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• Coalition Reveals Programme For Government Details

  Micheál Martin will take up the mantle of Taoiseach until November.

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• Junior Minister Wants To See Justice For Shooting Of Endangered Eagle

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• Diageo To Increase Price Of Draughts From Next Month

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• Emergency Services Attending Three-Vehicle Crash in Offaly

  It happened before 8 this morning.

• Laois And Offaly County Councils Spend Over €200k Tackling Invasive Plants

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