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Monday, 27 July, 2026

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Transport

MetroLink could cost up to €19bn, say senior Coalition figures

Cabinet set to consider plans in autumn to put out to tender the proposed 19km rail link from Swords to Charlemont

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Gaelic Games

Decades of hurt, hope and loss melt away as Mayo win sweetest All-Ireland title imaginable

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Ireland

Lorcan Murphy’s use of ‘spy pen’ to record women in Dublin part of ‘path to future crime’

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Politics

European Commission will not rush into decision on possible Aughinish sanctions

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People

Cyclists have their say: ‘I was hit from behind without warning and knocked off the bike’

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Gaelic Games

A whole people unchained as Croke Parks turns into a theatre of happy Mayo tears

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Courts

Jim O’Callaghan expected to hold firm line in talks on criminal legal aid reform

Minister for Justice to meet Law Society representatives amid bitter row over remuneration reforms

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People

Sarah Moss: My son is moving abroad but I couldn’t oblige his poignant parting request

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Early Edition Podcast

MetroLink cost; Berlin attack investigation; and the copyright case against AI giant Anthropic

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Health

HSE under pressure over health agency staff as Opposition claims spending is rising

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Commercial Property

Citi’s new $650m Dublin HQ: ‘People are going to walk into that building and they are going to feel like they are someplace special’

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Economy

John FitzGerald: Little evidence that Andy Burnham’s plan to devolve power to the regions will work

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Don’t skip the foundation: The PSRA’s role in making property transactions transparent

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Sophie O’Sullivan breaks her mother Sonia’s 31-year-old record in runaway 1,500m win

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Mayo end 75-year All-Ireland drought with dramatic win over Kerry

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Michael-Michael lived to be a 100. He died at a moment of his own choosing

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Hundreds of Irish writers set to share millions of euro after €1.31bn Anthropic settlement

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Mayo lay waste to the curse as deliverance arrives like an earthquake to bury Kerry

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