PTSB has become the first pillar bank to raise fixed mortgage rates, and MoCo has followed. Brokers say the outlook is darkening even though the ECB has paused.
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Black Saturday for Irish rugby: Munster stunned at Thomond as Sharks win 15-3, while winless Ulster are hammered 33-7 in Cape Town
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Liffey gun hunt: cyclist points weapon at three gardaí, including a trainee, then hurls it into river and escapes
Two gardaí and a trainee had to take cover in Dublin city centre before dawn on Saturday when a man they were chasing pulled out a weapon. Gardaí now believe it was a realistic imitation, and they are searching the Liffey for it.
Halloween horror for Moicano! Tom Nolan’s brutal elbows end UFC Vegas main event, but fighters fume over referee’s call
Australian Tom Nolan stopped Renato Moicano at 1:28 of the third round in Las Vegas, but a referee's decision to stand the fighters up in round two has become the talking point.









