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Cork family divided as rejected asylum seekers arrested during immigration check-in

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

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Alarm over ‘hollowing out’ of community sector in new 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

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

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

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'Please consider if your journey is necessary': Heavy rain causing travel chaos

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

Marie Crowe: After having three sons I was 99% sure this was another boy

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Marie Crowe: After having three sons I was 99% sure this was another boy

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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The Mick Clifford Podcast: How Iveragh is fighting back against rural depopulation

The Mick Clifford Podcast: How Iveragh is fighting back against rural depopulation

South Kerry leaders outline how the Iveragh peninsula is responding to rural decline and fears for GAA clubs

Further €5.7m allocated to Ryder Cup preparations in Adare

Further €5.7m allocated to Ryder Cup preparations in Adare

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

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Cork v Waterford - Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Camogie Senior Semi-Final

Ger Manley without 10 of All-Ireland team for Cork's camogie league opener

It's a new-look Cork side that visits Walsh Park to play Waterford.

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McCloskey wary of Menoncello x-factor

Horse Racing from Gowran Park

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

Six Nations Podcast: Ireland v Italy preview

Six Nations Podcast: Ireland v Italy preview

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

Michael Moynihan

S Michael Moynihan: Cork should take some inspiration from the imagination and leadership in Paris

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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

James Van Der Beek

James Van Der Beek family fundraiser surpasses $2m after actor’s death

Celebrities including director Steven Spielberg and actress Zoe Saldana are among those who have donated to the fundraiser

Crabs on the road traffic sign - Christmas Island

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

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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

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

Bangladesh Election

Bangladesh Nationalist Party claims victory in first election since uprising

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has claimed victory in the country’s first election since the 2024 uprising, positioning itself to form the next government and potentially reshaping Bangladesh’s political landscape after years of intense ...

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Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer to resign after emails show close ties to Epstein

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Federal authorities announce end to immigration crackdown in Minnesota

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

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Quest Software deepens its commitment to Ireland with new Centre for Advanced AI Architecture

Quest Software deepens its commitment to Ireland with new Centre for Advanced AI Architecture

More than meets the eye: How Bausch + Lomb, Waterford is shaping the future of contact lenses

More than meets the eye: How Bausch + Lomb, Waterford is shaping the future of contact lenses

Ireland – home of Intel’s European manufacturing hub

Ireland – home of Intel’s European manufacturing hub

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