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Etihad hoodoo SMASHED: Brighton stun Man City for first time ever as Maresca suffers back-to-back defeats – and Arsenal can go top todayGlen Hansard’s unheard Shane MacGowan song finally released, months after his tragic deathHealth insurance hike: Level Health to raise prices 4.5% from December – and the deadline to beat itTalks COLLAPSE into ‘impasse’: Schools face second shutdown on 11 November as pay row is handed to Kevin Foley’s group, and here’s what parents need to knowDanny G as special guest referee? Why Kilkenny’s unhinged influencer fight night badly needs himCarrick clings on: Martínez red and nine-game nightmare leave Man United one point above the drop after Chelsea defeatHomeless figures go MISSING as work-to-rule bites, and Housing Minister James Browne is accused of ‘burning up goodwill’Halloween inferno: Dublin Fire Brigade hit by 558 calls on busiest night in a decade as cars burn in Cherry Orchard and fireworks are fired at crews in the NorthCrime in Galway: what the figures show in 2026Rural vs urban Ireland: how much more country households pay for fuel, heating and transport in 2026Etihad hoodoo SMASHED: Brighton stun Man City for first time ever as Maresca suffers back-to-back defeats – and Arsenal can go top todayGlen Hansard’s unheard Shane MacGowan song finally released, months after his tragic deathHealth insurance hike: Level Health to raise prices 4.5% from December – and the deadline to beat itTalks COLLAPSE into ‘impasse’: Schools face second shutdown on 11 November as pay row is handed to Kevin Foley’s group, and here’s what parents need to knowDanny G as special guest referee? Why Kilkenny’s unhinged influencer fight night badly needs himCarrick clings on: Martínez red and nine-game nightmare leave Man United one point above the drop after Chelsea defeatHomeless figures go MISSING as work-to-rule bites, and Housing Minister James Browne is accused of ‘burning up goodwill’Halloween inferno: Dublin Fire Brigade hit by 558 calls on busiest night in a decade as cars burn in Cherry Orchard and fireworks are fired at crews in the NorthCrime in Galway: what the figures show in 2026Rural vs urban Ireland: how much more country households pay for fuel, heating and transport in 2026
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Rural vs urban Ireland: how much more country households pay for fuel, heating and transport in 2026
Rural households spend about €32 a week more than urban ones on running cars and getting around, and this year's heating oil spike has hit oil-dependent country homes hardest. Here is what the official figures show.
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Bonfires, burning cars and fireworks fired at firefighters: emergency services across Ireland had one of their busiest Halloween nights in years, although gardaí reported no disturbance of serious concern.
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Ports paralysed? Dockworkers at 100+ harbours strike against arms shipments as Italy is hit by general strike
Port workers from France to Turkey staged a coordinated one-day strike against weapons shipments and the militarisation of ports, as a general strike brought tens of thousands onto Italy's streets.
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More Sport →Carrick clings on: Martínez red and nine-game nightmare leave Man United one point above the drop after Chelsea defeat
Morgan Rogers and Cole Palmer sink ten-man United at Stamford Bridge, stretching a winless run to nine games, the club's worst since 1984. Carrick says he will be in charge against Roma.
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Bryan Adams blasts Trump in fiery new protest song ‘Lake Ontario’ over ‘Lake America’ rename
The Canadian rock veteran has fired off a new single mocking Donald Trump's order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America', and he says the song is for the sane people on both shores.
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Winter wallet shock: Diesel hits €2.14 and a tank of heating oil now costs €833, so will your electricity bill be next?
Diesel is averaging about €2.14 a litre and a 500-litre fill of home heating oil is around €833, up from roughly €490 in February. Electricity and gas bills may hold for the winter, but…
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Blood on the stairs: Waterford man with 63 previous convictions jailed for three years over People’s Park assault, as judge throws out his ‘apology’
A 31-year-old man who left a victim with a deep cut and covered in blood near the entrance to Waterford's People's Park has been jailed for three years, after a judge refused to accept…
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OpenAI-backed Thrive swoops for ADT in shock $15.3bn deal to put AI inside home alarms
Thrive Holdings, a Josh Kushner-founded group that counts OpenAI as an investor and partner, has agreed to take US home security firm ADT private for $10 a share, sending its stock to a five-year…
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Europe’s AI rebel Mistral gives away trillion-parameter ‘Le Chonk’ as Google locks its new cyber AI away
French AI firm Mistral has published the full weights of its trillion-parameter Mistral Large 4 model, pitching it as a cyber-defence tool nobody can switch off, the same week Google restricted its newest model…
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Revealed: the seven contenders battling to replace Tedros as WHO boss, and why this race matters more than ever
Seven candidates, from Europe, the Gulf, Asia and Africa, have been formally put forward to lead the World Health Organization when Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus steps down in August 2027.
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Connemara festival calendar 2026–2027: Clifden Arts Festival’s 50th, the Pony Show, Inishbofin and the Connemarathon – every date we know
The Connemarathon is set for 25 April 2027 and Clifden Arts Festival reaches its 50th year. Here is every Connemara festival date we can confirm for 2027, with the rest clearly marked TBC.
