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Friday, 20 March, 2026

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Courts

Gerry Adams welcomes decision by three victims of IRA bombings to drop civil action against him

Judge had asked plaintiffs why the case against Adams should not be dropped on two grounds

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Courts

UCD archaeology lecturer charged with hacking students’ personal data and harassment

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Politics

Micheál Martin the Trumpologist: European leaders look for lessons from Taoiseach’s Oval Office approach

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Middle East

Trump considering plans to occupy or blockade Iran’s Kharg Island

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Ireland

Where is Ireland’s manosphere?

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Ireland

‘If I had it all to do again, I’d just move into a caravan,’ says owner of Meath house being demolished

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Financial Services

Julius Baer Ireland managing director Keith Ryan dies suddenly

Dublin man helped Goldman Sachs found its private wealth business in Ireland before leading Swiss wealth manager

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Housing & Planning

‘How can they put us out on the street?’: Sligo retirement village residents face eviction

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Athletics

Ireland’s Bori Akinola makes semi-finals at World Indoor Championships

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People

Jessica Reynolds: ‘Being in the Kneecap film opened my eyes to my Irish identity’

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US

Markwayne Mullin: Kristi Noem’s homeland security successor is a plumber and ‘Maga warrior’

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Rugby

Leinster receive huge boost as Hugo Keenan returns to action for trip to Glasgow

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Unicef at the coalface of safe water and sanitation programmes but more funding needed

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‘How can they put us out on the street?’: Sligo retirement village residents face eviction

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More than €17m in social welfare overpayments paid to people no longer living in Ireland

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