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Tuesday 23 December 2025 Dublin: 8°C
Metrolink
Judicial review proceedings against Metrolink line for Dublin have been withdrawn
Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien said ‘we’re now full steam ahead to tender and deliver this transformative project’.
Epstein files
Email from ‘A’ at Balmoral asked Ghislaine Maxwell for ‘inappropriate friends’, documents show
Tipperary
Garda investigation launched after body of woman found in Clonmel
Metropolitan Police
Russell Brand charged with two further sexual offences, including rape
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Metrolink
Judicial review proceedings against Metrolink line for Dublin have been withdrawn
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Metropolitan Police
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Ryanair
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UK
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