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Climate crisis: Significant challenges loom as sectoral limits decided upon

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Columbarium at Ennis Cathedral is consecrated in a first for Irish church

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‘They went above and beyond’: Celebrating good customer service by Irish businesses It is worth acknowledging that amidst all the horror stories there are businesses who do the right thing. Photograph: iStock

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Ken Early: Man United's directionless drift under Solskjaer has been decisively exposed United’s Cristiano Ronaldo after Liverpool scored their third goal at Old Trafford. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images

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‘The craic is being sucked out of it’: A Galway night out in the new normal Crowds outside The Front Door bar on Galway’s Cross Street Upper on Sunday night. Photograph: Mike Finnerty

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