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It was located following a search of a residence in Aughnacliffe yesterday afternoon

That's according to new figures obtained by the Sunday Independent

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Footpaths are also very icy this morning

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That's according to the Taoiseach

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Sinn Fein want to avoid a repeat of what it calls, 'last year's fiasco'

3 firearms and ammunition were seized earlier this week

It's after an increase in 'smishing' attacks this month

The Democrats have now reached an agreement with the Republicans

They're in place for the entire country across the day

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Barry Andrews is calling for adjustments to be made to the deal

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He is accused of incitement of insurrection after his speech to supporters earlier this month

It forms part of the National Broadband Plan

The funding will go towards their access to higher education

It's for their part in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese people found dead in the back of a lorry

The Irish Road Haulage Association will appear before the Oireachtas Transport Committee today.

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The penalties which would be altered, based on how much a motorist is over the speed limit, have been scrapped for now

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The remainder of the weekend will be cold with showers of sleet and snow.

Bishop Lucey Park is among the landmarks the Green party are seeking to be renamed

The Central Bank is warning of an uncertain economic outlook in the short-term.

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It says 33,000 foreign travellers arrive into the country a week, which will 'inevitably' carry more Covid cases into Ireland.

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The Judicial Council will meet next month to draft guidelines aimed at reducing the high cost of minor injury payouts

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A demonstration of more than 50 trucks took place in Dublin today before the Irish Road Haulage Association delivered letters to the Taoiseach and the European Commission outlining its concerns

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One of the country's most senior gardaí has thanked the woman for her courage in helping to bring her violent and controlling ex-boyfriend to justice

The service stopped last March due to the first lockdown and didn't resume until July

The Government has published the Affordable Housing Bill.

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6 year-old Adam King from Killeagh is leading the way with the initiative

The Irish Road Haulage Association is delivering a letter to the Taoiseach and the European Commission this morning over Brexit.

The Housing Minister believes proposed new housing laws will allow more people buy their own home.

The Cityjet CEO says he hopes vaccination won't be the determining factor whether people can travel this summer.

Gardaí from Togher attended a noise complaint at an apartment on the South Douglas Road shortly before 4:30am.

Golfgate resulted in the resignation of Phil Hogan as EU Trade Commissioner and former Agriculture Minister Dara Calleary.

Buymie is waiving it's fee for a month from today and will offer free delivery on orders over €40. 

There's been a 2,000% rise in the number of remote working jobs advertised.

Non national healthcare workers should have their citizenship fast tracked by the Minister for Justice.

The Irish Home Builders Association says a '20th Century planning system' is delaying efforts to satisfy housing demand.

It's after the Department abandoned today's planned reopening, following objections from the INTO and Forsa on safety grounds.

From today, people will be able to access medicinal cannabis in certain circumstances.

He's signed executive orders on a range of issues from the Covid-19 pandemic to immigration, taking apart policies put in place by Donald Trump.

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66,457 people have applied to the CAO by the close of the reduced fee deadline today.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin today congratulated Joe Biden on being inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States of America.

The ceremony took place in a quieter Washington where spectators have been replaced by a sea of flags. 

The amount was almost the same as 2018, although the broadcaster says it has since cut pay even further.

At least two people have been killed in a large explosion in central Madrid. 

Joe Biden, who'll be sworn in as US President later this afternoon, has tweeted: "It's a new day in America."

The news comes as the organisers of Dublin's  St Patrick's Day Festival say it will be run online this year.

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He will give a farewell address at a nearby military base, before continuing to Florida

Water supplies in the North Cork village have been disrupted several times over the past week due to a number of breaks in pipes supplying the area. 

National Lottery Headquarters have confirmed a lucky ticket holder won half a million Euro in last night's draw. 

The jobs will come on stream over the next 3 years

Lidl is to change how it spells its Middle aisle after an Irish Twitter user suggested a more relatable spelling. 

Teachers unions are defending the decision not to return to the classroom this week to teach children with special needs. 

Joe Biden will be inaugurated as America's 46th President this evening.

There was nothing for Tiger King's Joe Exotic, however.

Temperatures as low as -4c can be expected over the coming days, as a cold snap hits the country.

Catherine Reidy was last seen in the Ballyderown area of Kilworth on Wednesday.

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The Public Expenditure Minsiter has announced his consent to proceed with the Glashaboy River Flood Relief Scheme at Glanmire / Sallybrook.

Met Éireann says there could be ice and snow throughout the country later this week. 

An Irish man has died after an avalanche in a ski resort in Switzerland. 

A Cork councillor, who is recovering from a double mastectomy, says she's ready to return to work in City Hall.

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Several people ordered from the retailer's Irish site but subsequently received a message saying their product was coming from the UK and was subject to import duty

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The budget airline reportedly told pilots the maintenance, which is due to begin on July 5th, could delay plans to bring staff back. 

The business was set up in Cork in 1987

There are claims the Government confused people with different explanations on how the Pandemic Unemployment Payment would be taxed.

Leaving Cert Students are suffering 'drastic effects' like stress and a dip in motivation due to uncertainty about the exams.

The 57 year old woman was found at an apartment by her adult son on Sunday afternoon.

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It’s one of several trials earmarked to take place in Croke Park

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That's according to officials

In West Cork €20,000 has been allocated for the Cliff Walk in Rosscarbery

They are set to take place over the first six months of 2021

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Deputy Thomas Gould was speaking today on the day the clinic was meant to reopen after months of campaigning

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That's despite the 'Working From Home' trend created by the pandemic

Today is Blue Monday, considered the most depressing day of the year.

It could be 10 years before the balance between housing supply and demand is achieved, according to the Society of Chartered Surveyors.

A number of Cork walkways have received a funding boost.

The two boys smashed the windscreens of two Garda cars and a private car belonging to a Garda with what are believed to be a hatchet and a pick axe handle. 

A Cork TD says people on the northside of Cork are afraid and disappointed by SouthDoc's decision to keep their Blackpool clinic closed.

A man was assaulted by two men at 3.30am and forced to hand over two mobile phones to thieves.

The Education Minister has repeatedly insisted the exams will go ahead despite concerns over students missing school because of restrictions.

The estate of British Master Builder Sidney V. Regan has given €2 million to the department.

It's after two people burst into a home at around 5am yesterday.

Gardaí have requested the services of the State Pathologist as a precautionary measure following the discovery.

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The incident happened after a woman entered a store without a face covering

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The deal was announced on Christmas Eve

The survivors could be entitled under the upcoming compensation scheme

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Hospital admissions continue to surge due to rising Covid-19 cases

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The Minister said special schools would re-open on Thursday

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The shooting happened earlier this week

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The motion will be discussed on Wednesday

That's according to an agribusiness journalist

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The Department of Education wrote to principals last night

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The Commission of Investigation called for 53 actions to be taken

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A statement was issued earlier today

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The bills are linked to the government's Covid-19 supports

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It follows a number of incidents of anti-social behaviour on trains

The park includes 4km of harbour side walkways, a 1km jogging circuit and numerous seating areas where the public can stop and take in the views of Cork Harbour

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The National Remote Work Strategy also aims to bring in a legal right to disconnect

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It comes as there are plans to build a social housing development at the site

Minister Eamon Ryan confirmed the plans have been scrapped yesterday. 

Michael D Higgins has made a statement following the release of the Mother and Baby Homes report

Sinn Féin's calling for contingency plans to be urgently put in place in case the Leaving Cert exams can't go ahead.

Irish employees will have a legal right to ask to work remotely by September of this year.

Crews from Carrigaline and Crosshaven responded to reports of smoke in the area and have been at the scene since 5am.

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A number of Cork TDs have called for plans to build a social housing development on the Bessborough site to be scrapped.

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The ex-staff had been blockading their former work places on Patrick Street and at Mahon Shopping Centre in a bid to force Debenhams to honour a 2016 agreement. 

Anyone for the last few mealworms?

Donald Trump has made history - becoming the first US President to be impeached twice.

Last night's Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting heard calls for this summer's Leaving Cert to be scrapped. 

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A Mother and Baby Homes survivor says the discussion around the fathers of babies that were born in the institutions is unfair

He could become the first US President to be impeached - twice.

91% of the former workers who are Mandate trade union members  voted against the proposal and will now write to the Taoiseach to ask him to turn the offer into cash for the workers who have been fighting for redundancy since the retail giant closed last year. 

The Bishop of Cork and Ross Fr Fintan Gavin is appealing to legislators to make it possible to share birth and baptism records legally with survivors and their families

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He told the Dail an apology on its own is not enough and says actions always speak louder than words.

The Taoiseach says "An Apology is not enough". Among the actions to be taken is an enhanced medical card scheme to be given to former residents of a Mother and Baby Home or County Home.

The Taoiseach's words in the Dail in the past few minutes as he took to hIs feet to make a formal apology to those who were placed in mother and baby homes 

Micheal Martin described the statements by survivors contained in the report as painful and distressing

A TD is warning supermarket shelves will be empty if the disruption at the ports continues. 

Taoiseach Micheál Martin is to make a formal apology to those who were placed in mother and baby homes in the next hour.

The call has come from the ISSU a body representing secondary school pupils

A majority in the House of Representatives backed the resolution, after Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol Building last week.

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The order has apologised for its part in the scandal and says that it did not live up to its Christianity when running the home.

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney says the country is in line to get a quarter of this year's Brexit Adjustment Reserve, which is €4.2 billion.

The victim, a man in his 40's, died in hospital six weeks after the attack in September 2019

Industry Street in Ballyphehane has been closed as a result of a potentially dangerous building.

Terri Harrison's son Niall was born in a Mother and Baby Home in 1973

Over 1,200 people signed a petition for the clinic to reopen and the issue was raised in the Dáil. 

The Irish Second-Level Students Union is calling for the standard Leaving and Junior certs to be scrapped this year. 

It follows yesterday's publication of the long-awaited Commission of Investigation report, which found an "appalling" level of infant mortality among the children born there.

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A Cork TD says it's very timely that the closing date to submit objections to the proposed social housing development on the Bessborough site is today.

A survivor of domestic violence has pleaded with others who find themselves in controlling and abusive relationships to "take the first step."

The Commission of Investigation has found 9 thousand children died in the 18 institutions examined - around 15% of all those born.

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The 25th Amendment would give Mike Pence, with the support of the Cabinet, the power to assume office until President-elect Joe Biden takes over next week

The application has been submitted as a Strategic Housing Development which allows plans to be fast tracked through the planning process

Over 1,000 people have signed a petition in objection to the proposed Navy Route for the M20 Cork/Limerick Motorway.

The 6 year-old from Killeagh stole the nation's heart when he appeared on the Late Late Toy Show

Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes say they're feeling anxious and overwhelmed ahead of the publication of today's report.

It's hoped the samples will match records held in the Garda missing persons' database and lead to an identification of the remains. 

The FBI is warning that armed protests are being planned in all 50 US states following violent scenes in Washington DC.

The Commission of Investigations' final report into Mother and Baby Homes will be published today.

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It's in advance of new regulations

The decline represents a decline of around $2.5 billion

The Commission of Investigation's findings are due to go before cabinet tomorrow

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He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 8 years in prison

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That's according to the Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald

The money has been secured under The Town & Village Renewal Scheme

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Management confirmed a plan is in the pipeline

Greg Tarr from Bandon Grammar School won the top prize for new software that detects 'deepfake' media more accurately and quicker than existing models.

The Irish Sun reports that it follows the discovery of human remains outside Midleton last week. 

Just 530,000 people used the country's second biggest airport last year- a decline of 80% compared to 2019. 

The Vice-President is being asked to make him quit.

Emergency services were called to the R&H Hall site in Ringaskiddy after a fire broke out in a grain storage facility. 

The Springer Spaniel was stolen from her home in June

Survivors were supposed to be given the report by the Government tomorrow, but it was leaked in the Sunday Independent.

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The event highlights the positive impact of the experience of young people in care

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It's understood the teenage driver of the car fled the scene on foot

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They're appealing to retailers to come to the talks table

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The two year-old was rushed to hospital with traumatic head injuries

89 new families and individuals were added to the housing waiting list in the City in April. 

He will play Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday 25 May 2019!

Calls have been made for a curfew to be put in place

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The country is on the brink of a General Election unless the Tanaiste steps aside over her handling of the Maurice McCabe email saga

It's a highly anticipated Final clash of Blackrock and Imokilly on Sunday in the Senior Hurling Championship decider.

10 offices are unable to provide a normal service today due to power and technical outages caused by the storm

She was killed during Storm Ophelia after a tree fell on her car in Waterford 

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The annual Garda Memorial event will take place at Dublin Castle around lunchtime

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That's according to Age Action Ireland who say a change made to the eligibility criteria for the contributory pension in 2012, has hit women the hardest

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WOW Air's new service via Reykjavík launched this morning and the airline says ticket sales are strong

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The executive says up to 20 machines were quickly isolated from networks -  before it spread - with the machines replaced and the systems put back online

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A decision has been defered four times by the board who cited a number of issues with the waste facility

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That's according to figures from the 2016 Census which shows Cork has the second highest number of vacant properties in the country

The discovery of the one metre long South American Coypu on the banks of the Rive Lee, has been described as a "serious issue"

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That's according to an Interagency Steering Group who have organised this year LGBT Awareness week with the theme-  "Cork - A republic of equals"

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The event will see different events and workshops take place all across the city, as this year's theme is "Cork - A republic of equals"

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A peaceful protest was mounted yesterday by the Save The Lough From High Rise group, who have raised a number of concerns in relation to the development

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It comes following the introduction of the Tenancy Protection Service in Cork

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The 39-year-old has been sworn in at the Elysee Palace in Paris, taking over from Francois Hollande