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Woman hospitalised for six days after being bitten by 'Noble False Widow' spider

Another woman was forced to leave her home after being bitten by the spider.

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Jul 17th 2019, 6:01 PM

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Spider eats native Irish lizard in first recorded case

The unusual scene was recorded in a private garden in Killiney, Co Dublin in May 2017.

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Jul 26th 2018, 1:07 PM