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• Newbridge Fire That Gutted Six Homes Shows Limits Of Defects Scheme That Excludes Houses, Say Experts

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• "Car Park" M7 Now Ireland’s Second-Busiest Road, As TII Warns Of Capacity Limits

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• Majority Of Irish Children Have Encountered Extremism On The Internet, New Study Finds

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• Man On Crutches Allegedly Sprayed Woman In Face With Unknown Substance In Maynooth

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