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[16:26] Cork landlord jailed for seven years over rape of tenant

A 62-year landlord and former international rower who raped one of his tenants after plying her with drink has been jailed for seven years at the Central Criminal Court.

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#62_year #one #sevenyears #theCentralCriminalCourt



[15:37] Vatican unsure if Pope will participate in Easter events

Pope Francis was "happy" to get out and about this week, the Vatican has said, but while his health is improving, it is too soon to confirm his participation in Easter celebrations.

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#Francis #aboutthisweek #Vatican #Easter



[15:45] Search for missing Kerry farmer 'unique and challenging'

Gardaí have described the scale and nature of the search for missing Kerry farmer Michael Gaine as "unique and challenging".

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#Kerry #MichaelGaine



[15:46] Irish data watchdog to investigate Musk's AI tool Grok

Ireland's data regulator said today it had opened an investigation into social media platform X over the use of personal data collected from European Union users to train its AI system Grok.

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#Ireland #today #EuropeanUnion #AI




Carnegie Mellon student with one semester left learns his visa was revoked
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[15:05] Russian intelligence ship leaves Irish 'area of interest'

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris has said that a Russian intelligence-gathering ship has "left our area of interest".

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#Tánaiste #SimonHarris #Russian





RSF says Georgia refused entry to two French journalists in recent months; both had covered the protests and crackdown that followed the October election (Felix Light/Reuters)

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[14:05] Family left 'devastated' over hit-and-run sentence

The family of a nine-year-old boy, who was killed in a hit and run incident in Donegal two years ago, said that they are devastated by the sentence the driver involved received.

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#nine_year_old #Donegal #twoyearsago







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[12:53] Urgent need for negotiated settlement in Gaza - UNRWA

The Deputy Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, or UNRWA, has said there is an urgent need to reach a negotiated settlement in Gaza after the recent ceasefire breakdown.

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#theUnitedNationsReliefandWorksAgency #UNRWA #Gaza



[12:54] 137 children 'actively waiting' for spinal surgery at CHI

There are a total of 228 children on the waiting list for their spinal surgeries at Children's Hospital Ireland, according to the latest Spinal Service Waiting List figures released by CHI.

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#228 #Children'sHospitalIreland #SpinalServiceWaitingList #CHI




[12:19] No planning permission needed for Dublin cycleway - court

Dublin City Council has won its appeal against a ruling that it could not build a cycleway on Sandymount's Strand Road - reducing traffic to a one-way system - without planning permission.

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#DublinCityCouncil #Sandymount #one






[11:12] Nutritional standards of hot school meals to be reviewed

Minister for Education Helen McEntee has confirmed that a nutritionist from the Department of Health will review the nutritional standards of the hot school meals.

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#HelenMcEntee #theDepartmentofHealth






[09:37] 10 people killed in Israeli strike on Gaza, rescuers say

A pre-dawn Israeli airstrike has killed ten members of the same family, including seven children, in the southern city of Khan Younis, Gaza's civil defence agency has reported.

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#pre_dawn #Israeli #ten #seven #KhanYounis #Gaza





[09:11] Rubbish piles high in Bermingham due to strike action

For over a month, refuse workers in Birmingham have been taking part in an all-out strike, meaning bin collection services have reduced substantially, leaving rubbish to pile up in neighbourhoods across the city.

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#overamonth #Birmingham