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Revolut scam: 'I watched the total go down by another €5,000'
Revolut scam: 'I watched the total go down by another €5,000'

Alice Coyle lost €10,000 in a matter of minutes in a Revolut scam. The Galway woman tells Bernice Harrison how the scam unfolded after she received a…

2 years, 10 months ago

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The brutal crimes of IRA double agent Freddie Scappaticci
The brutal crimes of IRA double agent Freddie Scappaticci

During the Troubles the IRA set up a unit to find informers within its organisation. Informally called the ‘nutting squad’, it was led by Freddie Sca…

2 years, 10 months ago

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Ozempic: the reality of the ‘miracle’ weight-loss jab
Ozempic: the reality of the ‘miracle’ weight-loss jab

Ozempic is a drug, designed for diabetics, but which has a game-changing secondary use. It has the power to transform the lives of people with comple…

2 years, 11 months ago

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Bullying in schools: how it’s changed and how to handle it
Bullying in schools: how it’s changed and how to handle it

More than one in 10 teenagers in Irish secondary schools experience bullying. It can happen in school, or outside it, on social media or in person. F…

2 years, 11 months ago

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Gilgo Beach murders: could a Manhattan architect be the Long Island serial killer?
Gilgo Beach murders: could a Manhattan architect be the Long Island serial killer?

Last month a New York architect, Rex Heuermann, was arrested in connection with the deaths of three young women whose bodies were found buried in a r…

2 years, 11 months ago

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Violence on the streets of Dublin: is anyone in charge?
Violence on the streets of Dublin: is anyone in charge?

The savage and unprovoked attacks on an American tourist Stephen Termini, from Buffalo, New York, and the Ukrainian actor Oleksandr Hrekov in Dublin’…

2 years, 11 months ago

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How did Pedro Sanchez pull off an upset in the Spanish election?
How did Pedro Sanchez pull off an upset in the Spanish election?

Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez has a good chance to form a new left wing coalition following a surprise result in last weekend's general electi…

2 years, 11 months ago

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'There's a wildfire outside my balcony' - climate chaos hits tourism in Greece
'There's a wildfire outside my balcony' - climate chaos hits tourism in Greece

On a family holiday to the Greek island of Corfu, Irish Times reporter Ronan McGreevy got an unexpected front row seat to one of the big stories of t…

2 years, 11 months ago

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Drama on the picket lines: why Hollywood is on strike
Drama on the picket lines: why Hollywood is on strike

Hollywood is on strike. It’s about money of course, but at its heart is changing technology: the way streamers, such as Netflix and Apple TV have alt…

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Ann Lovett: do her last letters shed light on her tragic death?
Ann Lovett: do her last letters shed light on her tragic death?

The story of teenager Ann Lovett, who concealed her pregnancy and died shortly after giving birth alone in a grotto in Grandard, County Longford, is …

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