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Water filter with nanoscale channels selectively removes stubborn 'forever chemicals' phys.org/news/2025-04-filter-n… #science




[21:52] Hero's welcome for Grand National winner Nick Rockett

There was warm weather and an even warmer welcome for Grand National hero Nick Rockett as the people of Leighlinbridge got their chance to get up close with their latest Aintree hero.

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#GrandNational #NickRockett #Leighlinbridge #Aintree






[21:13] Sample papers published for revised Leaving Cert subjects

The State Examinations Commission has published sample examination papers for the seven revised Leaving Certificate subjects due to be introduced in schools next September.

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#TheStateExaminationsCommission #seven #nextSeptember



[21:05] An 'extraordinary' post and the big initial questions

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has already described it as "one of the most extraordinary Truth posts of his Presidency".

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#USCommerce #HowardLutnick








[20:54] Trump buckles in face of bond market pressure

Nobody can take on the bond market and that includes the US President, writes David Murphy.

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#US #DavidMurphy





FBI director Kash Patel removed as director of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (Reuters)

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[19:47] 45 jobs at risk at e-commerce company ESW

ESW, an international e-commerce company headquartered in Dublin, has said that 45 Irish-based employees are at risk of redundancy.

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#ESW #Dublin #45 #Irish








[18:38] Prince Harry's 'life at stake', court told

Prince Harry's safety, security and life are "at stake", the Court of Appeal has been told at the end of his appeal over his UK protection.

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#PrinceHarry's #theCourtofAppeal #UK



[18:48] Man jailed for sexually exploiting girl he met on app

A 50-year-old man who befriended a teenage girl on Snapchat and sexually exploited her, giving her money and alcohol in exchange for sexual favours, has been jailed for three years.

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#50_year_old #Snapchat #threeyears






[18:21] Coffee company 'on the back foot' as US tariffs hit home

From large multinationals to small family-run businesses, the trade war emerging due to newly announced US tariffs is impacting on companies of every size.

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#US

#us



[17:57] Storm clouds 'gathering' over US tariffs, says Donohoe

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has said that global economic activity is becoming "increasingly fragmented along political lines".

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#PaschalDonohoe



[17:26] Fines of up to €50,000 included in new Sex for Rent bill

Landlords who ask vulnerable tenants for sex instead of rent could face fines of up to €50,000 under a new opposition bill seeking to ban the coercive practice.

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#upto€50,000

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[17:07] US to deny visas, green cards over social media posts

US immigration authorities said they will look at social media accounts and deny visas or residence permits to people who post content considered anti-Semitic by President Donald Trump's administration

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#US #anti_Semitic #DonaldTrump