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Pay to be restored for up to 60,000 public sector workers Teachers from the INTO, ASTI and TUI protesting in March in advance of a Government report on pay equalisation. Photograph: Alan Betson

Teachers, nurses, gardaí hired since 2011 to benefit by average of about €3,300

Miriam Lord: Tourists ask Higgins to show them the way President Michael D Higgins and his wife, Sabina, the National Ploughing Association director Anna May McHugh, and chairman of the National Ploughing Association, Denis Keohane. Photograph: Tom Honan

President helps Germans find Donaghmede while Madigan shows off her Hochdeutsch

Fintan O’Toole: Ireland’s difficulty becomes England’s opportunity Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern signing the Belfast Agreement in 1998. Photograph: Dan Chung/Reuters

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News publishers highlight importance of journalism in Irish democracy Journalism Matters argues for the appointment of a Minister for Media, the establishment of a news publishers media fund and a training support scheme for journalists. Photograph: Frank Miller

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BusConnects plan faces major roadblocks as opposition mounts A setion of the crowd at the public meeting in Portmarnock. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

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Munster blown away in Cardiff by the bonus point Blues Joey Carbery is tackled by Gareth Anscombe and Willis Halaholo during Munster’s defeat to Cardiff. Photograph: Billy Stickland/Inpho

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Avoidable injury to infants in childbirth an ‘egregious insult’, senior doctor says

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