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Tuesday 27 January 2026 Dublin: 6°C
Travel Disruption
Storm Chandra: Entire country under Status Yellow wind warning tomorrow
Three counties in Northern Ireland will be under a Status Orange wind warning tomorrow.
Finglas
'Just heartbreaking': Community remembers Grace Lynch (16) and calls for crackdown on scrambler bikes
Analysis
Why was a seven-year case brought against five gardaí over road traffic tickets?
Affordable Housing
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Ran Gvili
Remains of final Israeli hostage in Gaza recovered after 'large-scale operation'
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The Daily Poll
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The Morning Lead
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Central Criminal Court
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won't back down
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State sovereignty
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SPOTLIGHT

Trump's chaotic European visit

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Ireland's man
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diplomatic diagnosis
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Bobby McDonagh
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shannon stopover
Trump departs Shannon Airport on journey home from Davos
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chairman
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News Fix
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Finglas
'Just heartbreaking': Community remembers Grace Lynch (16) and calls for crackdown on scrambler bikes
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Updated 9 hrs ago
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Affordable Housing
Behind the walls at Central Mental Hospital site earmarked for 900 homes (if no-one else objects)
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World Health Organisation
‘We urgently need to remedy this’: UK no longer considered to have eliminated measles
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Travel Disruption
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Analysis
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warning
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RIP
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11 hrs ago
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Limerick
Four gardaí and retired superintendent found not guilty in cancelling road traffic tickets case
The case centres around the terminating of road traffic tickets after requests by members of the public to gardaí to not issue fines.
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Drumcondra
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Fraud
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Robert Corbet
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Great British Shakeup
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jumping ship
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RELATED
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Courts
Woman jailed for 15 years for sexual assault and for allowing her brother to rape her daughter
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Sexualised images
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Court Appearance
Dublin man Brian Grendon charged with directing criminal gang in importing drugs
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Dublin
Community 'deeply shaken' as teenage girl killed in Finglas scrambler crash is named locally
18 hrs ago
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The Daily Poll
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Snow Joke
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Good Morning
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