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🎧 In the latest episode of The Counter Ruck: Will new Leinster coach bring French winning chaos to Ireland?
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The United States launched limited strikes on Iran late on Monday, according to reports, hours after vice-president JD Vance said he was optimistic diplomatic efforts to end the war were moving in the right direction.irishtimes.com/world/middle-…
Apple warned on Monday that the cost of memory chips would continue to rise, pressuring gross margin for the crucial holiday quarter, but said it had taken steps to lock in supplies.irishtimes.com/technology/bi…
It said it remained cautious on consumer sentiment and also the impact of inflation and higher energy costs on its businesses.irishtimes.com/business/2026…
There is only one show in town – or more accurately, on the other side of the Atlantic – as US voters head to the polls for the midterm elections.
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“One more match. Just one more match.” Sure, Unai. Sure. Just like all the other matches that generated a local tremor measured at one on the Richter scale when that seventh and final goal went in at the Camp Nou in March 2017.
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Point Of Law proved himself to be Australian racing royalty with victory in the Lexus Melbourne Cup in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
The three-year-old, bred and formerly owned by England’s King Charles III, led home a historic ‘Trifecta’ for top Australian trainer Ciaron Maher who ran an unprecedented seven runners in the race that famously stops a nation.
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Gerry Thornley: “A lot of coaching is about timing,” McNamara once told The Irish Times, and his anointment as head coach at Leinster is further proof of that. irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2…
From the moment her talent became apparent in her teenage years, Ciara Mageean had to carry the tag of “the next Sonia”. And as fate would have it, Sonia O’Sullivan herself was in Brussels on the night Ciara broke her 1,500m record. That’s when she “earned her own place as the best Irish female runner” at that distance, Sonia writes in her column today, “she could take the baton from me”. They shared “the warmest embrace” after the race, one of many special moments between the two greats down the years.
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Gerry Thornley: Province have been here before when appointing Michael Cheika, Joe Schmidt and Leo Cullen irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2…
Gardaí are investigating reports that tailor’s pins and needles were discovered in sweets collected by young children during trick-or-treating on Halloween in Co Donegal irishtimes.com/crime-law/202…
Sponsored: As energy markets remain uncertain, more companies are looking at renewables. K&K Produce explains why solar makes business sense.
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More than 300,000 public sector workers are set to strike for a second time on November 12th and step up their ongoing work-to-rule after their unions endorsed a decision by negotiators to reject a pay offer worth 7.75 per cent over 2½ years irishtimes.com/politics/2026…
Keith Duggan reports from the US: President ends bitter and expensive midterm campaign claiming: ‘This is the golden age of America’ irishtimes.com/world/us/2026…
‘He’d probably been told not to cross the Border, but he was a stubborn man’ www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/11/03/hed-probably-been-told-not-to-cross-the-border-but-he-was-a-stubborn-man/
To summarise the 600 pages of documents, we have made poor land use decisions, writes Caroline O'Doherty
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Gardaí are investigating reports that tailor’s pins and needles were discovered in sweets collected by young children during trick or treating on Halloween in Co Donegal
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