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The Cork community of Charleville is reeling after a murder-suicide left three members of the same family dead.
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IRISH NEWS

It isn’t every day that you see battle-hardened health professionals overcome with emotion, yet there were tears aplenty yesterday at University College Cork when Philomena Lee told the story of her 50-year search for her son.
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The bulk of councils will have to slash services in order to offer homeowners a cut in the property tax, opposition parties warned as they branded the new local authority funding system a two-tier mess.
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WORLD NEWS

Joan Rivers, the acid-tongued comedian who crashed the male-dominated realm of late-night talk shows and turned Hollywood red carpets into danger zones for badly dressed celebrities, died yesterday. She was 81.
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After walking out of prison for the first time in three decades, former death row inmate Henry McCollum tried to climb into his father’s car but put his head through the loop of the seatbelt that is supposed to cross his chest. A TV cameraman showed him how it works.
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SPORT

Despite appearing close to landing the Celtic job in the summer, Roy Keane insists he always felt he’d be at Martin O’Neill’s side for Ireland’s European Championship qualifying campaign.
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Tipperary have named an unchanged team for Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC final showdown with Kilkenny at Croke Park.
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BUSINESS

The Small Firms Association has warned that a new initiative between Local Enterprise Offices and Microfinance Ireland aimed at providing credit to businesses is severely limited by a requirement that has "neutered" the finance fund to date.
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VIEWPOINTS

Any negativity or cynicism in the media is largely the result of the cynical behaviour of our political classes, Mr Rabbitte, writes Michael Clifford.
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EXAMVIRAL

Ouzos Bar and Grill in Dalkey is among the highest reviewed establishments on TripAdvisor, so when a negative review came in it caught the attention of the owner - and he clearly remembered the customer.
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SHOWBIZ

Cliff Richard has vowed to clear his name over allegations of sexual abuse.
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TOP FEATURES

Some say the logo is the ultimate expression of freedom. Melanie Rehak on how a $30bn firm got it for peanuts.
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An elderly woman was beheaded in broad daylight in a horrific attack in a back garden in London by a man who witnesses say "was looking for a cat".