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The top 40 strangest reasons your partner may break up with you - from clapping on planes to dirty fingernails

Smelling bad and being rude to waiters also listed among the top things that give people the 'ick'

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World's oldest dog prepares to celebrate 31st birthday

Bobi, who his owner describes as a 'warrior', has been officially crowned as the world's oldest dog by Guinness World Records

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'We're in our 20s and financially free thanks to our Airbnb empire'

The couple became financially free in November 2020, quitting their full-time tech sales jobs six months later

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Spanish police haven't ruled out digging up site where family believe Amy Fitzpatrick is buried

Amy Fitzpatrick

The 15-year-old's heartbroken family received a tip-off from an anonymous woman revealing the location where Amy may be buried

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PayPal to lay off 2,000 employees in global job cuts

The fintech company employs over 2,000 people in Ireland and slashed around 300 job from its Irish operations last year

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Angry relatives of missing Amy Fitzpatrick to protest outside Spanish Embassy

Amy Fitzpatrick

15 years since the Dubliner vanished, Amy's family said they are in limbo and are demanding the case be upgraded to a murder investigation

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Pfizer denies claims it is purposely mutating Covid virus

Activist group Project Veritas 'sting' has been spreading on twitter

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Rare green comet not seen since Stone Age to be visible in Irish skies

Astronomy Ireland

The comet, also known as ZTF, will be visible from Earth for the first time in 50,000 years making it a once-in-a-lifetime event

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Slack down updates as office messaging app stops working - recap

Users reported difficulties loading channels and sending messages this afternoon

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Asteroid hurtling through space set to narrowly avoid collision with Earth

Astronomy Ireland

The speeding space object travelling at over 48,000 kph will pass our planet at an altitude of around 2,500 miles above the ground

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Quick-thinking dog saves woman's life after fire breaks out in flat

Jordan Kent doesn't know what would have happened had it not been for her Jack Russell Terrier, Maddy, who alerted her to the blaze

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Young woman dies days after proposal due to using wrong spoon to stir cup of tea

Jess Prinsloo, who had an acute dairy allergy, was on holiday in South Africa with her fiance Craig McKinnon and suffered a fatal reaction after using the wrong spoon to stir her tea

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Irish dad dies trying to save 11-year-old daughter from drowning in beach tragedy

The incident happened after the child was swept out to sea on a bodyboard

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Microsoft planning to cut thousands of jobs worldwide

The news comes after Twitter and Meta laid off thousands of staff with Amazon planning thousands of job losses globally

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Youtuber claims he was behind MoTD phone sex noise prank ahead of FA cup

'Fair play lads best prank of the year'

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BBC MoTD FA Cup 'sabotaged' by 'phone sex noise prank' noise ahead of Wolves v Liverpool

'MOTD having a nightmare tonight'

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Love Island fans think Maya Jama has 'thrown shade' at Stormzy and NBA star Ben Simmons

'Maya throwing shade at Ben Simmons and Stormzy??? I LOVE YOUUUU'

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Banshees stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson miss Critics’ Choice Awards due to Covid

Smash hit film, The Banshees of Inisherin was in contention for nine gongs at the ceremony in Los Angeles

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Happy Valley fans hail Sarah Lancashire as GOAT after 'best TV scene in years'

Former Coronation Street actress and co-star Siobhan Finneran gave 'masterclass' in acting during BBC drama

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Madeleine McCann's parents admit defeat in 13-year libel fight with Portuguese detective

Kate and Gerry McCann spent 13 years battling Goncalo Amaral over false claims in a book that they were the 'main culprits' in their daughter's disappearance

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BBC Death in Paradise viewers worried Ralf Little could be leaving Saint-Marie

'I just don't want Neville leaving with Sophie'

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Lisa Marie Presley, 54, dies after reports of cardiac arrest at her LA home

The only child of rock 'n' roll legend Elvis was rushed to hospital after being taken ill on Thursday morning

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Gang boss Liam Byrne's son rings in New Year with Steven Gerrard while dating ace’s daughter

Lee Byrne recently revealed his love-affair with Gerrard’s daughter Lilly (18), who he called “the best person I’ve ever met” and his “little love"

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The Apprentice has returned and viewers already hate Sir Alan Sugar's candidates

'Enough already. Fire the whole lot of them.'

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The Late Late Show Late Late Show: Patrick Kielty praised for touching tribute to Shane MacGowan Patrick and a number of Shane's celeb friends shared fond memories of the late legend

Hero school worker who put life on the line to save kids out of intensive care

More than a week after the horror attack in which Leanne Flynn Keogh was repeatedly stabbed as she defended the young kids from the knifeman, sources have confirmed that her condition has improved enough for her to be moved out of ICU – and into a high dependency unit

Lucky escape for workmen after huge crane overturns in Blanchardstown

The incident happened yesterday morning when a large yellow crane toppled forward

Dole fraud crackdown - over half a million reviews of welfare claimants carried out

It comes after criticism that recipients like Ashling Murphy’s killer, Josef Puska, was paid disability benefit, even though he could ride around on his bike stalking women on the day she was murdered

Shane MacGowan enjoys drink with legendary Bob Dylan after his Dublin gig

MacGowan was even booked to open for their North American tour in the late 1980s

Swords Dublin property manager steals reg plates from cars in 'intimidation effort'The court heard Carvin stole a registration plate from a vehicle in Prospect estate in Balbriggan, Co Dublin on August 14, 2018 and another from a vehicle in Castlemills estate, Balbriggan between 8-17 September 2018

Murderer Gerard Cervi pictured at US gun range months before Bray Boxing Club shooting

In the pics Cervi can be seen holding what appears to be a Smith and Weston 29 double-action revolver - made famous by Clint Eastwood’s ‘Dirty Harry’ movie

Dublin weather: Exact day pinpointed for end of cold snap but bleak forecast ahead

While Wednesday will see things take a much milder turn - with temperatures as high as 10C being forecast - it will also bring torrential rain with risks of flooding after the freezing week

State spends €8.5 million on deportations in 10 years

Of over 10,600 deportations issues in the last decade, just 18 per cent have been carried out, data released by Justice Minister Helen McEntee shows

Dublin homes for sale: Two-bedroom properties around the city for different budgets

Take a peek at these properties, which are currently on sale by private treaty

The Late Late Show Late Late Show: Patrick Kielty praised for touching tribute to Shane MacGowan Patrick and a number of Shane's celeb friends shared fond memories of the late legend

Hero school worker who put life on the line to save kids out of intensive care

More than a week after the horror attack in which Leanne Flynn Keogh was repeatedly stabbed as she defended the young kids from the knifeman, sources have confirmed that her condition has improved enough for her to be moved out of ICU – and into a high dependency unit

Lucky escape for workmen after huge crane overturns in Blanchardstown

The incident happened yesterday morning when a large yellow crane toppled forward

Dublin pub owner 'immensely proud' of opening three bars in the US

Joe Byrne, 36, from Dublin, is owner of The Wolfhound, The Wild Goose, and Jack Diamond's

Dole fraud crackdown - over half a million reviews of welfare claimants carried out

It comes after criticism that recipients like Ashling Murphy’s killer, Josef Puska, was paid disability benefit, even though he could ride around on his bike stalking women on the day she was murdered

Swords Dublin property manager steals reg plates from cars in 'intimidation effort'The court heard Carvin stole a registration plate from a vehicle in Prospect estate in Balbriggan, Co Dublin on August 14, 2018 and another from a vehicle in Castlemills estate, Balbriggan between 8-17 September 2018

Murderer Gerard Cervi pictured at US gun range months before Bray Boxing Club shooting

In the pics Cervi can be seen holding what appears to be a Smith and Weston 29 double-action revolver - made famous by Clint Eastwood’s ‘Dirty Harry’ movie

Dublin weather: Exact day pinpointed for end of cold snap but bleak forecast ahead

While Wednesday will see things take a much milder turn - with temperatures as high as 10C being forecast - it will also bring torrential rain with risks of flooding after the freezing week

State spends €8.5 million on deportations in 10 years

Of over 10,600 deportations issues in the last decade, just 18 per cent have been carried out, data released by Justice Minister Helen McEntee shows

Dublin homes for sale: Two-bedroom properties around the city for different budgets

Take a peek at these properties, which are currently on sale by private treaty