Taoiseach Micheal Martin said it would take some days to assess the impact of the attack. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw Bitcoin ransom will not be paid following cyber attack on HSE computer systems
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The Reelingintheyearsification of Irish history ... so reassuring Garth Brooks at Croke Park: Dubliners banned his concerts and built a big wall around the capital. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

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Former Bóthar CEO stole money over 21 year period, court hears The judge said the case was an unfolding tragedy where David Moloney had made admissions of taking cash in suitcases from Bóthar over a lengthy period of time.

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Man was dragged into machine which amputated his right arm, court is told Andrzej Stefanowicz of Boolteens East, Castlemaine, Co Kerry leaving the High Court in Dublin on Friday. Photograph: Collins Courts

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