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    • Minister of State Brian Hayes said the Government’s target of achieving €300 million in savings on the public service pay and pensions bill this year was still an ambition.    Photograph : Matt Kavanagh/The Irish Times Croke Park savings target ‘may not be achieved’
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    • Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland celebrates after beating Thongchai Jaidee 2&1 in the final of the Volvo World Match Play Championship at Thracian Cliffs Golf & Beach Resort in Kavarna, Bulgaria. Photograph:  Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images McDowell wins World Match Play final in Bulgaria
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