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PM expected to outline departure plans on Friday after Andrea Leadsom quits cabinet

European elections: can anything halt the rise of the far right? Italy’s deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, greets supporters during a major rally of European nationalist and far-right parties. Photograph: Alessandro Garofalo/File Photo/Reuters

Centre parties that have long held sway could lose ability to form majority on their own

'Not possible' for State to take responsibility for poor Celtic Tiger building Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy during a housing summit in the Custom House with Minister of State Damien English and Chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee Maria Bailey. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Owners of Dublin 8 apartments each face €5,300 bill over fire safety and balcony defects

Sonia O’Sullivan: Female athletes must remember that sponsorships are a privilege Alysia Montaño at the US Track & Field Championships in Sacramento, California in 2017. Montaño complained about the treatment of female athletes by certain shoe companies whenever the athlete decides to take time out to have a baby. Photograph: Andy Lyons/Getty Images

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Review: The 3Arena concert on Wednesday was the pop diva’s first Irish headlining show

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The John Wick star is terrific as a man still mourning the death of his wife - in fact for the past two decades he has been seen as a melancholic loner

Trump should be welcomed in Clare, says local Minister ‘This is not about president Trump; this is about Irish-American relations.’ Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

Minister of State Pat Breen expects security ‘ring of steel’ around Doonbeg golf resort

Full broadband costs will be included on State balance sheet The full cost of the National Broadband Plan will be included on the State’s balance sheet. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

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'You can’t ignore it': BusConnects a crux issue in south Dublin Local elections, Kimmage-Rathmines: Green Party local election candidate Patrick Costello canvasses in Harold’s Cross, Dublin. Photo : Laura Hutton/The Irish Times

‘I’ll chain myself to those trees before I let them cut them down’ says one resident

Green Party’s Saoirse McHugh unexpected ‘star’ of European election debates Green Party candidate for Europe Saoirse McHugh told candidate Peter Casey to ‘go on Dancing With The Stars if you want attention that much” during a debate on RTÉ’s Primetime.

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Dog fouling: ‘Like drink-driving - we need a bigger campaign against it' Amanda Hutchinson from Rathfarnham with her dog, Vance, and Wendy Mantle from Knocklyon with her dog, Brooke, in Bushy Park, Terenure, Dublin.

Pet poop one of the biggest complaints facing urban local election candidates

Tesco accused of ‘blocking’ Phibsborough shopping centre plans Talks between MM Capital and Tesco have collapsed. Photograph: Tom Honan

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LGBT+ people should not have to live in fear The Call It Out campaign is asking people to call out homophobia, transphobia and biphobia wherever they encounter them, and help fully realise the Ireland we envisioned in 2015. Photograph: Aidan Crawley

Community in Ireland continues to experience verbal, physical and sexual harassment

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