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Michael McNamara: How did sex offender seeking asylum fly under the radar?
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Tourism NI says numbers visiting from south of Border have almost doubled
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‘Silent’ Buddhist retreat centre in Clare says new wind farm would disturb ‘peaceful haven’
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Adrian Weckler: Why it’s not just Gen Z who are hung-up about answering the phone
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Medtech firm Vertigenius secures €2.1m in funding for vertigo technology
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Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary predicts air fares will be lower than expected this summer
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Ryanair and other short-haul operators hit out at bid to restrict contrail plan
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Von Der Leyen says Europe should defend its economies against subsidised Chinese products
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ECB's Philip Lane says he is confident inflation is returning to 2pc target
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US firm owns more bitcoin than any single country
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Qantas to pay €74m to settle ticket scandal that saw Alan Joyce quit
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Kylian Mbappe ends PSG era in most fitting way – another Champions League failure
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‘I was really not well over those two weeks’ – RG Snyman reveals he had pneumonia last month
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Manchester United in line for €4m boost as Jadon Sancho reaches Champions League final
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Winners will take it all but Bayern Munich and Thomas Tuchel have much more to lose
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