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Wednesday 2 July 2025 Dublin: 10°C
The Daily Poll
Should third-level student fees increase to what they were previously?
File photo of George Gibney.

Wednesday 2 July

Today's Top Stories

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Former Irish Olympic swimming coach George Gibney arrested in Florida

Sarah Montgomery.
Sarah Montgomery

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Higher education minister James Lawless (FF) and Tánaiste Simon Harris (FG)
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Conor McGregor outside the High Court in Dublin in November 2024.
Court of Appeal

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A stock image of two RHIBs carrying an armed Naval Service boarding team.
courtmacsherry

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FACTCHECK

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