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Bank of Ireland to close service centres that employ 420 Bank of Ireland’s 250-strong branch network is unaffected by the decision. Photograph: iStock

Back office closure likely to see 200 employees leave bank

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Save the 8th campaign calls on Dr Peter Boylan to resign Niamh Uí Bhriain and Mairéad Hughes during a Save the 8th press conference in Dublin. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

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Man defiled boy (13) who downloaded dating app to mother’s phone The boy downloaded the Gaydar app and created a fake profile on which he claimed he was 19, the court heard. File photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters

Teenager claims 30-year-old forced him to perform oral sex after coming to his home

Siblings used death cert of woman with stepmother’s name to sell house The High Court had previously ruled there was no evidence of fraud by the siblings.

Court rules John Moore and Maria Byrne committed fraud in selling late father’s home

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Delegation from club will travel to Rome on Friday ahead of second leg

Loan analysis at INBS ‘next to useless’, inquiry hears The inquiry is seeking to establish if Michael Fingleton, former INBS managing director, and three other former managers were involved in seven so-called contraventions at INBS between August 2004 and September 2008. Photograph: Bloomberg

Auditor says society was told credit provisions needed to be reconsidered

Single workers bear brunt in Ireland’s personal tax system The average tax rate for single workers with children fell by 22.7 percentage points between 2000 and 2016 in Ireland. Photograph: iStock

Irish tax burden for two-income couples is fourth lowest in OECD, study finds

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