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<p>The Nasa Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft launches at the Kennedy Space Centre, on Wednesday in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Picture: Chris O’Meara/AP.</p>

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Watch as Nasa launches first manned Moon mission in more than 50 years

The 322-foot rocket successfully launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida

<p>Taoiseach Micheál Martin speaking to the media ahead of a Cabinet meeting at Government Buildings in Dublin. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire</p>

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Taoiseach cautions prolonged Iran war will drive inflation and energy costs

<p>President Donald Trump, facing a war-wary American public and sliding poll numbers, said the U.S. had destroyed Iran's navy and air force</p>

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Mixed messages and fresh calls to other countries: Six takeaways from latest Trump speech

Cork City Futures Group 'a pointless exercise' without funding to back it, says councillor

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Cork City Futures Group 'a pointless exercise' without funding to back it, says councillor

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Trump claims Iran war ‘nearing completion’ and seeks to justify conflict in prime-time address

NASA Artemis Moonshot Countdown

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ieExplains: How Nasa's Artemis II moon mission will unfold

Brothers who drowned while fishing in Clare named locally

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Brothers who drowned while fishing in Clare named locally

Climber who died in West Cork fall would not have suffered, inquest hears

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Climber who died in West Cork fall would not have suffered, inquest hears

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Social welfare payment dates changed due to Easter bank holiday

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S Michael Moynihan: Cork taskforce welcome but action on its recommendations will be the real struggle

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Sarah Harte: Play spaces for children in Ireland should not be a postcode lottery

Fergus Finlay: Given our 'innocent bystander' history, Ireland is ready to overcome hardship from Iran war

S Terry Prone: GPO Museum communicates how memory of Easter Rising evolved

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Met Éireann issues nationwide yellow wind warning as Storm Dave approaches

Met Éireann issues nationwide yellow wind warning as Storm Dave approaches

Southerly winds turning westerly are expected to bring strong gusts and coastal disruption across Ireland this weekend

Dublin family deliver thousands of Easter eggs to hospitals and homeless hubs

Dublin family deliver thousands of Easter eggs to hospitals and homeless hubs

Gardaí launch nationwide road safety crackdown ahead of Easter weekend

Gardaí launch nationwide road safety crackdown ahead of Easter weekend

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Almost a tenth of people on hospital lists awaiting dermatology care

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Man smashes windows of Macroom home before fleeing scene

Gardaí are trying to track down a man who they believe smashed the windows of a home in Macroom before leaving the area. At approximately 11.

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Woman (70s) seriously injured after being struck by bus in Cork city centre

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High Court dismisses challenge seeking to quash permission for Kerry power plant

Appointments missed and letters gone astray but An Post denies Cork service 'in meltdown'

Appointments missed and letters gone astray but An Post denies Cork service 'in meltdown'

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Iran fires missiles at Israel and Gulf states as Trump seeks to wind down war

Iran has responded to US president Donald Trump’s address to Americans on the Middle East war with new missile attacks targeting Israel and the Gulf Arab states.

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Danish warship sunk by Nelson’s fleet discovered after 225 years

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Scott Mills: I have been the subject of rumour and speculation since BBC sacking

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Accused Bondi attack gunman denied order to suppress family members’ identities

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A new wooden modular prefabricated house inside in manufacturing facility

Plan to exempt modular homes from planning permission delayed

Believed potential row has been brewing between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil about plans to include the structures in rent-a-room scheme

Grace’s Law: Minister confirms scrambler bikes to be banned on public roads

Grace’s Law: Minister confirms scrambler bikes to be banned on public roads

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Jet fuel supplies could be disrupted in May and June by Iran war – Ryanair chief

Death announced of former Ceann Comhairle Dr Rory O'Hanlon

Death announced of former Ceann Comhairle Dr Rory O'Hanlon

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Four arrested as gardaí seize €7m worth of cannabis in Co Kildare

Four arrested as gardaí seize €7m worth of cannabis in Co Kildare

The seized drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis

Man facing deportation to Egypt fears he will be killed because he is gay, Cork court told

Man facing deportation to Egypt fears he will be killed because he is gay, Cork court told

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No bail for Cork man addicted to crack cocaine, heroin, and cannabis allegedly caught drug dealing

Gardaí charge Cork woman in connection with €500k drug seizure

Gardaí charge Cork woman in connection with €500k drug seizure

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The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Trump’s war on Iran is more complicated than we think

The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Trump’s war on Iran is more complicated than we think

Mahya Ostovar is an Iranian political activist who has researched opposition movements in the country

European and local elections

Teething problems and tensions: Limerick’s first directly elected mayor battles to deliver change

Meet the man tasked with getting to grips with Ireland’s maritime security

Meet the man tasked with getting to grips with Ireland’s maritime security

Abdullah Khan case exposes ‘new reality’ of Islamist extremism and Irish attacks

Abdullah Khan case exposes ‘new reality’ of Islamist extremism and Irish attacks