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Shamrock Rovers boss Stephen Bradley expects fees for League of Ireland players to keep rising

Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley expects the fees paid for League of Ireland players to keep rising in the coming years.
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Home economics: ‘The executor of my father’s will isn’t performing their duties – how do we proceed?’

There are two executors on my father’s will. One has signed with a solicitor to say they don’t want to be executor and the other is refusing to be an executor or legally remov ...
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How Ireland tried to stem a ‘tide of filth’ with a Committee on Evil Literature

It was widely believed that measures were needed to stem the “tide of filth” coming into the new Irish Free State, so on February 12, 1926, 100 years ago next week, justice minister Kevin O’Higgins ...
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‘I know the good people that we’ve got’ – Andy Farrell backs Ireland to bounce back from French mauling

Ireland head coach Andy Farrell is confident that his side can close the growing gap on the top teams in the world following their latest defeat in tonight’s Six Nations opener in Paris.
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Huge waves batter Wicklow as high flood alert issued with extended Status Orange warning

Wicklow County Council crews, the Civil Defence and Severe Weather Alert Team remain on standby, as today’s Status Orange weather warning is extended deep into Friday. While so far it appears flood ...
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Pádraig Harrington grinds out solid opening round in Qatar as Gary Hurley enjoys rebirth in South Africa

Pádraig Harrington ground out a one-under 71 in his 500th DP World Tour appearance in Qatar as Gary Hurley saw hope for his career again in South Africa.
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‘Once you’ve a player who doesn’t want to stay, it’s important to move them on’ – John Russell on Patrick McClean’s decision to join his brother at Derry

Sligo Rovers manager John Russell says he expects Patrick McClean would have stayed at the club if his brother James wasn’t planning to return home to Derry.
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LOI Jury: James McClean’s return, the ones to watch and can anyone stop Shamrock Rovers this season?

Our experts answer the key questions ahead of the new campaign League of Ireland Preview 1 – Who will win the Premier Division this season? Daniel McDonnell: There’s a degree of embarrassment for ...
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Ireland outclassed by rampant France in Six Nations opener: As it happened

It’s an unusual Thursday night start for Ireland’s 2026 Six Nations campaign as the Boys in Green take on France in Paris.
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Gardaí say man (80s) was killed and driver and two pedestrians injured in Bus Éireann crash in Dublin city centre

A man in his 80s was killed and three other adults were injured after a Bus Éireann vehicle crashed on the pedestrianised North Earl Street in Dublin city centre this afternoon.
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Workers in flood-hit counties told to work from home on Friday with Orange warnings for Dublin, Louth, Waterford and Wicklow

Weather warnings have been issued for 13 counties, with the worst impacts projected for areas that were already severely affected by flooding in recent days.
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Dragon Quest VII Reimagined review: The Goonies go to Ireland (sort of)

Janey Mac, shure that’s terrible altogether, so it is.” Alarm bells start clanging just a few minutes into Dragon Quest VIII Reimagined when your band of heroes blunders upon a village seemingly ...