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Letter to the Editor: Pay it forward for health staff: Stay home
It is the eve of my son’s fourth birthday. He’s just asleep and instead of helping Daddy put his new bike together for the morning I’ve decided to write this letter which has been on my to-do list these last four years.

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Macra: Festival to find a Blue Jean Country Queen

Blue Jean Country Queens from across the country, and from overseas, will be under the spotlight in Athboy, Co Meath, this bank holiday weekend, as the 30th annual festival gets under way.

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Burgess Dubh’s late run seals the deal at Curraheen Park
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The final of the Red Mills Open Unraced Stake, worth €6,000 to the winner, was the main attraction on the ten race card at Curraheen Park on Saturday night with victory going to the 5/4 favourite Burgess Dubh (Hondo Black-Borna Luck) before a big crowd in 28.57 on a surface rated .10 fast for 525 and .05 for 330.

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