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THE IRISH TIMES

Wednesday, 25 March, 2026

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Middle East

US to deploy 3,000 extra soldiers to Middle East as Trump claims to have ‘won’ Iran war

Opposition says Government’s €250m package aimed at reducing conflict’s effect on fuel prices and cost of living is one of ‘half measures’

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Health

Unregistered dentist offered treatment to patients from sittingroom of Dublin apartment

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Social Affairs

Children being groomed into criminality from the age of six in deprived areas, report finds

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Crime & Law

‘We’re lost without it’: Theft of family’s car has huge impact on son with special needs

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People

At 54½ I finally passed my driving test - thanks to one big change

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Opinion

Opinion: We all know how ‘low fares’ work but Ryanair’s treatment of a grieving woman was cruel

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Your Wellness

‘Am I better to be truthful to my teenage son and tell him about his dad?’

Tell Me About It: My son was conceived from a sexual assault, there was no relationship, and his father was never there for me in any way

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Oireachtas

Taoiseach, emboldened by US trip, calls out Sinn Féin and their rich developer friends

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Early Edition Podcast

Rogue dentists, presidential pardons, and hogging the overtaking lanes

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Rugby

Gordon D’Arcy: Schools should adopt attacking style seen in Six Nations

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Dublin

Firebombing of social homes in Dublin has become an ‘epidemic’, says council

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Business

John McManus: Welcome to the strange world of the Central Bank’s new consumer code

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Sponsored

Unicef at the coalface of safe water and sanitation programmes but more funding needed

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Deceased farmer’s home to be sold to pay some of €1.5m legal costs bill in estate dispute

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