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Saturday, 28 June, 2025

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Crime & Law

Carlow gunman Evan Fitzgerald had other weapons, Garda investigation found

Investigators concerned about inability to determine source of items, which may have been from burglary or online

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Health

HSE launches urgent inquiry after two new ambulances catch fire

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Housing & Planning

‘It was not really human at all’: policing the worst of Dublin’s rental market, with its bed bugs, overcrowding and no leases

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Middle East

Trump says he saved ayatollah from ‘very ugly’ death

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Film

The Irish syndicate that beat the Lotto: ‘It wasn’t complicated to organise’

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People

Angela Scanlon: ‘I was the class clown ... Now I don’t feel like I have anything to prove any more’

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Politics

Britain’s ambassador Whatshisname takes Darragh O’Brien’s gaffe like a diplomat

‘We’ve so fallen in love with the city, country and people,’ says Paul Johnston, announcing he is to stay in Dublin

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Rugby

From all-out brawls to eye-gouging and worse: a brief history of Lions Tour violence

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Crime & Law

How did international drug gangs avoid police surveillance? South Dublin criminal Ciaran O’Sullivan helped them out

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Culture

Former Arts Council director Maureen Kennelly: ‘The Minister saw the opportunity for a scalp. I was an easy target’

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Gaelic Games

Monaghan’s Croke Park record is of failure against big teams - Donegal clash is a chance to change it

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