The Tánaiste insists there's "nothing corrupt" in negotiating a coalition deal with Michael Lowry. The Fianna Fáil leader had called for his resignation in the Dáil following the Moriarty Tribunal in 2011, which found the Tipperary TD had a "persuasive" influence in the awarding of Ireland's second mobile phone license.
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A Garda was injured during a drugs raid on the northside of the city over the weekend. The Echo reports the member of An Garda Siochana suffered broken kneecap during the search of a house.
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A decision to man the Garda station in Carrigaline for just eight hours a week has been slammed. The town has a catchment area of 30,000 people and there have been consistent calls for more Gardaí to be allocated to the town and the opening hours of the Garda station to be guaranteed.
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TikTok is slowly coming back online in America. It's just hours before Donald Trump takes office as the 47th US president, where he's signalled he'll pause a ban.
