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The Dáil returns this week: Here are seven things to look out for (spoiler: one is an election)
The bike shed, Gaza and the Apple tax are sure to remain high on the political agenda this year. Oh, and what will come of the hate crime bill?
Jane Matthews and Christina Finn
disposable vapes
Justine Stafford: I felt like I was sucking on a USB filled with jam. How I quit vaping...
Justine Stafford
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League of Ireland
Dundalk FC talks to save club extended as Government pledges €500,000 Capital Grant
Current owner Brian Ainscough is understood to have interest from two groups – one based in Europe – to keep club afloat.
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5
Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
fianna fail think-in
Tánaiste says by-elections for vacant seats won't be held and February is 'ideal' for election
Martin says no by-elections will be held before the general election.
think-in forward
Greens leader Roderic O'Gorman reckons his party is seen as a 'political bogeyman' by opponents
Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Green Party are all hosting their think-ins in Dublin today.
Good Morning
The 9 at 9
Trump assassination attempt, Huw Edwards trial and scam Irish products
Shop front
Scammers are using AI photos to lure Instagram users into buying fake Irish brands
The scam has been running in Ireland since at least June.
Thousands of ads for fake businesses have been run in Ireland by international scammers in recent months.
Ads for clothes or accessories have used AI-generated images of people who supposedly work at the shop in question.
Pages have attracted complaints from Irish customers saying that they didn't get the products they had paid for.
productivity
Parenting: Caught in an endless cycle of failed productivity? Me too
Margaret Lynch
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