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Ireland’s €175m EuroMillions winner comes forward Les Reilly (centre) with the staff from his Daybreak shop in The Naul, north Co Dublin, where the winning €175m EuroMillions ticket was sold. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins.

Ticket bought in The Naul, Co Dublin, where excitement mounts as to winner’s identity

Donegal senator’s statement of means to court ‘sparse’ - judge Senator Briain Ó Dómhnaill leaving Falcarragh District Court. Photograph: North West newspix

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Coach house conversion in Shankill for €795,000 Pine Lodge on Corbawn Lane, Shankill, Dublin 18, extends to 2,115sq ft and comes to market for €795,000.

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‘Non-compliant State’ turning deaf ear to children in court The committee heard from legal experts and children’s rights advocates. File photograph: Getty Images

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