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Fintan O’Toole: Here’s how post-Brexit Ireland could turn out Let us consider the following scenario. In order to come to power, Jeremy Corbyn agrees a pact with the SNP. But he is still three seats short. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

It’s time to think about the unthinkable – a disintegrated UK, a reignition of the Troubles

Some retirees facing mandatory higher pension drawdowns The head of financial planning with Merce says it is “probably bad” for people who had wanted to protect, or ring-fence, the funds in AMRFs, as they will now be obliged to access these retirement savings. Photograph: iStock

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David McWilliams: Under the bonnet of Trump’s purring economic engine US president Donald Trump: The Trump economy is outperforming the Obama administration’s forecasts of growth of 2.4 per cent and 2.3 per cent in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Photograph: Yuri Gripas/Reuters

The US economy seems to be ticking over nicely, but it’s fuelled by a near-$1tn deficit

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The former Irish Times journalist recalls his awakenings as a gay person in 1960s Ireland

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President reprising McAleese 2004 strategy, from setting agenda to rules of engagement

Just 33 affordable mortgages drawn down in Dublin city Dublin city. According to Dublin City Council, 33 loans, worth €7 million, or an average loan of €212,840, have been drawn down by the end of September. Photograph: Alan Betson

Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan went live last February with almost 3,000 applicants

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