Friedrich Merz is on track to be the next German chancellor

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Europe German conservatives win election but far-right AfD surges, exit polls show Friedrich Merz is on track to be the next German chancellor

Ireland Boy (5) who died after being hit by car in Portlaoise named as Aaron Hussain     Europe Zelenskiy says he is willing to give up presidency if it means peace in Ukraine     Europe Pope Francis health: Pontiff has ‘tranquil’ night, says Vatican, as he battles pneumonia     US Trump, America’s Emperor of Chaos, is far more dangerous this time     Rugby Sam Prendergast is both enthralling and enraging and everything else we learned from Ireland’s win over Wales

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Interiors Mortgage-free in a cosy cottage before age 40: ‘I don’t have any savings, but I don’t have any debt either’ With grit and as much drama as any property TV show, Abi Dillon flipped her first house to renovate a derelict cottage in Co Cork.

Politics Proposals to change triple lock potentially ‘very dangerous’ – Sinn Féin     Rugby Welsh media reaction: New laws questioned after ‘rampaging force of nature’ Bundee Aki turns game     Gaelic Games David Clifford scores hat-trick as Kerry turn over old foes Tyrone in Pomeroy     Drink Could climate change see wine being produced in Ireland?     Books First there was Ryanair: How the Ryan family came back from the brink and brought low-fare airlines to the world

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