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TWO WINS ON THE BOUNCE FOR MORAN’S MAYO
● Mayo’s Ryan O’Donoghue is tackled by Dublin’s Cormac Costello during a League Division 1 round two game at McHale Park, Castlebar. Ger Brennan’s men went home pointless again in the 1-18 to 2-9 defeat, playing most of the second half with 14 men...
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Watchdog hits out at ‘cartels’ rigging bids for state projects
● The consumer watchdog has warned there is “no doubt” that cartels are operating to fix the price of publicly funded projects. CCPC chairman Brian McHugh hopes for more powers to tackle a form of fraud called “bid-rigging”. He acknowledged that...
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‘THESE THINGS ARE LETHAL’ – GRIEVING MUM ON SCRAMBLERS
● Mags Murphy, from Dublin, says she “begged” for scramblers to be banned after her son Seán (18) died in a crash in 2023. There have been renewed calls for a ban on the bikes after the death last Sunday of Grace Lynch (16), who was hit by a scrambler.
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COUNTING THE COST OF STORM CHANDRA FLOODING
● Chunli Zhang stands in her water-damaged barber shop in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, in the aftermath of Storm Chandra flooding. Housing Minister James Browne has come under fire for claiming Met Éireann ‘withheld’ flood warnings.
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Three more days of flooding feared as heavy rain continues
Parts of Ireland will remain on flood alert as further rainfall is expected over the next 72 hours after Storm Chandra battered the country. There was near-record flooding on the east coast, which caused millions of euro worth of property damage and...
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‘Watching Grace take last breath was worst pain imaginable’
● The mother of a teenager killed in a crash in north Dublin has vowed to “fight” to get scrambler bikes off the streets. Grace Lynch died on Sunday and her mother Siobhan (centre) said watching her daughter take her last breath “was the worst pain...
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US ON EDGE AFTER ICE AGENTS KILL SECOND CIVILIAN
● Tensions are running high in Minneapolis after Trump administration officials defended the shooting dead of local man Alex Pretti by ICE agents during protests. Friends claimed video evidence showed he was not a threat when shot. Photo: Tim Evans
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Families left to wait a year for new homes in paperwork row
● Families are unable to occupy 67 new apartments amid “extraordinary” delays in the signing-off process. Oaklee approved housing body, which denied any funding problem, is in charge of two delayed projects in Dublin suburbs with homes worth up to €35m...
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