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Farming & FoodAgricultural checks row: ‘These are important companies being treated with complete contempt’ ByAndrew Hamilton
SportAngling notes: UCD report on mercury levels in fish offers reassurance to Irish consumersByDerek Evans
StageFrom the Gaiety to An Grianán: 41 pantos and other Christmas shows around Ireland this festive seasonBySara Keating
Property‘How much is your rent? Can I come look inside?’: The viral star barging into New York apartmentsByAlaina Demopoulos
FoodFood & Drink Quiz: Which French wine region is most associated with the Riesling grape?ByMichelle Bowe and Greg Bowe
In the NewsRepublican elites want to move on from MAGA, but will Trump’s base let them?Listen | 23:47
PoliticsPlans for ‘soft opt-out’ organ donation system to go to Cabinet by end of the month ByCormac McQuinn
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SoccerDenis Walsh: Moral outrage concerning sport is selective, impressionable and flightyByDenis Walsh
BusinessChristmas will be ‘careful’ but not cancelled as consumer sentiment drops againByLaura Slattery
RecipesDerval O’Rourke: This pasta e piselli is a family favourite I first ate when I was racing in ItalyByDerval O’Rourke
World CupKen Early: Infantino still a master at telling the powerful what they want to hearByKen Early
Business Today NewsletterDialing down Christmas; energy firm profits drop; and beware that midlife career changeByDominic Coyle
Morning Sports BriefingJosh van der Flier on top of the world; Gianni Infantino buys into Qatari rhetoricByNathan Johns
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TransportEamon Ryan ‘reluctant’ to tackle toll increases if it comes at cost of other prioritiesByOlivia Kelleher
Your Wellness‘A lot of young people with ADHD feel misunderstood by family and in school’BySylvia Thompson
IrelandRyan says Irish neutrality triple lock ‘gives us strength’ and should be keptByOlivia Kelleher
IrelandDelivery driver forced at gunpoint to bring ‘hoax car bomb’ to Derry police stationByFreya McClements
EuropeVideos suggest captive Russian soldiers were killed at close rangeByMalachy Browne, Stephen Hiltner, Chevaz Clarke-Williams and Taylor Turner
FilmChris Hemsworth to take ‘time off’ from acting after discovering genetic risk on ‘superpowers’ TV showByKelly Burke
Your FamilyNine-year-olds live ‘very gendered’ lives as girls read more but play less sportBySarah Burns and Jack Horgan-Jones
World Cup‘I talk when I want’ - Cristiano Ronaldo says controversial interview not a distraction from World CupByJamie Jackson
Europe‘No one understands anything.’ Russians struggle to make sense of Ukraine warByPolina Ivanova in Moscow and Max Seddon in Riga
CourtsBlind man who was drunk while cycling before crashing into a car has been finedByStephen Maguire
HealthDo not ask grandparents to take care of children with respiratory illness, CMO warnsByOlivia Kelleher
PoliticsCoalition leaders will hold talks today about planned increases to road tolls amid a backlash ByJack Horgan-Jones
RugbyLeinster vs Glasgow: Harry Byrne in contention after recovery from hamstring injuryByNathan Johns
CourtsGarda sergeant injured when pulled down aircraft steps by asylum seeker awarded €87,950 ByRay Managh
World CupEngland 6 Iran 2 as it happened: Saka scores twice in dominant English performanceByDavid Gorman
MediaCost-of-living takes shine off ‘revenge Christmas’ for sequinned-up fashion retailersByLaura Slattery
Middle EastFormer Israeli PM Ehud Olmert ordered to pay Netanyahus for calling them mentally illByMark Weiss
Courts‘How do you know daddy was in the coffin?’: Children of man killed after his head was stamped on still ask why they had to have a closed coffin
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CourtsWoman held on remand as HSE seeks appropriate disability placement, court hearsByEllen O’Riordan
SportToto Wolff defends Hamilton’s worst season as he finishes behind team-mateByPhilip Duncan, PA F1 Correspondent
BusinessDavid Duffy’s Virgin Money to boost buybacks after forecast-beating profitsBySiddharth Venkataramakrishnan
Crime & LawTwo charged over ‘vicious assault’ on Gardaí in BallyfermotByConor Lally and Jack Horgan-Jones
HealthPsychiatrists reject Oireachtas committee report proposing curbs on involuntary detentionByPaul Cullen
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CourtsGardaí failed to respond to 999 call about pedestrian on N7 who was later fatally injuredBySeán McCárthaigh
An Irish DiaryOne giant leap for Ireland – Brian Maye on pioneering Olympic athlete Peter O’Connor ByBrian Maye
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Social AffairsVicky Phelan’s family invite public to a celebration of her life in parish churchByOlivia Kelleher
FilmCork Film Festival’s 67th edition closes off the cinematic year in atmospheric styleByDonald Clarke
BusinessIrish rights group urges US regulator to change tracking rules for online adsBySimon Carswell
Social AffairsPoliticians voice concern over nature of protests against housing for refugees ByMark Hilliard and Sarah Slater
TransportProposal to scrap road toll increases could leave State on hook for €25mByArthur Beesley and Jack Horgan-Jones
IrelandDominican Order says 97 complaints of alleged child sex abuse receivedByJack Power and Jennifer Bray
AthleticsTalk turns to Turin medals after Healy and McElhinney move to next cross-country stageByIan O'Riordan