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9 things you always leave until the last minute

4 hours ago

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41 Comments

Ah leave it another ten minutes, it’ll be grand.

8 of the best quotes on the opening day of the 2013 Sunday Game

4 hours ago

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27 Comments

Love them or loathe them but the pundits were in fine form today.

Column: Game, Set and Match to the Banks

4 hours ago

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The extent to which banks are running Ireland and Europe is clearly shown by the recently published Insolvency Guidelines and Rules, writes Dave Hughes.

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Cyclist in his 80s dies after being struck by car

4 hours ago

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The driver of the car was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving but has since been released without charge.

The smell of Spring and a begging ass: The week in quotes

5 hours ago

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5 Comments

“All manner of nasty and seemingly idle minds…said whatever thing first came into their vacant, idle and meddlesome heads.”

The Evening Fix… now with the best way to wake up a hangover victim

5 hours ago

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1 Comment

Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.

Mayo crush Galway by 17 points in Connacht quarter-final

5 hours ago

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Andy Moran fired home Mayo’s fourth goal of the game in injury-time.

Casual snaps show Charles de Gaulle’s Irish holiday after resignation

5 hours ago

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Following his resignation in 1969, the French President sought solace in a “quiet holiday” touring Ireland.

Yahoo! approves deal to buy Tumblr in $1.1bn takeover – report

6 hours ago

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The Wall Street Journal says Yahoo! directors have approved the ambitious takeover of the popular social platform.

FG ministers back Shatter in penalty points comments row

7 hours ago

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Both Richard Bruton and Brian Hayes say Shatter’s comments added context to complaints about the penalty points inquiry.

Hillsborough revisited in ‘The Real Thing’ short story

7 hours ago

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As Hillsborough families continue to strive for truth about how 96 people died, Irish writer Niamh Cooper O’Sullivan shares a fictional depiction of the horror of 15 April 1989.

Two more arrests over armed robbery at Rathfarnham Lidl

8 hours ago

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A man in his 30s and woman in her 50s were arrested yesterday evening and are being questioned by Gardaí.

Bookie to refund bets on Ryan Dolan: ‘He didn’t deserve to finish last’

9 hours ago

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91 Comments

Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with ‘Only Teardrops’.

As it happened: Premier League, final day

9 hours ago

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23 Comments

Will it be Arsenal or Spurs who fill the final Champions League spot? Join us for all this afternoon’s games.

Majority support abortion where mother’s life is at risk of suicide

9 hours ago

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200 Comments

The Sunday Independent/Millward Brown poll shows, however, that the numbers opposing the clause are increasing.

$591 million: Florida lottery winner is world’s richest lottery millionaire

10 hours ago

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13 Comments

Only one jackpot has ever been bigger – but this weekend’s Powerball jackpot only had one winner.

“If the Lions called Donnacha Ryan up tomorrow, he could play”

10 hours ago

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2 Comments

Ireland coach Les Kiss says the Munster lock has been rested from summer tour duty but would be ready to play Australia.

The system for electing TDs could be about to face a massive overhaul

10 hours ago

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The 100-member Constitutional Convention has voted to investigate “an entirely new electoral system” for picking TDs.

Column: In Ethiopia, ordinary Irish people doing extraordinary things in difficult circumstances

10 hours ago

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National Volunteering Week ends today. Here Donnacha Maguire, who is in Ethiopia, tells us about some of the work being done by Irish volunteers in the country.

Romanian gang found with €5k worth of stolen perfume, clothes and laptops

11 hours ago

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Gardaí found all of the stolen goods wrapped up and ready to be shipped out of the jurisdiction.

13 things from the Celtic Tiger you don’t see anymore

11 hours ago

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75 Comments

We definitely still don’t know what a tracker mortgage is.

Courts to hold extra September sittings to work through backlog

11 hours ago

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The Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeal will join the High Court in holding extra sittings to clear a backlog.

Irish tourists spend more staying abroad than in Ireland

11 hours ago

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32 Comments

Hotels.com data shows Irish people tend to look for better value in accommodation when travelling domestically.

Two gardaí in hospital following assault during Dublin house search

12 hours ago

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51 Comments

A garda car was also rammed in the incident that happened in Meile an Rí, Balgaddy Lane in Lucan.

Weird Wide Web: Bionic eyes, beer hunting and a test of how sexist you are

12 hours ago

5,830 Views

15 Comments

All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.

Rory Best to captain Ireland for summer tour to North America

12 hours ago

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29 Comments

Les Kiss, who will lead Ireland as interim head coach, named six uncapped players for the games against the US and Canada.

Poll: Have you reduced your alcohol consumption in the past year?

13 hours ago

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73 Comments

In the last year, the amount of alcohol consumed in Ireland fell by 4.4 per cent.

‘Drunken Irish’ no more: Alcohol consumption falls 20% in 12 years

13 hours ago

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33 Comments

The amount of beer drank in the last year increased but the consumption of cider, spirits and wine all fell.

Body of man (20s) found in Tallaght field

14 hours ago

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17 Comments

The remains were found near Killinarden Hill at around 9 pm.

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

14 hours ago

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The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.

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In pictures: Warren Gatland’s Lions squad are put through their paces

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