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Tuesday 14 May 2024 Dublin: 16°C
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Poll: Should the minimum legal age of sale for cigarettes be raised?

Tuesday 14 May

Today's Top Stories

Migration

Taoiseach says plans to cut social welfare rates of some Ukrainian refugees is 'sensible'

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Investigation

Irish garages have been selling devices to 'silence' unworn seatbelt alarms

File photo of garda lamp
Dundalk

Woman dies from ‘serious injuries’ sustained in assault earlier this month

People walk in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on May 10, 2024.
Gaza

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