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Four children and adult evacuated after fireworks thrown in IPAS centre in Drogheda

Four children and an adult rescued from top floor of the building after fireworks thrown in

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Courts

Woman refuses to leave hospital after 719 days, court hears

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Politics

Catherine Connolly wants to make Irish working language of Áras when she takes office

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Courts

Miriam Lord: Halfway through the account of DJ Carey's career as a swindler, the atmosphere changed

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Ireland

Irish restaurants and soaring costs: ‘Two years ago, my dinner menu was €49, now it’s €69’

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Ellen Keane: ‘I grew up believing I was unlovable, that I wasn’t attractive’

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Ireland v New Zealand: Where will this international be won and lost?

Andy Farrell: ‘These lads are fit. The challenge is for them to be mentally sharp, to be ahead of the game’

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The EU wants to help fix Europe’s housing crisis, can it?

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Lara Marlowe: Putin’s 'flying Chernobyl' carries a stark nuclear warning for Ireland

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‘I couldn’t even finish my second bottle of beer’: Rob Kearney on 2016 win over All Blacks

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Terence Crosbie case: Firefighters, nurses and former teacher among 80 who wrote character letters

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Halloween night sees more than 200 fire calls made to Dublin firefighters by 8pm

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Ellen Keane: ‘I grew up believing I was unlovable, that I wasn’t attractive’

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