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New Covid variant in Ireland sparks warning over unusual symptoms
Irish Mirror
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July 5, 2025
Another new Covid variant with unusual symptoms has been confirmed in Ireland, with experts warning it is spreading rapidly across the globe. The strain, known as Stratus, includes sub-lineages XFG and XFG.3, and is being closely monitored by...
Irish goalie Caoimhín Kelleher's tribute to Diogo Jota: 'It’s gonna hurt for a long time'
RSVP Live
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July 4, 2025
The Republic of Ireland goalkeeper, Caoimhín Kelleher, has paid a heart-breaking tribute to Diogo Jota, the Liverpool player who sadly passed away alongside his brother Andre Silva in a car crash in Spain. Jota was on his way back to Liverpool and...
Irish National Stud records pre-tax losses of €1.8m
RTE Ireland
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July 4, 2025
The Irish National Stud last year recorded pre-tax losses of €1.8m as it continued to count the cost of declining income generated by star horse, Invincible Spirit. New accounts show that revenues at Irish National Stud DAC last year remained...
Motorcyclist injured in single-vehicle crash on I-270 in Dublin
WBNS - Ohio
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DUBLIN, Ohio — A motorcyclist was injured in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 270 early Saturday morning, according to a spokesperson for the City of Dublin. The motorcyclist lost control of the vehicle while traveling eastbound on I-270...
Dublin takeaway family member robbed and assaulted American tourist, court hears
Irish Mirror
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July 4, 2025
A young member of the Macari takeaway family robbed and assaulted an American tourist, kicking him to the head as he lay on the ground, a court has heard. Stefano Gianluca Macari (24) was caught by gardaí with his two co-accused smoking crack...
Irish pensioner's life savings stolen in web of lies by accountant over 'almost 20 years'
Tipperary Star
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July 4, 2025
A “curious case” involving an accountant, an offshore account, sports cars - including a Jaguar, the Celtic Tiger, lies, deception and, at its heart, the theft of the life savings of a woman in her 70s, was laid out at Limerick Circuit Criminal...
Dublin man on trail for kicking American tourist in the head
Dublin People
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July 4, 2025
By Isabel Hayes A young member of the Macari takeaway family robbed and assaulted an American tourist, kicking him to the head as he lay on the ground, a court has heard. Stefano Gianluca Macari (24) was caught by gardaí with his two co-accused...
Irish woman (75) found alive after going missing during pilgrimage to Lourdes
Irish Independent
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The woman, who had travelled with a group from the Diocese of Derry, disappeared on Sunday evening and was reported missing by pilgrimage organisers on Monday morning. There was considerable concern over the disappearance because the woman uses a...
University of Galway hosts headquarters of €34million ARC Hub for HealthTech
Connacht Tribune
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July 5, 2025
University of Galway has been announced as the headquarters for a new €34 million investment in healthcare technology solutions under Research Ireland’s ARC Hub programme – Accelerating Research to Commercialisation. The announcement of the ARC...
Three companies paid 'staggering' €70m to tackle health waiting lists
Irish Examiner
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July 5, 2025
Three companies were paid more than €70m by the HSE from the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) for so-called ‘insourcing’ activity since 2023, according to new figures. The companies in question – EHF 29, Rosata Recruitment, and Totally...
Housing protest backed by dozens of unions takes place in Dublin
The Journal
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July 5, 2025
LAST UPDATE | 3 hrs ago A HOUSING PROTEST backed by more than 80 trade unions and organisations has taken place in Dublin city centre today. Protesters held signs saying “The housing crisis is a political choice” and saying that “Landlords are...
Film lovers unimpressed after Dublin cinema 'left the the lights on' during screenings
The Journal
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July 5, 2025
OVER ILLUMINATION DURING showings at one screen at Odeon cinema at Dublin’s Point Square led to a raft of complaints and has resulted in the cinema chain closing the offending screening room indefinitely. The hubbub gained traction online when...
Irish Heart Foundation to provide support to blood clot patients
Irish Medical Times
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July 4, 2025
Move comes after charity Thrombosis Ireland ceases its operations The Irish Heart Foundation has announced that it will now support patients with thrombosis, after a charity focussed on the condition wound down. Thrombosis Ireland was a national...
New Irish blood primed for more than a battle in Georgia
The Irish Times
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Georgia v Ireland, Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Saturday, 6pm Irish time – Live on Virgin Media One Results matter, but it’s not a deflection to suggest there is far more at stake than the outcome when Ireland take on Georgia on Saturday night...
Capaldi's Glasto triumph shows why mental health must come first
RTE Ireland
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July 5, 2025
Everyone loves a happy ending. And if ever there was a happy ending to be found at Glastonbury, it took the form of Lewis Capaldi's comeback show last weekend. Capaldi, as you may remember, had a bit of a nightmare at the world’s biggest music...
I went to a 7am rave with a DJ and glow sticks in a health food shop
Wales Online
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July 5, 2025
This wasn't like any rave I've been to before. For a start I set my alarm was set for 5.30am to head down to the Holland and Barrett experience store in central Cardiff. The health food store is hosting Sunrise Sessions, which claim to energise...
‘We put ice in the bed as we haven’t slept properly for weeks’ – Irish couple on living in Rome as temperatures hit 38C
Irish Independent
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Life is good all year round for teacher Jack O’Connor (27) and medical student Una Casey (28) in Rome, but when summer arrives, the increasingly high temperatures make life a strain Jack O'Connor and girlfriend Una Casey have made Rome their home...
An Irish industrial folly spawns a new generation of cutting-edge creativity
The Irish Times
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THIS TOO WILL PASS The failures of our past litter the landscape. Some are more visible than others. Drive out into the Inagh Valley, in Connemara, and there is beauty at every turn. Lakes reflect the outline of mountains, and sheep nibble...
The Irish Independent’s View: Donald Trump’s real power play would be ending brutal war in Gaza
Irish Independent
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So far it has claimed the lives of more than 57,000 Palestinians. By now it’s all a bit immaterial to one teenager. Through her tears, Mayar Al Farr, was quoted in reports saying: “The ceasefire will come, and I have lost my brother? There should...
Trump’s tariff threat reignites union push in Ireland’s billion-euro pharma sector
Irish Examiner
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July 5, 2025
As negotiations between the European Commission and the US conclude after almost 90 days of talks, an agreement has been deemed “absolutely essential” to ensure a level of certainty for Irish exporters reliant on the US market.Among them is...