Simon Communities found 11 of 16 areas had no homes at all within HAP limits in September, and none for families with children at standard rates.
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CRISIS AT CUH: HSE sends in senior manager to Cork University Hospital after doctors’ staffing plea to the Taoiseach
A 'focused programme of improvement' is under way at Cork's biggest hospital, which faces a €60m deficit and a bitter row over staffing and patient safety.
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‘ABSURD’ TO STAY SILENT: Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh asks to address Dáil over charity at centre of money laundering probe
The Dublin TD chairs Liberty Recycling, whose accounts are frozen amid a garda investigation. Regulators say there is no evidence trustees were involved in any wrongdoing.
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JIHADI JAILED: Self-styled extremist who torched Conor McGregor’s pub and stabbed a garda gets six and a half years
Abdullah Khan (24) set fire to the Black Forge Inn and knifed a garda on Capel Street days later. The Special Criminal Court called both attacks premeditated.
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NEUTRAL BUT EXPOSED? What a wider war would mean for Ireland, from Shannon to the cables under our seas
As the triple lock faces the axe and the Iran war drags on, what would a wider conflict mean for a neutral Ireland? Cables, energy and Shannon tell the story.
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COUNTDOWN TO WW3? The flashpoints spy chiefs and analysts fear most, and the brakes still holding the world back
From Hormuz to the Black Sea and the Taiwan Strait, what officials and analysts actually say about the risk of a wider war, and why it is not inevitable.
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When the Veil Grew Thin: Samhain Comes Alive at Bearna Golf Club
Samhain preview When the Veil Grew Thin: Samhain Comes Alive at Bearna Golf Club Firelight, folklore and ancient ritual: Spás Studio and RISE AWILD summon the spirit of the old Celtic new year on the edge of Connemara 5 min read · Photography: Peter Harkin The candles were lit. The fire crackled in the hearth....
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BRAND JURY OUT: ‘Disgusting, distasteful, immoral, who cares?’ Lawyer’s final plea as 12 jurors decide comedian’s fate
After three weeks of evidence from six women, the jury in Russell Brand's rape and sexual assault trial begins deliberating at Southwark Crown Court. They must be unanimous.
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‘I’M A LITTLE BIT HOMELESS’: Nicolas Cage living in hotels after sinkhole eats his $10.5m Malibu mansion
The Oscar winner tells fans at LA Comic Con he can't go home after a 25ft crater swallowed his driveway, snapped gas and water lines and forced 31 homes to be evacuated.
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GREENLAND SAYS YES: Island votes 16-0 for US bases deal after a year of Trump threats
Lawmakers in Ilulissat approve the three-way pact with Denmark and Washington that keeps the island Danish but opens the door to more American troops, ending months of fear over annexation.