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IRELAND
The extra stress in the run-up to Christmas is triggering “more frequent and, at times, more severe abuse” of women at the hands of their partners, a leading charity has said.
An Irish brother and sister have picked up a big business award in Australia after their chip shop chain came up with the brainwave of deep-frying a jam sandwich — which contains 800 calories of mostly fat and which has been slammed by health experts.
International clothes retailer Superdry has backed down and reinstated the famous sign over the former Moderne store it now occupies on Cork’s main shopping street.
Concerns have arisen that a doctor forbidden to practise medicine in Ireland may be continuing to do so after the Medical Council issued a warning in relation to a doctor who was struck off earlier this year.
Many parts of the country were hit by heavy rain and high winds overnight - with Cork and Kerry the worst affected. A Status Yellow weather warning, which predicted 25-40 mm of rain in the two counties, is in effect until 7am this morning.
Around 1,000 children under the age of eight are homeless in Ireland, according to Focus Ireland.
WORLD
A Chinese lawyer is expected to be freed after a Beijing court gave him a suspended jail sentence after finding him guilty in a case involving online comments critical of the ruling Communist Party.
Six foreign soldiers were killed in a suicide attack near the US-run Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, said Nato.
SPORT
If Arsene Wenger were to honestly describe his perfect week it would almost certainly include Jose Mourinho being sacked and his own Arsenal side producing a performance of consummate maturity to convincingly beat a title rival in a huge game.
Munster may have lost home and away to English form side Leicester Tigers but Mike Sherry insists there is no major gulf in class between his team and Europe’s top dogs.
BUSINESS
Paddy Power’s management has said it will not decide on the salary increase of just over 2%level of redundancies stemming from its near €7bn merger with UK rival Betfair until completion of the deal in the first quarter of 2016.
It could be years before any of the €335m the State received from IAG for its stake in Aer Lingus is put to use in improving the country’s connectivity, it has emerged.
ANALYSIS
Children in mother and baby homes were "buried in the dead of night with no priest, no cleric, no ritual, no mother beside them”, writes
LIFESTYLE
This year there is a High Hopes choir in Cork too and it’s done wonders for the self-esteem and confidence of its participants, all of whom have been homeless, writes
VIDEO
Cork has once again become the ‘city of lights’ for Christmas and a very special festive atmosphere has descended upon the wonderfully illuminated Leeside.
VIRAL
Visiting the relations, doing a spot of shopping, watching the annual office chair racing event and taking a trip to Santa - all your standard Christmas traditions in Tralee.
Filmmaker Garreth Caulfield has produced an effort that will brighten your Christmas week up even more.
TECHNOW
: The Call of Duty franchise has claimed another Christmas number one with Black Ops III topping the charts this year.
We've seen the Batwing in promo materials for Batman v Superman, but a new TV spot shows it in flight.
Many smartphone manufacturers look set to take inspiration from Apple's 3D Touch display, according to component analysts IHS.
SHOWBIZ
Ian McKellen has said he had to re-voice his role in The Dresser because American viewers could not understand his native northern accent.
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Mesut Ozil has become so synonymous with providing assists that Twitter followers suggested last night — after he provided two more in a potentially pivotal victory over Manchester City — that his surname should be included in the Oxford English Dictionary as a verb, as in: can I Ozil you in any way?
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