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Over 200 restaurants have closed this year costing the economy €288m: Restaurants Association of Ireland says 212 restaurants, cafés, and other food-led ...
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Over 200 restaurants have closed this year costing the economy €288m
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‘Average speed’ traffic cameras to be set up on N2, N3 and N5 by autumn: Average speed cameras record vehicles at two distinct points a set distance apart
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‘Average speed’ traffic cameras to be set up on N2, N3 and N5 by autumn
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Cost of united Ireland '€20 billion for 20 years' - study: A united Ireland would cost €20 billion every year for 20 years, a new study suggests.
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Cost of united Ireland '€20 billion for 20 years' - study
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Los Angeles or San Francisco to Dublin, Ireland from only $401 roundtrip: Cheap flights from Los Angeles or San Francisco to Dublin, Ireland from only $401 ...
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Los Angeles or San Francisco to Dublin, Ireland from only $401 roundtrip
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Ikea announces further expansion with opening of first Irish distribution centre: New site will employ more than 200 people and cut delivery times down to three ...
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Ikea announces further expansion with opening of first Irish distribution ...
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Dublin, Ireland to Shanghai, China for only €374 roundtrip: Cheap flights from Dublin, Ireland to Shanghai, China for only €374 roundtrip with Scandinavian ...
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Dublin, Ireland to Shanghai, China for only €374 roundtrip
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Migration major issue for Irish in EU Parliament elections : Public health the number one issue for Irish voters, according to survey
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Migration major issue for Irish in EU Parliament elections 
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Workers' slice of the GDP pie: How do income shares compare across Europe?: Analysis reveals huge disparities in labour income share in GDP among European ...
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Workers' slice of the GDP pie: How do income shares compare across Europe?
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Eoin Burke-Kennedy: Did we catastrophise Brexit?: Four years on from UK’s official departure from the EU, the Irish economy is relatively untrammelled by the new ...
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Eoin Burke-Kennedy: Did we catastrophise Brexit?
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New record: Blackrock's assets grow to $10.5 trillion: BlackRock's assets under management rose 15 percent year-on-year to a record $10.5 trillion in the first ...
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New record: Blackrock's assets grow to $10.5 trillion
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Trump rails against wind energy in fundraising pitch to oil executives: “I hate wind,” the former president told oil industry officials at a recent Mar-a-Lago ...
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Trump rails against wind energy in fundraising pitch to oil executives
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Portland, Oregon to Dublin, Ireland for only $449 roundtrip: Cheap flights from Portland, Oregon to Dublin, Ireland for only $449 roundtrip with Delta Air Lines.
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Portland, Oregon to Dublin, Ireland for only $449 roundtrip
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Varadkar formally tenders resignation as Taoiseach: Leo Varadkar has formally tendered his resignation as Taoiseach to President Michael D Higgins at Áras an ...
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Varadkar formally tenders resignation as Taoiseach
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Electric car sales in Ireland drop 14% despite rise in overall new car market: Sales of regular hybrids are up 19.5% while plug-in hybrids rose 10 ...
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Electric car sales in Ireland drop 14% despite rise in overall new car ...
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Dublin, Ireland to Bangkok, Thailand for only €445 roundtrip: Cheap flights from Dublin, Ireland to Bangkok, Thailand for only €445 roundtrip with Swiss ...
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Dublin, Ireland to Bangkok, Thailand for only €445 roundtrip
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Property prices rising at fastest pace in 18 months - MyHome.ie: Homebuyers bidding up transaction prices by 4.6% above asking prices amid ‘fierce’ competition ...
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Property prices rising at fastest pace in 18 months - MyHome.ie
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Adam and Ryan Thomas dubbed as the next Ant and Dec as they land ITV gameshow: Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly could be set to make competition with another ...
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Adam and Ryan Thomas dubbed as the next Ant and Dec as they land ITV ...
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Fewer but bigger turbines proposed for Wicklow windfarm: The number of turbines proposed for a windfarm off the coast of Wicklow has been cut by a quarter ...
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Fewer but bigger turbines proposed for Wicklow windfarm
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Wealthy Irish families buy up Grafton Street property from investment funds: Limerick billionaire JP McManus, founder of Panda waste collection Eamon Waters and ...
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Wealthy Irish families buy up Grafton Street property from investment ...
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Sinn Féin proposal that Ireland should 'go it alone' with asylum system 'crazy' - McEntee
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Sinn Féin proposal that Ireland should 'go it alone' with asylum ...
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Wild Atlantic Way has created 35,000 jobs in the past decade: Killarney event to mark 10th anniversary of the route heard it was worth €3bn in domestic and ...
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Wild Atlantic Way has created 35,000 jobs in the past decade
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FAI will not meet this week’s deadline to announce a new Ireland manager: Marc Canham briefs board meeting on Wednesday as John O’Shea remains open to interim or ...
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FAI will not meet this week’s deadline to announce a new Ireland manager
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Google announces mass layoffs and overseas relocations: Google announces more layoffs in its quest to become ‘more efficient and work better’
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Google announces mass layoffs and overseas relocations
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Social media 'bombarding' boys with misogynist content: A new study from Dublin City University's Anti-Bullying Centre claims that the recommender ...
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Social media 'bombarding' boys with misogynist content
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Ireland's richest add billions to their fortunes : According to Forbes World’s Billionaires List, there are more billionaires globally than ever before
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Ireland's richest add billions to their fortunes 
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Funding gap threat to cancer survival rates: The current cancer care strategy was launched in 2017 by new Taoiseach Simon Harris during his stint as health ...
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Funding gap threat to cancer survival rates
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Woman told to remove prosthetic breast in crowded airport security line: Dublin Airport apologized after a passenger was told by security to remove her ...
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Woman told to remove prosthetic breast in crowded airport security line
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NEW YEAR: Business Class from Cape Town, South Africa to Dublin, Ireland for only $1587 USD roundtrip (lie-flat seats)
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NEW YEAR: Business Class from Cape Town, South Africa to Dublin ...
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Sarah Harte: Could a new crop of independents harness anger and come together?: The lens in rural Ireland has always been different. Ignoring their concerns just ...
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Sarah Harte: Could a new crop of independents harness anger and come ...
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AI 'key to safer and greener transport' : Industry leaders gathered at the RDS in Dublin for Europe’s biggest transport and mobility research event ...
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AI 'key to safer and greener transport' 
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US Masters: Viewers treated to sensory blitzkrieg on sporting weekend to remember
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US Masters: Viewers treated to sensory blitzkrieg on sporting weekend to ...
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Should licensing laws be relaxed? Dr Sheila Gilheany and DJ Robbie Kitt debate: New legislation would see nightclubs stay open until 6am and pubs until 12.30am ...
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Should licensing laws be relaxed? Dr Sheila Gilheany and DJ Robbie Kitt ...
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Michael McDowell: Republicans who don’t respect unionists or recognise the State are standing in the way of a united Ireland
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Michael McDowell: Republicans who don’t respect unionists or recognise the ...
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North’s ailing economy explains the high cost of unification: Regardless of the terms of disengagement by UK in any unification, there is no magic economic pill ...
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North’s ailing economy explains the high cost of unification
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Look inside: Jim Sheridan’s D4 home where Martin Scorsese, Brad Pitt and Bono hung out for €2.5m
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Look inside: Jim Sheridan’s D4 home where Martin Scorsese ...
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Fuel price rise will see people go to NI, warns IRHA: The Government's decision to restore excise duty on fuel will have the effect of encouraging people to ...
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Fuel price rise will see people go to NI, warns IRHA
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Mick Clifford: Water polluters face no penalty while watchdog remains in disarray
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Mick Clifford: Water polluters face no penalty while watchdog remains in ...
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The Irish Times Business Person of the Month: Michael Stanley, Cairn Homes: Housebuilder announced record revenue for last year and a strong pipeline of new ...
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The Irish Times Business Person of the Month: Michael Stanley, Cairn Homes
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Students are stressed, teachers have little choice, creativity suffers: Why the Irish classroom needs to change right now
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Students are stressed, teachers have little choice, creativity suffers: ...
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Building techniques from the past: ‘We wanted to use a thousand-year-old technology to test a contemporary idea’
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Building techniques from the past: ‘We wanted to use a thousand-year-old ...
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Fine Gael’s choice to replace a property-owning democracy with a rent-paying one has unsettled a generation
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Fine Gael’s choice to replace a property-owning democracy with a ...
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Van alle oostelijke lidstaten profiteert Polen het meest van het EU-lidmaatschap, blijkt uit onderzoek
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Van alle oostelijke lidstaten profiteert Polen het meest van het ...
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Harris completes steadfast journey to become Ireland's youngest premier: DUBLIN (Reuters) - When Simon Harris made headlines in his local County Wicklow ...
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Harris completes steadfast journey to become Ireland's youngest premier
Quick Glance: Simon Harris Becomes Ireland's Youngest Prime Minister
  • Simon Harris has been officially sworn in as Ireland's youngest prime minister, succeeding Leo Varadkar who abruptly stepped down last month. Harris, 37, took the helm of the ruling Fine Gael party but faces challenges as the party trails behind Sinn Fein in polls.

  • A rapid riser in Ireland's political hierarchy, Harris has made a name for himself as Health Minister and most recently as Minister for Higher Education and Science. His political identity as a young politician has been marked by both supporters and critics, particularly standing out with younger voters and on social media platforms like TikTok.

  • Varadkar's government grappled with challenges such as housing crisis and increasing immigration numbers. Harris inherits a tough political landscape, especially with upcoming elections until March 2025. The political landscape in Ireland has shifted, with Sinn Fein emerging as a rising political force, leading to a shift in the traditional party landscape.

  • While Harris sees the idea of a potential reunification of Ireland as a legitimate aspiration, his focus remains on current challenges like housing crisis, rising cost of living, and immigration. Despite political changes and discussions about potential reunification, Ireland's future remains uncertain and complex.
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Aviva backs health insurance start-up that plans to enter the market this year: The watchdog said it was contacted by a new insurer “some time ago to discuss ...
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Aviva backs health insurance start-up that plans to enter the market this ...
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Leah Williamson 'so happy' for England to face Ireland at the Aviva: “From a footballing perspective, this will be a great occasion."
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Leah Williamson 'so happy' for England to face Ireland at the ...
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‘Children are using AI, whether we like it or not’: Delegates at the teaching unions’ conferences discuss the rise of artificial intelligence in the classroom
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‘Children are using AI, whether we like it or not’
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Ireland must stop forcing us overseas, teacher warns: With teaching unions using their conferences to voice serious concerns over staffing levels ...
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Ireland must stop forcing us overseas, teacher warns
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Hospitality body calls for Vat cut: The RAI estimated that between 400 and 500 more business could be forced to shutter this year. 
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Hospitality body calls for Vat cut
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Businesses could be in line for €70m tax boost and sick pay pause as part of support package
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Businesses could be in line for €70m tax boost and sick pay pause as part ...
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'There is no place' for cyber-bullying of teachers, Education Minister tells conference 
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'There is no place' for cyber-bullying of teachers ...
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No megaphones or slow handclaps: why Norma Foley can expect easier ride at this year’s teachers’ conferences
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No megaphones or slow handclaps: why Norma Foley can expect easier ride at ...
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‘Wild Atlantic Way – it was the eureka moment’: the inside story of three words that changed Irish tourism for
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‘Wild Atlantic Way – it was the eureka moment’: the inside story of three ...
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Quick Glance: Musicians Warn of Existential Threat from AI
  • Over 200 musical artists, including Billie Eilish and Pearl Jam, criticize the use of AI as an existential threat to their art in an open letter.

  • The artists urge AI developers and technology companies to not violate the rights of human artists and devalue their work.

  • Some major companies are utilizing artists' works without permission to train AI models aiming to replace human artists with AI-generated content.

  • Emphasizing the importance of protecting human creativity from the threat of AI, the artists call to restrict the development of AI technologies that could replace artists' work.
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Cttee to hear about barriers for people with disabilities: Places where people with disabilities still regularly encounter barriers in society will be ...
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Cttee to hear about barriers for people with disabilities
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See the seven Home of the Year contenders ahead of the final: Eve Kelliher checks out the seven super spaces in the running for the coveted 2024 title 
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See the seven Home of the Year contenders ahead of the final
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Housebuilding up strongly, but 'Government may still miss target': Two surveys suggest it will take some time before new homes are delivered despite ...
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Housebuilding up strongly, but 'Government may still miss ...
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Six weeks of MetroLink hearings a vital step in a long process to bring metro to Dublin
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Six weeks of MetroLink hearings a vital step in a long process to bring ...
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Salary change after teaching abroad pitched to help fix teaching crisis: Teacher recruitment and retention represents the single biggest crisis now facing Irish ...
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Salary change after teaching abroad pitched to help fix teaching crisis
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Drop in injury claims' costs but premiums rise - report: The average cost of settling public and employer liability claims through the Injuries Resolution ...
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Drop in injury claims' costs but premiums rise - report
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Munster hurling fans take significant ticket price rise in their stride: The Munster Council decision to increase ticket prices involved very little risk as the ...
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Munster hurling fans take significant ticket price rise in their stride
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Government pauses funding for Irish language promotion body in Cork over 'shortcomings'
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Government pauses funding for Irish language promotion body in Cork over ...