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No preferential treatment for EU citizens after Brexit, UK prime minister says

New drug could save children dying from violent reactions to peanuts Principal investigator at the Infant Centre, Prof Jonathan Hourihane, with a new oral immunotherapy which reduces sensitivity to peanuts. Photograph: Diane Cusack

Irish scientists help develop immunotherapy drug which desensitises people with allergies

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Wiry frontman of the angry young London punks on Brexit, mental health and sexism

Mayo wind farm project takes on shades of Corrib controversy Alan and Eileen Mullarkey, who have been affected by construction on the wind farm project in north Mayo. Photograph: Conor McKeown

Protests near the site at Bellacorick highlight concerns about the developers’ approach

Hotels in the east being used as temporary direct provision centres Exterior of Eglinton Hostel direct provision centre in Salthill Galway. File photograph: Bryan O’Brien

Centres opening around the State to meet ‘immediate and urgent increase in demand’

‘Smart Atlantic way’ could narrow east-west economic divide – report Clifden, Co Galway.

Finnish Helsinki region and Scottish highlands already providing models

Nurses to begin ballot for strike action over pay on Monday INMO argues its members are paid about €7,000 a year less than staff in therapy grades but work more hours. Photograph: Frank Miller

INMO warns that there could be 24-hour stoppages in hospitals if ballot passed

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Resurgent China squares up to Trump’s US as trade conflict bites Shenzhen, , just across the border from Hong Kong, has evolved from a low-end manufacturing hub to a southern Chinese Silicon Valley. Photograph: Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images

Chinese business looking for innovative answers as US president piles on tariffs

Irish-speaking schools warn of legal action over ‘unfair’ patronage process Irish-medium schools account for 4.5 per cent of primary schools in the State, though research by the ESRI indicates the level of demand is about 23 per cent. Photograph: iStock

School management body for gaelscoileanna says ‘first past the post’ system is biased

PAYE workers ‘could lose out on benefit of tax cuts’ More than 150 categories of employee, many of them working in the services and health sectors, automatically receive a modest tax deduction to reflect costs incurred to do their job.

Withdrawal of automatic entitlements expected to hit employees across the workforce

DUP hardens stance on May’s proposed Brexit deal Nigel Dodds: “The choice is between this very bad deal and the right deal.” Photographs: The Irish Times
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‘It is time to work for a better deal which does not undermine UK integrity,’ says Dodds

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