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Ireland gives €10m to Ukraine for combat training as Germany blames Russia for Leipzig drone attack

Defence Minister Helen McEntee made the announcement during a press conference in Druids Glen.

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Fórsa public sector workers vote overwhelmingly for industrial action

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Croke Park doesn't want a wild crowd or 'mad busy bars' for Katie Taylor's late-night fight

Around 80,000 people are expected at the stadium, with organisers asking fans to respect local residents after the fight.

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Gardaí say that the implementation of the scheme has come without frontline members getting advanced notice.

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Ireland gives €10m to Ukraine for combat training as Germany blames Russia for Leipzig drone attack

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OpinionDRUG POLICY CHANGES

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criminal justice

Chaotic court scenes as 100 solicitors stage walk out amid 'flat fee’ dispute

The backlog of criminal cases in the courts is set to worsen, with some pushed back to December today.

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Public Sector Pay

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An overwhelming majority of Siptu’s 80,000 members backed industrial action, with public service union Fórsa holding its own vote later.

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Maritime regulator investigating multiple claims of illegal seaweed harvesting in protected areas

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'An arms race': the evolving new synthetic drugs that need fresh methods to detect them

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Ireland has one of Europe’s highest rates of wildfire overlap with protected nature sites

Water Use

Data centres used almost one billion litres of water last year, but another industry used far more

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Thousands of nitrous oxide canisters are ending up at waste facilities amid warnings of explosions

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Calls for 'exploitative' sub minimum wage to be scrapped as young people struggle to afford rents

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Keir Starmer quits as MP, triggering byelection test for Andy Burnham's Labour government

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Regeneration

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Viewers in the North could watch season 1 of Traitors Ireland online, but new season is geo-blocked

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Road safety minister calls for driving test to include real (or simulated) motorway experience

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Maths professor Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin quits curriculum development group

Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin’s complaints about the process went beyond just mathematics.

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Your Say

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Dream Point Experience - home of 'Ireland's biggest ball pit' - announces sudden closure

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Dungannon

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ExclusiveIrish Naval Service

High-level talks begin for Ireland to join British-led naval mission designed to counter Russia

The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) is a ten-nation military alliance led by Britain.

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