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Munster saved the Champions Cup’s round of 16 weekend
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Thousands of students with household incomes of up to €100,000 missing out on college grants
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‘The Constitution will soon put women back in their place. Everything is fizzling away’: Sarah Jane Scaife on Youth’s the Season–?
Mary Manning wrote her first play in 1931, when she was 26. It’s astonishing how modern it can feel, says the director of the Abbey’s new production
New unemployment benefit is up to €450 a week - but will you pay tax on it?
Updated Jobseeker’s Benefit will be paid on the basis of your previous salary - though the amount will reduce over its 39-week duration
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Why did Irish pharma exports escape the tariff guillotine?
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Will there be more Government initiatives for EVs?
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By Neil Briscoe
John Boyne on Fair Play by Louise Hegarty: A witty debut that celebrates the golden age of crime novels
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Letters to the Editor, April 8th: On Trump’s tariffs and global trade, and diagnosing autism
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By Owen Doyle
Berlin’s state government defends planned expulsion of two Irish pro-Palestinian campaigners
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By Derek Scally
Munster’s peach leaves O’Gara reaching for superlatives and swears
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‘My daughter is anxious about going to sleep on her own’
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TV View: Liberation day for football championship as new rules kick in
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Scourge of slow play likely to rear its ugly head again at Masters
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The ‘death drive’ exists in all of us
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Examinations Commission explores use of AI to mark Leaving Cert
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