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Woman declares brother 'dead to me' after husband's horror killing
Kilkenny
In an exclusive interview with this paper, mother-of-seven Elizabeth Cash said she can never forgive her brother Andy - after he was found guilty of her husband John Cash’s killing earlier this week.
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M50 madness as e-scooter zooms down Ireland's busiest motorway during morning rush hour
M50
The man, who was wearing a hi-vis jacket and a backpack, is seen speeding along on the middle lane of the motorway – as cars and lorries overtake him.
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Suspect in Dublin gangland murder linked to teenage shooting incident
Gangland violence
Sources have told The Mirror that gardai suspect the thug who is believed to have murdered Brandon Ledwidge (23) in Finglas, north Dublin on Saturday evening carried out another shooting in the same area back in 2009.
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Pogues legend Shane MacGowan discharged from hospital for Christmas
Shane MacGowan
The 65-year-old is now set to spend Christmas Day – which is also his birthday – at home, his wife Victoria Mary Clarke has said
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First 'relatively widespread frost' of season on the way before temperatures rise
Weather
Temperatures are set to drop to between -3C and +2C on Friday before they shoot up again for Saturday
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All-Ireland winner's alleged assault victim was earlier attacked on nightclub dance floor, court hears
Limerick
Kyle Hayes, (25), of Ballyahsea, Kildimo, Co Limerick is on trial before the Limerick Circuit Criminal Court, charged with assault causing harm to Cillian McCarthy, (24), from Toureen, Ballysimon, Limerick, outside the ICON nightclub, Upper Denmark Street, Limerick City, on October 28, 2019.
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Driver ignored multiple Garda instructions before fatal crash, inquest hears
Meath
Mr Sheridan, a married father of three from Effernock, Trim, Co Meath sustained serious injuries when his 151-reg Mercedes E 300 failed to take a bend and struck a wall at Patrick Street, Trim moments later at around 1.55am.
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Ryan TubridyRyan Tubridy househunting in London as he reveals one absolute necessity
The 50-year-old sensationally left RTE this summer in a controversy sparked by irregularities over his pay but will launch a show on Virgin UK radio in January.
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HSE paid €130,000 for 29 people to undergo gender reassignment ops outside state
HSE
The health authority funded 41 trips abroad for gender reassignment surgeries and related treatments in the past three years, new figures show
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Wife of murderer Jozef Puska due in court charged over withholding information that could have led to prosecution
Ashling Murphy
Our exclusive pictures show for the first time the face of Lucia Istokova - the wife of Ashling Murphy’s killer
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Gangland hit victim targeted for death because 'he was planning to take control of mob'
Gangland violence
As detectives continue their probe into Saturday’s gun killing of Brandon Ledwidge, 23, sources have also revealed that officers believe he had been in a fist fight with a key associate of the prime suspect
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Brave Alanna Quinn Idris undergoes further surgery to reconstruct eye socket after horror street attack
Dublin
Alanna, who has already undergone several major procedures since the incident, has gone under the knife again at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, according to her dad Ahmed
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Irish News

RTEIrish mum's joy as deaf son Eoghan, 9, has his first day at school
The mother-of-three opens up in a new RTE documentary Deaf Not Dumb about the struggle to get him into school
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Ireland weather: First 'relatively widespread frost' of season on Friday before temperatures rise
Weather
Temperatures are set to drop to between -3C and +2C on Friday before they shoot up again for Saturday
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HSE paid €130,000 for 29 people to undergo gender reassignment ops outside state
HSE
The health authority funded 41 trips abroad for gender reassignment surgeries and related treatments in the past three years, new figures show
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Number of assessment of needs completions overdue jumps by over 200% in a year
Sinn Fein
Figures provided to Sinn Féin health spokesman David Cullinane by the HSE show that nearly 5,000 children are waiting more than three months for their assessment of needs to be completed in the second quarter of this year.
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Five cash supports to help with heating costs that you may not know about
Cost of Living
With temperatures set to drop and no sign that energy prices will follow, people need all the help they can get to make ends meet
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Politics

Israel-Hamas warTánaiste calls for release of Emily Hand and other hostages following Israel-Hamas deal
Israel and Hamas agreed on a deal that will see a four-day pause in fighting, which will allow for the release of at least 50 hostages
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Independent TD's plant-hire firm doubles cash pile and records €65,000 profits
Politics
Mattie McGrath's company was awarded contracts by Tipperary County Council, Waterford County Council and Irish Water
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Government signs off on guaranteed PRSI increases for the next five years
Cabinet
The Government had signalled that PRSI rates would have to increase if the pension age remained at 66
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Government agrees health bailout of nearly €1 billion
Department of Health
The HSE has predicted that it will run a budget deficit of at least €1.5bn for 2023
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Government 'not given proof of life of Hamas hostages', Tánaiste confirms
Israel-Hamas war
Among the hostages is nine-year-old Irish-Israeli citizen Emily Hand, who has been missing since the Hamas strike on Israel on October 7
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World News

FBINiagara Falls explosion: 'Terror attack' leaves two dead in 'car bombing'
Rainbow Bridge, on the US-Canada border in New York, was rocked by a suspected car bomb that has left two dead in what sources have described as an attempted terror attack
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TikTok's 'orange peel theory' is causing people to break up with their partners
Relationships
The 'orange peel theory' is causing people to have second thoughts about their relationships, with one woman admitting it actually inspired her to dump her boyfriend
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10 Downing Street quickly deletes Irish tricolour from Northern Ireland Instagram post
Northern Ireland
The original post, which included an emoji of the Irish flag, was quickly edited
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Police hunting for four missing boys find their car
Missing persons
They were last seen in a silver Ford Fiesta, registration HY14 GVO, North Wales Police said
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Woman left 'disfigured' with €70,000 in medical bills after botched surgery in Mexico
Cosmetic surgery
Kimberly McCormick, 65, from Washington, underwent successful €12,000 ($13,000) weight-loss surgery at the Mexico Bariatric Centre six years ago and decided to return to remove the excess skin
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Crime

BurglaryBurglaries across Ireland during winter months have declined by a staggering 75% in eight years
Cops said the reduction is down to Operation Thor which was set up to tackle home invasions through crime prevention and intelligence-led enforcement
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Sister blasts Cork brother's 'unprovoked rampage' and compares it to a movie after dispute over will
Cork
Declan Walsh, 54, caused over €32,000 worth of damage to a tipper truck, close to €6000 in damage to fencing and nominal damage to the family home
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Dad of Limerick teen beaten to death with hatchet calls for 'full public inquiry' into murder
Limerick
Nineteen-year-old Jeffrey Hannan, Southill, was beaten to death with a hatchet on November 22, 2007, in what Gardai believe was an unprovoked attack
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Man arrested after two alleged sexual assaults on separate women on and off a train
PSNI
The two incidents occurred within a short space of time
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Woman in hospital after shooting incident in Tallaght as burnt out car found nearby
Tallaght
The woman is understood to have received gunshot injuries in the front garden of a house in the Jobstown area of Tallaght at around 10:10pm
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Health

Product recallsBatch of chocolate urgently recalled from Lidl due to presence of plastic pieces
Lidl have apologised and asked customers not to eat the chocolate
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Irish Rail criticised for half of train stations having no defibrillators
Irish Rail
The national rail company has revealed that 81 of their 145 stations have no defibrillators
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Expert warns Covid strain HV.1 is 'highly transmissible' as eight symptoms revealed
Coronavirus Ireland
New coronavirus variant HV.1 is expected to spread quickly in Ireland and already accounts for around a quarter of all cases in the US
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Dublin mum tells of losing baby to skin condition that 300 others are battling: 'She died in my arms'
Health
Katie Ryle should be a 19-year-old looking forward to Christmas with family and friends. but her life was tragically cut short after just eight weeks by epidermolysis bullosa (EB)
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Going abroad for major dental treatment from Ireland: how to do it and cut your bill in half
Tourism
You have to do your research with care - but the savings can be enormous
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Education

PoliticsMobile phones to be banned from classrooms across the country in new government laws
EXCLUSIVE: Education Minister Norma Foley leading the charge to ban the 'scourge' that teachers say is 'destroying' school life
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Dublin premises of company that assesses physical disability for Department of Education has no disabled access
Disability
Medmark is contracted to assess and certify illness and disability that prevents department employees from continuing work
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Junior Cert: Education Minister Norma Foley congratulates thousands of students on exam results
Junior Certificate
Education Minister Norma Foley said 629,189 grades were given out across 21 individual subjects to the 70,727 candidates.
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Leaving Cert students left devastated after 'frankly horrific' maths paper slamming it as 'cruel joke'
Leaving Certificate
“I studied my butt off in order to get a good grade in Maths so I can pursue my college goal and after that paper I feel that dream [has] been dumped, so thank you.”
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Cost-of-living boost for parents as free schoolbooks scheme expanded
Cost of Living
The scheme is now available to parents with children in every single primary and special school in the country
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GalwayWoman wins 'biggest ever' prize in Irish radio history live on air as kids steal showThe sweet moment was heard live on air and brought about wide smiles in the studio
Woman declares brother 'dead to me' after husband's horror killing
Kilkenny
In an exclusive interview with this paper, mother-of-seven Elizabeth Cash said she can never forgive her brother Andy - after he was found guilty of her husband John Cash’s killing earlier this week.
Independent TD's plant-hire firm doubles cash pile and records €65,000 profits
Politics
Mattie McGrath's company was awarded contracts by Tipperary County Council, Waterford County Council and Irish Water
Wife of murderer Jozef Puska due in court charged over withholding information that could have led to prosecution
Ashling Murphy
Our exclusive pictures show for the first time the face of Lucia Istokova - the wife of Ashling Murphy’s killer
Driver ignored multiple Garda instructions before fatal crash, inquest hears
Meath
Mr Sheridan, a married father of three from Effernock, Trim, Co Meath sustained serious injuries when his 151-reg Mercedes E 300 failed to take a bend and struck a wall at Patrick Street, Trim moments later at around 1.55am.
RTEIrish mum's joy as deaf son Eoghan, 9, has his first day at schoolThe mother-of-three opens up in a new RTE documentary Deaf Not Dumb about the struggle to get him into school
Ireland weather: First 'relatively widespread frost' of season on Friday before temperatures rise
Weather
Temperatures are set to drop to between -3C and +2C on Friday before they shoot up again for Saturday
HSE paid €130,000 for 29 people to undergo gender reassignment ops outside state
HSE
The health authority funded 41 trips abroad for gender reassignment surgeries and related treatments in the past three years, new figures show
Number of assessment of needs completions overdue jumps by over 200% in a year
Sinn Fein
Figures provided to Sinn Féin health spokesman David Cullinane by the HSE show that nearly 5,000 children are waiting more than three months for their assessment of needs to be completed in the second quarter of this year.
Five cash supports to help with heating costs that you may not know about
Cost of Living
With temperatures set to drop and no sign that energy prices will follow, people need all the help they can get to make ends meet
GalwayWoman wins 'biggest ever' prize in Irish radio history live on air as kids steal showThe sweet moment was heard live on air and brought about wide smiles in the studio
Woman declares brother 'dead to me' after husband's horror killing
Kilkenny
In an exclusive interview with this paper, mother-of-seven Elizabeth Cash said she can never forgive her brother Andy - after he was found guilty of her husband John Cash’s killing earlier this week.
Former Ireland stars deliver parting shots at Stephen Kenny
Republic of Ireland Soccer Team
Kenny's time in charge of the Boys in Green looks destined to come to an end as his contract expires after a dire Euro 2024 qualifying campaign
The greatest Republic of Ireland XI of all-time according to AI
Republic of Ireland national football team
The likes of Roy Keane, Paul McGrath and Liam Brady are all involved
Lottie Ryan opens up on pain of seeing her brother forced to emigrate
Lottie Ryan
"Now, Elliott is in the position that so many people in the country are in, he's like, 'Housing is just too expensive'."
RTEIrish mum's joy as deaf son Eoghan, 9, has his first day at schoolThe mother-of-three opens up in a new RTE documentary Deaf Not Dumb about the struggle to get him into school
Chantelle Cameron v Katie Taylor 2 public workout interrupted by TikToker challenging Thomas Carty to fight
Katie Taylor v Chantelle Cameron
Thomas Carty was confronted by a man on an escalator shouting abuse in his direction and challenging him to a fight
Ireland weather: First 'relatively widespread frost' of season on Friday before temperatures rise
Weather
Temperatures are set to drop to between -3C and +2C on Friday before they shoot up again for Saturday
The greatest Gaelic football team of all-time according to AI with David Clifford not included
GAA
We asked AI to name the "greatest Gaelic football team of all time based on players in all positions"
Munster are a 'big target' now as Leinster want revenge, says Ireland star
Munster Rugby
Jeremy Loughman also speaks about his reunion with new Reds signing Oli Jager - who has won Super Rugby titles with Crusaders after the duo won a Leinster Senior Cup together at Blackrock College