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Weather warning expected to lead to flooding threats in several counties

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald secured the psychological victory of getting most votes to be taoiseach. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images michael o'regan Portraying Sinn Féin as a dangerous party is a political strategy
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Farmers in flood-hit areas of the midlands say their situations are being ignored

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Sinn Féin to hold public meetings around country to rally support for government efforts Over the next fortnight, meetings are planned for Dublin, Galway, Cavan and Newry, but with the first taking place in Cork on Monday night. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Meetings aim to rally public support for Sinn Féin’s efforts to get into government

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Patrick Freyne gets shown around the set of ‘the biggest show on Irish telly’

David McWilliams: Germany needs a new business model Leaving the stage: German chancellor Angela Merkel. Photograph: Abdulhamid Hosbas/Anadolu Agency via Getty

Germany may be about to enter a convulsive period economically, socially and politically

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When the RIC opened fire on a crowd in Ennis during the Clare grain riots A boat at Clarecastle, Co Clare, circa 1880-1900. Photograph: National Library of Ireland/Flickr Commons

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Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald secured the psychological victory of getting most votes to be taoiseach. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images Portraying Sinn Féin as a dangerous party is a political strategy
Social Democrats co-leaders Róisín Shortall and Catherine Murphy at the launch of the party’s manifesto in Dublin before the General Election. File photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins. Social Democrats will not join government involving both ‘civil war’ parties, leaders say
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin with party members at Leinster House. He set out in the Dáil in clear and unambiguous terms his problems with Sinn Féin. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos Pat Leahy: Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael will not crawl off and leave McDonald the stage

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