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new poll
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As it happened
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Check out all of the Samhain celebrations taking place across the country this month
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Kilkenny
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Galway City
Galway City reclaims Samhain’s ancient Celtic origins with Gaillimh Ah-Boo, a vibrant, city-wide celebration of food, folklore, and feasting.
Meath & Louth
Explore the origins of Halloween through a five-week celebration rooted in the ancient stories of the Boyne Valley.
Longford & Westmeath
“Samhain: Fire, Folklore & Feasting” is a month-long celebration of ancient Celtic highways, where all routes lead to sacred and mythical locations.
Kerry
Samhain Chiarraí: A Kerry Halloween is a four-week celebration inspired by the Cailleach Chiarraí – the wise and wild winter goddess of local legend.
Fingal
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Limerick
Limerick’s Home of Halloween Festival 2025 will transform streets, towns, and villages into a six-week celebration of folklore, creativity, and community
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Buncrana
'A beautiful daughter, a free-spirit': Crowds gather for funeral of Danielle McLaughlin
30 Mar 2017
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Belcamp Crescent
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toxic inferno
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Boeing 737-800
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Shankill
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worrying trend
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day six
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curiouser and curiouser
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You Tube
A Tory MP wants to stop politicians' wages in the North. Gerry Adams just called him a 'tube'
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easter deadline
No snap election: London will 'consider all options' for the North after Easter
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choc result
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27 Mar 2017
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Kurt Cochran
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Deadline Day
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SPRINGTIME IS HERE
You should have put your clocks forward overnight
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shut it down
Traffic restrictions in Dublin as Port Tunnel run takes place
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News Fix
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slight movement
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remember the clocks
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Derbyshire
Police investigating death of teenage boxer after amateur bout
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series of defeats
People are saying this is the 'worst 100 days' of any presidency
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city in mourning
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23 Mar 2017
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mcGuinness funeral
Applause for Taoiseach as Clinton says 'thank you' for raising immigration with Trump
23 Mar 2017
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London Attack
Tourists locked inside London Eye pods amid major security alert
22 Mar 2017
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London Attack
Theresa May 'bundled into car' by police with firearms drawn
22 Mar 2017
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rescue 116
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22 Mar 2017
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large crowds
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21 Mar 2017
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careful out there
Snow-ice warning for Ireland: Temperatures set to plunge after nightfall
20 Mar 2017
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fountainstown
Man (50s) killed in workplace accident at Cork caravan park
20 Mar 2017
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a new orthodoxy
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19 Mar 2017
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hostage to tech
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inhumane
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As it happened
St Patrick's Day at home and abroad
17 Mar 2017
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trad v trump
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rocky island
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heavy heavy rain
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17 Mar 2017
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take a tour
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Investigation
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