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Gardaí alerted after paramedics called to scene in Cabra on Sunday afternoon

Gardaí urge new offences in overhaul of white-collar crime Gardaí say Deferred Prosecution Agreements avoid the risk of large companies with multiple workers going out of business as a consequence of prosecution. File photograph: Getty Images

Law Reform Commission running the rule over Deferred Prosecution Agreements

Una Mullally: Peter Casey’s views on Travellers are embarrassing Peter Casey: his opinions on Travellers are not welcome in modern Ireland. Photograph: Don Moloney/Press 22

We have a duty a voters to defy this kind of inflammatory politics at every turn

Ryanair reports ‘racist tirade’ incident to UK police Ryanair has been criticised for apparently failing to remove a passenger from a plane after he launched a racist tirade against the woman in the seat next to him. Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters.

Airline says incident, in which man berates woman with disability, reported to Essex police

A delicious bargain basement lunch in central Dublin Camerino in the Goethe Institute on Merrion Square. Photograph: Aidan Crawley

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Maureen Dowd: Saudis’ medieval barbarity is enabled by US Faustian pact US President Donald Trump, flanked by White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, meets Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
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Tony Murray’s twice-daily changeover will become six-stage ordeal under proposed plan

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Property tax exemption on nearly 17,000 homes costs State €35m Since 2013, a total of 5,200 new and unused properties were exempted with €10 million in tax forgone

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Airline says fares will fall by about 2% over next six months

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