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<p>According to flight tracking data, the flight flew through Shannon on both January 21 and February 1.</p>

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Private jet used in US deportations of Palestinians refuelled at Shannon Airport

Government says refuelling stop was legal as TDs call on Taoiseach to raise US deportations during Washington visit

<p> Siobhán Sweeney, the relocation manager with Pets on Board Ireland, with two Irish wolfhounds. Picture: Moya Nolan</p>

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How pets cope with flying: The realities of animal travel explained by an expert

<p>The River Slaney bursts its banks in Enniscorthy during Storm Chandra, causing severe flooding in the Co Wexford town. Picture: Stephen Collins/Collins </p>

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‘Mind-numbingly slow’: Why Midleton residents are still waiting for flood relief after Storm Babet

Family of Cork man who died in prison to feature in documentary on psychiatric care

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Family of Cork man who died in prison to feature in documentary on psychiatric care

From Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch to Conor McGregor: Life as one of Ireland’s last courtroom artists

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From Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch to Conor McGregor: Life as one of Ireland’s last courtroom artists

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Trump declines to apologise over racist Obama video

Ghislaine Maxwell court case

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Norway to probe Epstein revelations as scandal reverberates round Europe

Friends using mobile phone during a tennis match

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Dodgy boxes crackdown: Hundreds of illegal TV streaming accounts shut down by gardaí

David Branigan and Chani Anderson receiving the trophy for 1st place in the Reportage category from Will Goodbody 6/2/2026

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'Irish Examiner' photographer Chani Anderson wins prestigious Press Photographers Ireland award

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S Mick Clifford: Left-right divide is polluting democracy around world... Irish politics may not be so bad after all

Paul Hosford: Irish politics is so fractured, an outright majority for any party is hard to see

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S Gareth O'Callaghan: CUH documentary brings me back to a traumatic time

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Winter weather Feb 6th 2026

River flooding still possible on Saturday as heavy rain continues

The NECG met on Friday and said that while weather warnings were to lift over the weekend, river flooding was still possible on Saturday

Taoiseach visit to the US

Taoiseach formally invited to White House on St Patrick's Day

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Garda graduates sent to Dublin 'at expense of the regions'

Patients to be treated at private hospital in HSE plan to ease UHL overcrowding

Patients to be treated at private hospital in HSE plan to ease UHL overcrowding

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Anger as forum to enhance community safety in Cork City refuses to share crime statistics

Anger as forum to enhance community safety in Cork City refuses to share crime statistics

Senior gardaí said they were blocked from publishing the statistics as the forum was established on a statutory footing

Neil Young cancels entire European tour including Cork date

Neil Young cancels entire European tour including Cork date

Man, 40s, hospitalised following assault in Cork City centre

Man, 40s, hospitalised following assault in Cork City centre

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'Shocking' data shows cancer patients face postcode lottery for timely treatment

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Zelenskyy: US gave Ukraine and Russia June deadline to reach agreement to end war

If the deadline is not met, the Trump administration is likely to apply pressure on both sides, he added

Pakistan Shiite Mosque Blast

Suicide bomber kills 31 in attack on Islamabad mosque

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White House deletes racist Donald Trump post depicting Obamas as apes

Middle East conflict

Police search two properties as part of Peter Mandelson investigation

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Cabinet briefing - Dublin

'Difficult challenge' to bar scrambler bikes from public roads, says justice minister

Scramblers remain legal to own in Ireland, and restricting their importation would require engagement with the European Commission

Galway West and Dublin Central by-elections likely to take place in May

Galway West and Dublin Central by-elections likely to take place in May

FIANNA FAIL ARD FHEIS

'Polish MEP snorted at me like a pig': Cynthia Ní Mhurchú makes complaint against Jacek Ozdoba

Orange warnings in place as Dáil descends into shouting match over flood defences

Orange warnings in place as Dáil descends into shouting match over flood defences

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Det Supt 'used reasonable force' when striking ex-Garda over head with baton after high-speed chase

Det Supt 'used reasonable force' when striking ex-Garda over head with baton after high-speed chase

Jury agreed majority verdict after four-and-a-half hours of deliberation in the civil trial of Det Supt Rory Sheriff

Judge gavel on book in library

Jury deliberating in trial of Limerick engineer accused of corruption involving garda

Cork man accused of holding petrol station staff member in headlock while accomplice robbed till

Cork man accused of holding petrol station staff member in headlock while accomplice robbed till

Soccer player raped woman at knifepoint in her West Cork bedroom

Soccer player raped woman at knifepoint in her West Cork bedroom

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A selection of images chosen by the Irish Examiner picture desk

A selection of images chosen by the Irish Examiner picture desk

The Photographs of the Week as selected by our Visual Media team. 07/02/2026

The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: The Cork doctor who spent a year living in the Arctic

The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: The Cork doctor who spent a year living in the Arctic

Funeral of David Byrne

Platinum coffins and luxury cars: Vulgar displays of wealth by crime gangs eyed up by CAB

The Regency Hotel attack at 10: Inside the moment Irish gangland entered a new era

The Regency Hotel attack at 10: Inside the moment Irish gangland entered a new era