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Minister contacts Road Safety Authority over its lack of visibility in aftermath of M9 collision

The minister of state is understood to have made it very clear that he is unhappy with the organisation.

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Garda appears before court charged with seeking to hire hitman to murder a woman and three children

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Israel admits firing on car in death of Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, who became a protest symbol

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