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nuclear bets
Ireland's energy future: What if the real failure here is that we stopped thinking bigger?
summer stress
Watchdog finds 'shocking' levels of problems with holiday car hire and warns drivers to take care
The Morning Lead
Embassy staff swerved punishment for 22 speeding offences in three-year period
Some diplomatic missions avoided multiple separate speeding offences.
Sunday
17 May
now what
Another year over – but can Eurovision go on like this?
Contest organisers the EBU will be breathing a sigh of relief now that the week is over – but whether the boycotting broadcasters will return remains an open question.
new book
Barry Cummins: I shudder to think I sat in Tina Satchwell’s home while her body lay buried there
Thailand
Irish student dies in road crash in Thailand
The man has been named locally as Dublin film student Max Hendrickson.
From The 42
Leinster SFC final
Westmeath see off Dublin after extra time to win stunning Leinster title
Not for turning
Ireland ‘needs to avoid' type of political leadership turmoil 'impacting UK’, Taoiseach says
Thalidomide
No date for State apology for thalidomide survivors, but Taoiseach says 'good progress' being made
Road Deaths
Four killed on Irish roads in 24 hours after collisions in Donegal and Dublin
Three people have died after two separate collisions in Co Donegal, while a pedestrian in her 20s died after being struck by a car in south Dublin.
life in the west
An Spidéal in a byelection: We're caught between dereliction, development and a lack of vision
Analysis
Why young Irish people have much worse pensions than their parents
Private or public sector, today’s young workers are not getting the generous pensions of the past, writes Paul O’Donoghue.
eurovision result
Bulgaria are surprise winners of the Eurovision Song Contest, as Israel finish in second place
Israel finished in 8th place after the jury votes were announced and once again received a massive public vote in the contest.
Saturday
16 May
Vienna
Pro-Gaza protesters arrested near Eurovision arena as contest takes place amid heavy security
Austrian police said the protesters were repeatedly asked to remove face coverings and detained after they refused to comply.
From The 42
moving day
Rory McIlroy puts himself right in the mix with brilliant 66 at PGA Championship
Birchhill
Two dead and four injured in road crash in Donegal
The crash occurred on the N15 in Birchhill.
The week that was
'It’s going to be a dogfight': Three winners and three losers from the political week
Bertie Ahern’s blunder, Dublin Central highs and lows, and ministers for slow pace.
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