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<p>Police fire water cannons at protesters near the Sandyknowes roundabout. Picture: PA/PA Wire</p>

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Missiles fired at police as watercannon deployed in second night of Belfast unrest

A group of around 300 people, mostly men in dark clothing and face coverings, had gathered, reportedly to target a hotel housing migrants near Newtownabey

<p>A man is guided to safety by a PSNI officer after being rescued from houses which caught fire in Lendrick Street in east Belfast, as disorder flared in response to Monday night's stabbing attack in the city. Picture: PA/PA Wire</p>

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‘There’s wee girls inside’: Panic as masked men storm house in Belfast

<p>A police cordon at the scene of a stabbing outside apartments in the Kinnaird Avenue area of north Belfast. Picture: PA</p>

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Taoiseach condemns Belfast violence and says no one has right to take law into their own hands

Engineering man showing blueprint detail for people buying house.

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Planning permissions granted for one-off homes surge in first three months of 2026

Garda investigation launched after ATM stolen from Little Island bank

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Garda investigation launched after ATM stolen from Little Island bank

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and Mike Nesbitt meeting

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Children's Hospital: 'Most of the design changes that led to delays were driven by Bam'

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Only one in 10 Europeans now see US as an ally, survey suggests

Dublin city centre incident

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'Is she dead?' Mother breaks down in tears on opening day of Riad Bouchaker trial

Motorist swerved across lanes several times while 'messing with her hair', court hears

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Motorist swerved across lanes several times while 'messing with her hair', court hears

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Aughinish Alumina: Ireland will not support any measures that help Putin’s war machine – Tánaiste

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Gardaí seek driver who fled fatal Limerick crash as firearm recovered from vehicle

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Council investigating Ardmore Beach following loss of Blue Flag status

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Pope Leo XIV has celebrated the Sagrada Familia Basilica as a masterpiece of “stones, colours and light” as he marked the centenary of the death of its architect, Antoni Gaudí, with a Mass under its soaring sandcastle spires.

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Irish Rail looking at other options after writing off failed €50m IT project, committee told

Irish Rail looking at other options after writing off failed €50m IT project, committee told

The software, which was part of an effort to deliver a national railway control centre in Dublin, was expected to be delivered in 2024 at a cost of under €20m

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AI creating Dáil 'bottleneck' due to surge in parliamentary questions being asked

Sexual assault survivors to protest outside Dáil over use of counselling notes in trials

Sexual assault survivors to protest outside Dáil over use of counselling notes in trials

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Partner of Cork postman heard someone shout 'I’m going to kill you' outside her house, murder trial told

Partner of Cork postman heard someone shout 'I’m going to kill you' outside her house, murder trial told

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Leinster rugby player avoids jail after pleading guilty to assault at Copper Face Jacks

Leinster rugby player avoids jail after pleading guilty to assault at Copper Face Jacks

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Cork woman with drug addiction financing 'lives of people in sunnier climes', says judge

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State's failure to provide addiction nurses in Irish prisons is further punishing vulnerable people

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'He's pure evil': Bill Kenneally survivor recounts decades of trauma and the struggle for justice

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