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Ronan Dunne goes to worlds with lowered expectations but happy to be on bike after horror injury

By Shane Stokes

‘I felt it and heard it, it was pretty loud bang. I looked down and my leg was pretty loose’

New Zealand make three changes for second Test against South Africa in Cape Town

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Leroy Carter comes in for Josh Moorby on ​the left wing while George Bower and Simon Parker named in pack

Irish man charged after stolen taxi driven wrong way on dual carriageway in Wales

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Darragh O’Grady (31) allegedly drove car in wrong direction on A55 near Holyhead following a crash with a cyclist

Woman killed with niece in Middlesbrough house fire was ‘a beautiful soul’, says mother

By Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Natalie McDonald, 34, and Valentina Foster, seven, died in fire less than mile from A66 crash, with police not ruling out links A woman who died in a house fire along with her seven-year-old niece has been described as “a beautiful soul”. Natalie McDonald, 34, died along with her niece Valentina Foster, seven, in the blaze in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough, in the early hours of Wednesday. Continue reading...

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Net wealth of households hits record high - Central Bank

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Irish household wealth has hit record levels again, but that growth may be coming to an end and inequality remains very high, according to a new Central Bank report.

Barry Keoghan to reprise Top Boy role in new Netflix series Jonny Boy

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Five-episode prequel will explore the origins of his Irish gangster character, with filming due to begin in 2027

HSE-run nursing home inspection found infection outbreak

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An inspection by HIQA of a HSE-run nursing home in Munster discovered the early start of an outbreak of infection which resulted in transmission from two residents to 11 residents and five staff.

HSE-run nursing home inspection found infection outbreak

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An inspection by HIQA of a HSE-run nursing home in Munster discovered the early start of an outbreak of infection which resulted in transmission from two residents to 11 residents and five staff.

Relief at securing a college place: ‘I’m just going to enjoy Galway city’

By Jen Hogan

Having been denied Dare, Grace McNamara is very excited to have secured an arts place

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High in cocoa, high on nostalgia: the chocolate I love most now

By Annalisa Barbieri

Including, to my surprise, a 100% cacao bar … Although I’m un peu fatiguée of chocolates in bonbon shape with coloured cocoa-butter splashes atop, I appreciate this is the way many chocolates truffles are made. Overcoming that prejudice, I tucked into a box of Scoff chocolates. They were beautifully fresh tasting – they are made in batches throughout the year and the latest batch has just been let loose. I liked ever

Idiots review – throwback bro comedy is an entertaining summer seat-filler

By Owen Myers

Dave Franco and O’Shea Jackson Jr lead a goofy roadtrip comedy that is just sharp enough to keep you strapped in Idiots is billed as a return to the raunchy bro comedies of the 2000s like Pineapple Express and The Hangover and about halfway through there is a visual gag involving bodily functions that is so revolting, so unexpected and so genius that it comes close to them. For a moment, I was transported back to the

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Billy Strings: So Much for Goodbyes review – staggering, stirring songs of grief draw the blues out of bluegrass

By Alexis Petridis

(Reprise) The crossover star’s introspective sixth album is full of memories of his mother, who died in 2025, bringing his dextrous guitar to songs rooted in tradition and yearning On the face of it, 2025 was a landmark year for Billy Strings. His fifth album, Highway Prayers, won him his third Grammy. The first bluegrass album in more than 22 years to debut at the top of the US album sales chart, it confirmed him as

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Tourist killed in wildfire was trapped in villa

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A coroner gives Lisa Fryett's provisional cause of death as "extensive burns-related changes".

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Highest number of taxi drivers recorded in 10 years

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The taxi sector is attracting more new drivers with the highest number on record in 10 years.

Vhi to increase prices by average of 2.75% from October

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Vhi is to increase the prices of its health insurance policies by an average of 2.75% from the beginning of October.

Jameson whiskey owner reports steep sales slump in two top markets

By Ciara O'Brien

Pernod Ricard chief executive Alexandre Ricard says US offers little potential over next three years

Met Orchestra/Nézet-Séguin review – messy bonbons and a hero’s triumph in a classy all-Strauss lineup

By Clive Paget

Royal Albert Hall, London Yannick Nézet-Séguin polished up the Rosenkavalier suite then gave an exceptional reading of the composer’s self-congratulatory tone poem, while Elza van den Heever delivered a visceral account of Salome’s final scene Artistically ambitious and with an ego the size of a small planet, Richard Strauss was rarely backwards in coming forwards. When quizzed about the wisdom of depicting his 34-ye

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Mater to compensate employee for racial discrimination

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One of the country's largest hospitals has been ordered to pay €10,000 compensation for racially discriminating against a Nigerian-born employee when suspending him primarily based on the colour of his skin.

Mater to compensate employee for racial discrimination

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One of the country's largest hospitals has been ordered to pay €10,000 compensation for racially discriminating against a Nigerian-born employee when suspending him primarily based on the colour of his skin.

Man arrested as gardaí freeze $900,000 in cryptocurrency after Galway raids

By Hugh Dooley

Gardaí also find drugs and cash in raids on Galway premises

Liverpool close in on £120m deal for PSG's Barcola

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Liverpool are close to agreeing a deal with Paris St-Germain for Bradley Barcola - adding to the doubts surrounding Cody Gakpo's Anfield future.

UK expects Meta to match US child safety measures after $18bn settlement

By Robert Booth UK technology editor

Minister calls for Instagram owner to extend sweeping new safeguards for young users to Britain UK politics live – latest updates Business live – latest updates The UK government expects the Instagram owner Meta to roll out the same protections for children in Britain as those it agreed in the US on Wednesday, as part of a court settlement that could cost the company up to $18bn (£13bn). Pat McFadden, the work and pe

VHI to hike prices with some families likely to be worse off by close to €300

By Conor Pope

Some families are likely to be worse off by close to €300 as a result of the latest increase

‘We should be by ourselves’: Trump revives Iceland’s EU debate

By Mari Novik in Grundarfjördur

Icelanders prepare to vote on whether they should make a second attempt at joining the bloc

The missing in Nepal-Tibet flash floods

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Citizens from more than 30 countries are among the nearly 1,400 people reported missing after flash floods and landslides at the Nepal-Tibet border.