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Cork-based asylum seekers arrested and separated from family for deportation

Arrests during routine immigration sign-ons spark concern over family separations and treatment of children and medically vulnerable people

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Alarm at 'centralising' of State control in National Drugs Strategy

<p>Ireland head coach Andy Farrell faces the media. Pic: INPHO/Nick Elliott</p>

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Ronan O’Gara: Perspective is the first casualty of crisis talk

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Celebrate Valentine's with a difference — Quirky date ideas for couples, gal pals, and self-lovers

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Jennifer Horgan: Taoiseach must meet Trump. We must always choose dialogue over virtue signalling

Manna Aero drone is seen as it delivers essential household and medical supplies in the Irish village of Moneygall

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Alan Healy: There is a battle brewing over Cork's airspace that will be repeated across Ireland

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Regeneration project means fans will have to endure 'a little bit of pain' says Farrell

A Penneys wedding dress — and other things we saw at the new season preview in Dublin

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A Penneys wedding dress — and other things we saw at the new season preview in Dublin

Easkey v Kilbrittain - AIB GAA Hurling Junior Club Championship Final

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'I deal with them': Mary I manager Jamie Wall on life's challenges

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Further €5.7m allocated to Ryder Cup preparations in Adare

Further €5.7m allocated to Ryder Cup preparations in Adare

Community engagement groups are keeping locals 'informed and aware' of the preparations, with the tournament expected to 'discommode' some local businesses

Man linked to plot to bomb Galway mosque claims he can't get fair trial

Man linked to plot to bomb Galway mosque claims he can't get fair trial

Driver testers to strike next week over uninsured cars

Driver testers to strike next week over uninsured cars

Woman says she was branded 'female gouger' after gardaí discovered her relationship with officer

Woman says she was branded 'female gouger' after gardaí discovered her relationship with officer

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McCloskey wary of Menoncello x-factor

Tommaso Menoncello will take some shackling when the in-form Italians pitch up at Aviva Stadium for this second-round Guinness Six Nations clash.

Horse Racing from Gowran Park

Heartbeat Supreme can claim milestone win for O'Brien at Dundalk

Six Nations Podcast: Can Ireland turn tide on Six Nations fortunes against the Azzurri?

Six Nations Podcast: Can Ireland turn tide on Six Nations fortunes against the Azzurri?

SSE Airtricity & League of Ireland 2026 Season Launch Event

Kelleher targets personal and collective performance growth as Cork City eye title charge

Insight: Must Reads

UCC students commuting before dawn as housing crisis fuels daily parking battle

UCC students commuting before dawn as housing crisis fuels daily parking battle

Sky-high rents and a lack of public student housing are forcing UCC students into long commutes and daily parking stress

Meet the Kenmare family who bought their hotel back from John and Francis Brennan

S Meet the Kenmare family who bought their hotel back from John and Francis Brennan

Graham Linehan court case

S Mick Clifford: Ireland should think twice before embracing the new left-right political divide

I tried a professional decluttering service — a month later, is my kitchen still tidy?

S I tried a professional decluttering service — a month later, is my kitchen still tidy?

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Jennifer Horgan: Taoiseach must meet Trump. We must always choose dialogue over virtue signalling

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Sarah Harte: Our Irish-style corruption cannot hold a candle to the rot in Britain

S Fergus Finlay: Starmer has to survive the week, then throw caution to the wind

Lifestyle

Crabs on the road traffic sign - Christmas Island

A monopoly win isn't always good — what happens when one species takes over

Snake Island, Christmas Island, and Ireland's Saltee Islands, all show what happens when ecological balance tips and a single organism becomes just a little too successful

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Natural Health: How can I treat my post-pregnancy piles?

Problems with feet, joints, legs and ankles.

Put your best foot forward as you age

Consent is not embarrassing and feeling awkward is a small price to pay for true intimacy

Consent is not embarrassing and feeling awkward is a small price to pay for true intimacy

Viewpoints

Airbnb Website Ahead Of Earnings Figures

Rory Hearne: U-turn on short-term lets is cynical

The Government's roll back on its restrictions for short-term lets shows the Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael coalition has capitulated to parish pump politics, writes Social Democrats TD Rory Hearne

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New Garda powers bill could conceal abuses

Taoiseach visit to the US

Why don't we showcase Ireland properly on St Patrick's Day, by bringing dignitaries here?

Ireland’s prison system under fire over treatment of inmates with mental illness

Ireland’s prison system under fire over treatment of inmates with mental illness

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S Handling home fixture with Israel will be FAI's next port of call

Not only will the build-up be overshadowed by moral outrage during every interview with players and staff but the prospect of protests elevates the case to a national security matter

Chelsea FC v Manchester United FC - Premier League

S Paul Rouse: Jim Ratcliffe is wealthy beyond reason, but money no insulation from ignorance

Fitzgibbon's finest: Picking a joint UL-Mary I team from a decade of dominance

S Fitzgibbon's finest: Picking a joint UL-Mary I team from a decade of dominance

Business movers: People starting new jobs in Ireland

S Business movers: People starting new jobs in Ireland

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The Gaelic Football Show Extra: GAA journalism's changing landscape

S The Gaelic Football Show Extra: GAA journalism's changing landscape

Maurice Bronan is joined by Irish Examiner GAA correspondent, John Fogarty, to discuss the shrinking Gaelic games press pack, what's been lost and the future of the industry.

The Gaelic Football Show: should managers listen to outside opinions?

S The Gaelic Football Show: should managers listen to outside opinions?

The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Moving away from US tech

The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Moving away from US tech

Dalo's Hurling Show: Cork’s work in progress, melees and booing, and the 6-11 dynamic

S Dalo's Hurling Show: Cork’s work in progress, melees and booing, and the 6-11 dynamic

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Watch: Savannah Guthrie appeals for help from the public in new video

Watch: Savannah Guthrie appeals for help from the public in new video

U.S. television news host Savannah Guthrie appealed for help from members of the public on Monday (February 9), nine days after her mother Nancy’s presumed abduction in Arizona.

Seattle Seahawks v New England Patriots - Super Bowl LX - Levi's Stadium

Watch: Bad Bunny joined by Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin in vibrant Super Bowl halftime show

Watch: Rough seas cause unusually high waves to hit the coast of Ireland

Watch: Rough seas cause unusually high waves to hit the coast of Ireland

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The week everyone missed: TB, CAP reform and Mercosur moves on

The EU-Mercosur agreement edged forward. MEPs approved enhanced safeguard mechanisms allowing tariff preferences on sensitive agricultural imports to be suspended if volumes rise 5% above a three-year average and prices fall 5% below EU equivalents.

Summer in the Cotswolds

Second application window for ACRES landscape actions now open

Pressure mounts as two councils call for Bord Bia chair to stand down

Pressure mounts as two councils call for Bord Bia chair to stand down

Herd of white sheep with black head on the road.

National hill sheep conference planned for Westport

Property

Get your ducks in a row for attractive €550,000 home by the Lough

Get your ducks in a row for attractive €550,000 home by the Lough

No 18 Brookfield Park is convenient to both Cork city centre and UCC

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Peter Dowdall: The Valentine's Day plant picks that make perfect gifts

Take a scalpel to €600,000 former GP surgery in Clonakilty and carve out a family home

Take a scalpel to €600,000 former GP surgery in Clonakilty and carve out a family home

How a professional home stager helps Irish properties sell faster for more

How a professional home stager helps Irish properties sell faster for more

World

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Federal authorities announce end to immigration crackdown in Minnesota

Federal officials in the US have announced an end to an immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to mass detentions, protests and two deaths.

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Rainbow flag raised at Stonewall monument in New York in defiance of Trump

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Trump condemned for revoking scientific finding on climate change

A NATO flag flies at Cardiff Castle during the NATO summit which was held in Newport.

US tells Nato defence ministers to bolster military forces as White House plans to reduce troops in Europe

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Ireland – home of Intel’s European manufacturing hub

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Charity places available for Cork City Marathon

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Boston Scientific: Three decades shaping Irish medtech

Boston Scientific: Three decades shaping Irish medtech

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