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Firefighter recalls attempt to save baby from Carrickmines blaze A garda stands outside the halting site at Carrickmines in south Dublin where 10 people died after a fire broke out in October 2015. File photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times.

Ray Martin giving evidence at inquest into deaths of 10 people in 2015 south Dublin blaze

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Judge criticises ‘preposterous’ €60,000 personal injury claim Gerard Masterson, formerly of Sea Park, Clontarf, Dublin is pictured leaving the Four Courts. Photograph: Collins Courts.

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6 Gordon D’Arcy: Munster on track but Leinster at another level
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