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Cliff Taylor: Stick and carrot – how Irish motorists will he pushed towards electric cars The provision of recharging points have improved, but is it enough?

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Judge says offence was of ‘unique wickedness’ that merited custodial sentence

Creche worker acquitted of sexually assaulting three girls in his care

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Compliance by hospitality sector key for restrictions to be avoided, says Taoiseach

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Poland’s challenge to EU law a ‘slap in the face’, Taoiseach says What the Taoiseach said will directly confront the Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA

Two day EU summit to examine soaring energy prices and varying vaccination rates

Church leaders ‘sorry’ for not doing more for peace in Northern Ireland Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnsonchat with the clergy following a service to mark the centenary of Northern Ireland at Saint Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral in Armagh. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Event goes ahead without heads of state of either Ireland or United Kingdom

Senior Kinahan associate Gary Vickery arrested in Spain Gary Vickery has been living in Lanzarote. Photograph: The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA)

Dubliner facing sentencing for importing millions worth of drugs into UK

Russia’s big cats claw back territory under Kremlin protection Russia’s Land of the Leopard is home to some 110 adult Amur leopards, following a rise in numbers due to conservation efforts backed by Vladimir Putin. Photograph courtesy of Yuri Shibnev/Phoenix

Industry and struggling communities fear wildlife support could stifle Far East development

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