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Saturday, 22 August, 2026

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Crime & Law

Teenagers killed on M9 regarded as among most prolific and dangerous joyriders countrywide

Gardaí had secured TikTok order against Kamil Pustkowski, Jack Kennedy also discussed at national Garda planning meetings

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Politics

Health and social care firms to be allowed recruit more than half of staff from outside EU

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Dublin

Removal of ‘unconscionable’ housing ban on Magnier and McManus Liffey Valley lands urged

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Crime & Law

Brazilian woman (30s) found dead in Limerick named locally

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Soccer

‘She is something else’: Georgie Kelly’s dash to see partner Kate O’Connor win gold medal

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Opinion

Mark O’Connell: Any kind of climate scepticism has shrivelled in the dry heat of another scorching summer

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Electric Picnic 2026: 19 acts you don’t want to miss at this year’s festival

From Gorillaz to Florence Road via escapist pop, futuristic synth-funk and furious indie rock, this is our pick of the artists who’ll be on stage next weekend

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Golf

Inside the Doonbeg bubble where the locals and Trump have reached a deal of mutual benefit

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Europe

‘Is that a body in the water?’ A flight over the ‘mass grave’ that is the Mediterranean Sea

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People

Life in Ireland’s wildfire zones: ‘I’ll never forget that evening on Slievenamon for the rest of my life’

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TV & Radio

Traitors Ireland host Siobhán McSweeney: ‘I was told I shouldn’t be on telly’

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Athletics

Ian O'Riordan: A world of opportunity opens for Rhasidat Adeleke. For now, she should savour it

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August’s Prime Collection opens the door to four exceptional holiday homes – one extraordinary way to live

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‘Mum is in tears, she can’t talk’: Student who left school in second year gets 625 points in Leaving Cert

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Family of Alex McCarthy praying for ‘full recovery’ for M9 crash injured, funeral told

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Gardaí confiscated gun from Michael Healy-Rae after he fired it in TV documentary

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Brazilian woman (30s) found dead in Limerick named locally

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Ruth Negga withdraws from Dublin Theatre Festival play at the Gaiety

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