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[18:45] 'Quiet confidence' McIlroy can bring green jacket home

There's a quiet confidence in Rory McIlroy's home town of Holywood in Co Down that he will make history and bring the famous Masters green jacket home.

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#RoryMcIlroy's #Holywood




'Linux Mint Debian Edition 7' Gets OEM Support linux.slashdot.org/story/25/04…


[18:04] Investigation after man's body found in Co Donegal

Gardaí are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in Killybegs, Co Donegal.

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#Killybegs #CoDonegal




[17:55] Pope defies doctors and greets crowds in Vatican square

Pope Francis delighted Catholic worshippers with an impromptu tour of St Peter's Square at the end of a Palm Sunday service, against the advice of his doctors to avoid crowds while recovering from pneumonia.

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#Francis #Catholic #StPeter's #PalmSunday




[17:07] Minister signals minimum wage, pension enrolment delays

The Government is stepping up plans to keep business costs low as it aims to maintain jobs across the economy amid the uncertainty caused by US trade tariffs.

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#US

#us






S1444
A bill to require an annual report of Federal employees and retirees with delinquent tax debt.

📢 Introduced in Senate

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#S1444 #congress119 #senate #republican #congress #newbill

in reply to Bill Bot

Some Does she realize that would include former members of Congress?
And what's the point, IRS didn't have enough people to do audits Before DOGE.




[16:16] EU should 'be careful' in tariff talks with US - Chambers

Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers has said that the European Union needs "to be careful about what we put on the table" in tariff negotiations with the United States.

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#theEuropeanUnion #theUnitedStates




[15:15] Call over junior minister comments on ADHD, autism

Government Chief Whip Mary Butler has been urged to withdraw comments about attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism diagnoses, or else resign.

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#MaryButler





daily #CalvinAndHobbes comic:
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[13:17] Irish women travelling abroad for endometriosis care

An 18-year-old who wrote a letter about her daily struggle with suspected endometriosis to Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she "hasn't been able to be a teenager".

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#18_year_old #daily #SinnFéin #MaryLouMcDonald



[12:45] Ex-senior garda awarded damages makes charity donation

A former Assistant Garda Commissioner who has been paid damages after he was suspended by the Garda Commissioner in the year he was due to retire, has donated a substantial amount of the money to charity.

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#theyear








[10:38] Visitor numbers from Ireland to US down 27% last month

Visitor numbers from Ireland to the United States fell by almost 27% in March compared to the same month last year, US figures show.

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#Ireland #theUnitedStates #almost27% #March #thesamemonthlastyear #US



Emacs Lisp Elements

Link: protesilaos.com/emacs/emacs-li…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

#lisp #emacs








[08:00] Govt defends decision not to appoint Flynn as cttee chair

The Government is standing over its decision not to reconvene the Oireachtas committee focused on issues facing the Traveller community with Independent Senator Eileen Flynn as its chair.

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#Oireachtas #Traveller #Independent #EileenFlynn



[08:00] Is Trump already living in China's world?

As the smoke cleared from President Trump's tariff-induced global economic explosion, one clear target emerged - China.

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#Trump #one #China