dublin man sent for trial accused of throwing petrol bomb at flat

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Mohamed Salah agus Darwin Nunez ó Learpholl dúshlán don liathróid le Dani Carvajal agus Éder Militão ó Real Madrid

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Cén fhoireann Learphoill a fheicfidh muid anocht?

Dáithí lena thuismitheoirí Máirtín agus Seph agus a dheartháir óg Cairbre

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‘Thug An Cailín Ciúin an Ghaeilge níos faide ná a d’fhéadaí a bheith ag súil leis’

Muireann O'Connell, Alan Hughes agus Tommy Bowe ag na Gossies

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Dáithí Ó Sé Opinion Sult agus spraoi agus sinn uilig ag rince agus ag ól ag oíche na Gossies

Angus Lambkin sa Tuirc

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Tarlaíonn creathanna talún ach bhí an ceann seo i bhfad níos mó, a deir Éireannach atá sa Tuirc

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Explainer: What does Mr Moonlight appeal mean for killer Patrick Quirke

Bressie, Mario Rosenstock and Kin’s Clare Dunne join campaign calling for extension of eviction ban

Jeffrey Donaldson says DUP will vote against the Windsor Framework

Anne Middleton and Labour TD Ged Nash speak about delay to construction of new school

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Johnny Sexton and his Ireland team-mates celebrate with the Six Nations trophy after beating England at Aviva Stadium on Saturday to land the Grand Slam. Photo: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

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Frank Coughlan Opinion The sort of sporting pride that sustains us when life is a challenge

Tokens of respect are left at the site of Tuam Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co Galway. Photo: Paul Faith

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Ellen O'Malley-Dunlop Opinion Why are we still paying lip service to child protection after a string of abuse scandals stretching back decades?

Wicklow TD Jennifer Whitmore debating a Dáil motion

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Philip Ryan Opinion Dáil’s cup runneth over with private member votes, but is casting them merely for a social media soundbite ever a good thing?

Ireland’s Grand Slam success would have warmed Éamon de Valera’s heart

John Downing

Paul Murphy needs to realise children don’t have the maturity to decide their own gender

Eilis O'Hanlon

Serious about improving public transport? Think about poor mum on the moving bus

Lorraine Courtney

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Owner ‘thrilled’ as shop that sold winning €3.9m Lotto ticket revealed

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Death of woman in fire being investigated by police

Actor Garrett Phillips orally raped a young woman while she was asleep

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exclusive Disgraced Ros na Rún actor Garrett Phillips freed after just four years for rape

Marina Sologub, above, worked at the National Space Centre, Cork, inset

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Russian spy – or innocent abroad? Irish woman ordered out of Australia is no Kremlin agent, says expert

Enoch Burke at Wilson’s Hospital School. Photo: Frank McGrath

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Enoch Burke arrives at school again despite court granting permission to begin enforcing fines

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exclusive Warning: Terrorist attack danger as security screening at Dublin Airport ‘not fit for purpose’

Bradley McGarrell

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Paedophile caught when he texted vulnerable 13-year-old victim’s mum by mistake

Steven Gerrard - Black forge Inn - Conor McGregor pub - former Liverpool star was there with Nathan 'Biggie' Little

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Steven Gerrard poses with Kinahan gang member after St Patrick’s Day party in Conor McGregor’s pub

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Mum-of-two who stole over €600,000 from her employer is jailed for two years

Patrick Quirke

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exclusive Mr Moonlight murder: Bobby Ryan’s daughter fears killer Patrick Quirke will walk free after new twist

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Knife-wielding father claimed he took blade from man who tried to cut his ear off

Gerard Byrne, of Clanranald Road, Donnycarney, is alleged to have injured a garda with a window

Courts

Man slammed window on garda’s fingers during Covid lockdown, court hears

Nathan Coakley

Courts

Dublin man sent for trial accused of throwing petrol bomb at flat

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Man caught with stolen bike ‘should have asked a few questions’

Thomas McKenna

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Ex-GAA official’s sex abuse ‘happened too many times to count’, court hears

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Retired teacher seeks to quash inquiry into ‘false and malicious’ claims he sexually exploited underage teen

Politics

Passengers faced long queues for security clearance due to staffing issues at Dublin Airport last March. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos

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Timeline – Transport Minister Eamon Ryan knew about alleged security issues at Dublin Airport last June, but what has he done since?

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Windfall tax on energy companies to make up to €600m when introduced this summer

Green TD Neasa Hourigan voted against Labour motion to extend eviction ban. Photo: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie. Photo: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

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Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan voted against Labour motion to extend eviction ban just last month

Transport Minister Eamon Ryan

Politics

Calls for DAA to be hauled in before Oireachtas Transport committee over terror attack fears in whistleblower claims

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson speaks to the media. Photo: Getty Images

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No more negotiation, says Sunak as DUP digs in its heels over Windsor Brexit deal

The Regional Independents have set out eight demands. Stock Image/Getty

Politics

Eviction ban: Regional Independents set out demands if Government is to win their support

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar pictured in his office during a phone call with President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, today. Photo: Government Information Service.

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Zelensky thanks Ireland for continued support as Taoiseach backs Ukraine’s EU bid

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Government tenant-in-situ schemes competing with first-time buyers, local authorities warn

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Members of The Firm wearing pig masks at Malcolm McKeown’s door shortly before they murdered him

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Drug gang ‘The Firm’ have criminal funds frozen as Kinahan cartel call in debts

Tina Satchwell went missing from her home in Youghal, Co Cork, six years ago.

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‘Somebody knows something’ – gardaí renew appeal on sixth anniversary of missing Tina Satchwell

A garda forensic team at the scene at the farm at Fawnagowan, Tipperary, where the body of Bobby Ryan was discovered in a slurry pit. Photo: Liam Burke/Press 22

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Wall of silence in Tipperary town after latest twist in Mr Moonlight murder case

Victim Csaba Orsos

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Family of man killed by co-worker who drove car off pier says they will ‘never forgive’ her

Addicts are often given drugs for free but then forced into violence or intimidation to repay debts. Stock image

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Irish among biggest cocaine users in the world – with one in 40 reporting use in the past year, UN study finds

The drugs seized by Revenue officers and Gardaí in Rosslare on Saturday. Photo: Revenue.

Crime

Cocaine worth €2.4m seized in Rosslare from freight truck arriving from France

Internally displaced people look out from a bus at a refugee centre in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, in March 2022 (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP/PA)

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OPW workers attacked while surveying site earmarked to house Ukrainian refugees

Gerard Mackin (left) with gangster Johnny Keogh

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‘New INLA’ boss Gerard Mackin to serve time with Kinahan allies instead of dissidents

Health

Posed image of a self-harm victim. Photo: Getty Images/Westend61

Health

Viewing self-harm images online can trigger young people to hurt themselves, study finds

Fewer people feel comfortable asking managers for time off due to mental health difficulties. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Health

Drop in number of people who believe it is OK to ask boss for a mental health break since the pandemic

Glass, false nails, live insects and a dirty plaster were among some of the foreign objects found in food here last year, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. Stock image.

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Glass, false nails, live insects and a dirty plaster were all found in food served in Ireland last year

Cats and dogs could be passing on superbugs to their owners

Health

Healthy dogs and cats can pass on drug-resistant bacteria to humans, research shows

Professor Declan Devane of the University of Galway

Health

‘The more outlandish the claim, the more likely it will stick in people’s minds’ – expert’s warning as fake news and cancer ‘cures’ put patients at risk

Maeve Fitzgerald and Seamus Beasley with their children Julia, Padraig and Jack. Photo: Domnick Walsh

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‘Padraig was so happy to be with us, all he wanted was to be home for Christmas’

Scientists say introducing peanut butter to babies' diet helps prevent an allergy developing. Photo: Getty Images/EyeEm

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Introduce peanuts to baby diets to prevent them developing an allergy, say scientists

Debt collection agencies will be used to recover outstanding bills, but instalment arrangements can be made when a patient has difficulty paying. Photo: Stock image/Getty

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Hospitals will continue to chase people for debt as abolition of in-patient fees ‘not an amnesty’

Education

Generative artificial intelligence can already produce anything from completing a multiple-choice quiz to writing an essay. Stock photo: Getty Images

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Colleges move to tackle threat posed by students using ChatGPT to pass work off as their own

Higher Education Minister Simon Harris. PA

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€1m fund announced for adult literacy

Ann Middleton, principal of Ardee Educate Together pictured outside the Co Louth school. Photo: Gerry Mooney

Education

‘We were that close’ – Louth school waiting over 10 years for building to start on permanent home has start date delayed again

Apprentices Tsuika Cheung, left, and Noelia Zamora, right, with their mentor Gillian Noonan. Photo: Fintan Clarke.

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150 accountancy jobs to be created with apprenticeship programme

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Setback in efforts to make more Catholic primary schools multi-denominational

Auditors said an assessment of governance structures revealed 'little by way of best practice' at the National Parents Council Post Primary. Stock picture

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Under-fire parents organisation formally appoints ‘new’ director — two years into the job

Paul Mescal showed how important it is to have the cúpla focal in a recent interview. Photo: Ian West/PA Wire

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Leaving Cert students: Take advantage of the Irish oral — it’s a huge step towards a H4 mark

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Leaving Cert: Second sitting of exams is not usual, according to SEC research