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THE IRISH TIMES

Sunday, 29 March, 2026

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Crime & Law

Minister may consider separate detention centre for deportees to ease strain on prisons

Social Democrats justice spokesperson questioned why people were being left at overcrowded jails without prior warning

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Middle East

Houthi forces enter Iran conflict with missile attacks on Israeli military sites

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Courts

Scarlett Faulkner was struck 11 times to the head with iron bar in Tipperary attack, court hears

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Opinion

Cliff Taylor: A €4 americano won’t bother those with GDP jobs, but squeezed middle are cutting back

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Ireland

‘She didn’t know the turn was there’: A Tipperary family seeks answers after teenager’s death on road

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Ireland

Overheard: Battle rages over future of dogs on Ireland's buses

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‘I’m in my 30s and doing all the right things, so why haven’t I found love?’

Ask Roe: I want so badly to have a first date, a first kiss, a first love, and am finding it harder with every year that passes to stay hopeful

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Ireland

134 Irishmen killed at sea added to official roll of second World War fatalities

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Abroad

Grieving abroad: ‘Every Irish emigrant expects and dreads the phone call they know will come’

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US

How a Kansas town still lives with the legacy of In Cold Blood

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Opinion

Breda O'Brien: He lambasted Ireland in the New York Times for locking up children. Now he may be sainted

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Gaelic Games

Seán O’Shea shows how hard it is to be a great Kerry footballer in a David Clifford world

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MOST READ

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Russia-bound cargo ship seen dropping anchor near subsea cables off Irish coast

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Tana French: ‘In Ireland, things are coded. You don’t necessarily have the code when you arrive’

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Clocks go forward tonight: Shorter Sunday lie-in, but brighter summer evenings are ahead

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Marie Keane, mother of Roy Keane, dies in Cork

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Court told Scarlett Faulkner struck 11 times to the head with iron bar in Tipperary attack

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