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Tuesday, 30 June, 2026

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Doctor pleads guilty to careless driving causing death of daughter (6)

Babak Meshkat (46) of An Cimín Mór, Cappagh Road, Co Galway, was charged following a Garda investigation into a crash in Co Westmeath in February 2024

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Mullingar ‘plunged into profound grief and sorrow’ after deaths of three people in Spain crash

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Dangerously high temperatures forecast to return to western Europe next week

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Aughinish Alumina will have to pay up front for costs of closing down Limerick plant under new deal

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Ken Early: Dismal Germany’s World Cup exit raises questions about Wirtz

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