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dean swift
It's 300 years since they died - here's what one of Ireland's best-known writers and his muse actually looked like
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amena khan
Model quits L'Oreal ad campaign due to alleged 'anti-Israeli' tweets
23 Jan 2018
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takes the biscuit
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21 Jan 2018
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PSC
"It is the worst form of humiliation" - Woman denied Public Services Card due to adopted status
21 Jan 2018
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way back west
A fossilised starfish found in the Connemara mountains is an incredible 435 million years old
19 Jan 2018
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here comes the sun
Ireland's sovereign wealth fund is taking a massive punt on solar farms
18 Jan 2018
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Change of heart
'We should remove the Eighth Amendment' - Micheál Martin has changed his mind
18 Jan 2018
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Ballivor
Locals turn out in numbers to protest proposed drug rehab centre in Co Meath
17 Jan 2018
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pizza the action
The company behind Birds Eye has snapped up Ireland's biggest frozen pizza brand
17 Jan 2018
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cahersiveen
There is more than one apology due over the abysmal Kerry Babies saga
17 Jan 2018
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the channels
Ireland's 30-year love affair with Home & Away: A shot of vitamin D in our poxy winter
Emer McLysaght
16 Jan 2018
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1980s Ireland
After 34 years, gardaí have apologised to Joanne Hayes over the Kerry Babies case
16 Jan 2018
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Outrage
'Laughable', 'a joke', 'cynical', 'opportunistic' - Zappone brought to task by parents over childcare fees crisis
14 Jan 2018
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7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: Tonya Harding is ready for her apology
14 Jan 2018
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hall of shame
A new county has topped the table of Ireland's dirtiest restaurants and takeaways for 2017
14 Jan 2018
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lotto win
Someone in the north west just became €4.4 million richer
13 Jan 2018
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spruce up
Want to refresh your wardrobe and save money? Here are some expert tips
13 Jan 2018
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BTYSTE
Cork teenager wins BT Young Scientist after discovering blackberry antibiotic in his back garden
12 Jan 2018
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Limerick
Mary Harney named chancellor of UL
9 Jan 2018
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FSAI Closures
Meath pizzeria receives closure order after human excrement observed 'bubbling up through toilet bowl'
9 Jan 2018
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Changes Needed
PLC courses are training people for jobs that don't exist
9 Jan 2018
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Golden Girl
'I'm putting this down, it's too heavy' - Night of triumph as Saoirse finally gets her gong
8 Jan 2018
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New Era
Nominations for a new Sinn Féin leader open today
8 Jan 2018
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Hearing voices
Irish airwaves 'should be monitored every year for gender balance'
8 Jan 2018
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Francis Brennan
'I talk all the time - a treat for me is to not speak to anybody for a day'
7 Jan 2018
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no spend
'We have to get a grip as a society': Could you stop buying clothes for a year?
7 Jan 2018
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7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: 'Donald Trump never wanted to be President'
7 Jan 2018
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treat yo self
Try these free (or cheap) ways to treat yourself this January
6 Jan 2018
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Temple Street
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6 Jan 2018
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all thumbs
An addiction to video games is to be classified as a disease
5 Jan 2018
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Discrimination
Shop which told pregnant employee to 'look better and appear happy' ordered to pay her €18,000
5 Jan 2018
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social cleansing
Popularity on Facebook could be key to targeted flu vaccinations - study
5 Jan 2018
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st joseph's street
Investigation launched after life-saving defibrillator 'smashed' on Limerick street
4 Jan 2018
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The Daily Poll
Poll: Have you ever called someone out for littering?
4 Jan 2018
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worrying
Non-emergency surgical death rates in Africa are double the global average
4 Jan 2018
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hailstorm
Gardaí warn that taxi hailing apps are being used to lure drivers to robberies
4 Jan 2018
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HSE
There are more quitters than smokers in Ireland
3 Jan 2018
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bigger boat
A new €160m ferry between Dublin and Holyhead will be the biggest of its kind in the world
3 Jan 2018
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Anger Management
Did you feel 2017 was a Year of Anger? You weren't alone
1 Jan 2018
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Cinema
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