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'Three weeks after giving birth I was diagnosed with breast cancer'

The inevitable task of telling my other two children (aged five and three) what was happening made it more harrowing and more real, writes Yvonne Fagan.

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Feb 20th 2016, 7:30 PM

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Gilmore on THAT water charges leaflet: 'What I was against then is what I'm against now'

“Yes, I am,” the Tánaiste said yesterday when asked if he was hearing anger on the doorsteps about water charges.

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May 20th 2014, 6:15 AM