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US president claims his administration has ‘accomplished more’ than any other in history

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The presidency’s funding should be looked at, but not by the tendentious PAC

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Rebecca Carter says decision not to recheck her results now will cost her a place in UCD

Bill Cosby receives prison sentence for sexual assault State sentencing guidelines call for about one to four years behind bars on the combined charge. File photograph: Dominick Reuter/Reuters
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Pennsylvania court declares comedian a ‘sexually violent predator’

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The top 26% of earners – those on €50,000 or more – will pay 85% of total income taxes

Michael O’Leary: ‘I asked Matt Cooper not to proceed with any such book’ Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary attends a press conference in London on September 12th. Photograph: Tolga Akmen, AFP

Cooper says the book is neither ‘a PR job’ nor ‘hostile to Ryanair or Michael O’Leary’

Caitriona Lally wins major literary prize in Trinity (where she works as a cleaner) Caitriona Lally, winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature 2018 for emerging Irish writers at Trinity College Dublin today. Photograph: Paul Sharp / SHARPPIX

Author awarded €10,000 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature 2018 for debut novel ‘Eggshells’

Minister keen to reverse Joan Burton’s social protection ‘cuts’ Misogyny towards single mothers is ‘not diminishing fast enough’, Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty has said. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish Times.

Regina Doherty says misogyny towards single mothers is ‘not diminishing fast enough’

Judge orders destruction of Weetabix boxes in trademark dispute Lucy Wilson, the owner of A Little Bit of Britain, said the look, taste and packaging of Weet-Bix and Weetabix were completely different and could not be easily confused. Photographs: Bryan O’Brien/Danilla/flickr.com/photos/danzden

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If people ‘want post offices...they’re going to have to use them’, Minister says Minister for Rural Development Michael Ring. File photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times.

Michael Ring notes €615m online spend but TD says many in rural areas have no broadband

Woods hoping to bring his winning momentum to USA team Tiger Woods of USA at Le Golf National in Paris ahead of the Ryder Cup. Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty Images

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The departure of Ian Buruma as editor of the ‘New York Review of Books’ should worry everyone who values the freedom of the press

Five properties being examined following mine shaft collapse The sinkholes that appeared near Magheracloone Community Centre just outside Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, after an old mine shaft collapsed. Photograph: Pat Byrne

Monaghan primary school reopens after sinkhole opens at nearby GAA club

Three students raped in Cork since colleges re-opened, says campaigner Mary Crilly said three female students from UCC and CIT had contacted them since the start of September to say that they had been raped. File photograph: Dan Linehan/ Irish Examiner

Mary Crilly says new Garda unit needs more resources to investigate sexual assaults in the city

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