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[17:42] Le Pen to appeal embezzlement conviction - source

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen and 11 others convicted in an embezzlement trial that shook French politics have lodged an appeal, a judicial source has said.

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#MarineLePen #11 #French



After intense negotiations, GOP leaders passed a budget plan. Now the hard part begin

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[17:05] Funding of €500,000 announced for gaming industry

Funding of €500,000 in support of the Irish game development industry has been announced at the FÍS Games Summit in Galway.

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#500,000 #Irish #theFÍSGamesSummit #Galway



[17:16] Leaving Certificate results to be released on 22 August

This year's Leaving Certificate results will be released on Friday, 22 August, the State Examinations Commission has announced.

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#year #Friday #22August #theStateExaminationsCommission




[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Carnegie Mellon student with one semester left learns his visa was revoked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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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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