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Chaired by former Labour Relations chair Kevin Duffy, the commission recommends normal water usage should be paid through general taxation, with a charge for “wasteful” usage. Water charges and property tax may be combined, says FF
  • Politics
  • 01:00

Micheál Martin looks to creation of single household charge but not before 2019

Denis O’Brien: Separation of powers key to High Court case Denis O’Brien is taking legal action against Dáil Committee on Procedures and Privileges and the State. Photograph: David Sleator
  • Crime & Law
  • 01:00

Businessman claims Oireachtas strayed into arena of administration of justice

  • TDs guilty of ‘trespass’, claims O'Brien
  • Denis O’Brien case ‘unique in history of State’
Ronnie Delany savours Olympic win, 60 years on  Ronnie Delany winning the 1,500 metres gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. Photograph: IOC/Allsport
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  • 00:35

Champion athlete relives day: ‘It’s only after it’s won that you realise the immensity of it’

  • Delany’s moment dawned slowly on homeland
Pay boost likely for public service staff after talks agreed Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe: talks should be completed by the end of January. Photograph: Eric Luke
  • Politics
  • 01:00

Negotiations on ‘anomalies’ arising from €50m Garda deal set to end in January

  • Public unions want pay rolled back quickly
ASTI deal may save pupils from being penalised in exams The ASTI’s standing committee is due to consider proposals aimed at resolving an industrial dispute which closed hundreds of secondary schools earlier this month. Photograph: Getty Images
  • Education
  • 00:59

Students at risk of losing 10% due to union’s opposition to classroom-based assessments

Migraine sufferer finds relief in cannabis-derived oil Cannabidiol, derived from the cannabis plant, lacks the psychoactive component that provides a “high” and is claimed to be an even more effective painkiller. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
  • Social Affairs
  • 01:00

Treatment has replaced patient’s painkillers but remains unlicensed in Ireland

  • Dáil set to pass Bill legalising medicinal cannabis
Bertie Ahern to be asked to rejoin Fianna Fáil in Dublin Central A motion to invite former taoiseach and party leader Bertie  Ahern to rejoin Fianna Fáil was proposed at the party’s Dublin Central members’ meeting and was passed unanimously. File photograph: Getty Images
  • Politics
  • 23:05

Motion to invite former taoiseach and party chief passed unanimously at meeting

Gay community recalls dark days before decriminalisation Gay rights activist Tonie Walsh: “People were conditioned into a state of fear by the existence of the law.” Photograph: Cyril Byrne
  • Social Affairs
  • 01:00

UK moves to pardon gay men prompts calls to examine how they were treated in State

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Total Immersion: learn how to swim faster (much faster) My aim this winter is to try to increase my speed by 10-20 per cent. Photograph: iStock
  • Parenting
  • 01:00

Despite training sessions and three triathlons, I was still a slow swimmer so I signed up for a Total Immersion workshop

Hypnotherapy: change the way you think while you sleep “We are born in a positive frame of mind.”  Illustration: Illustration Works/Getty
  • Health & Family
  • 01:00

There’s no such thing as a ‘born worrier’, says clinical hypnotherapist Fiona Brennan, who runs an online course aimed at changing mindsets

Kathy Sheridan: Michael D got it wrong on Fidel Castro President Michael D Higgins signs the book of condolence for former Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
  • Opinion
  • 04:00

Our elected leaders should be less effusive about foreign leaders – living or dead

Groom punched and kicked wife on wedding night, court hears The court heard that, since being married in October, Kevin Joseph McGrath (28) has not seen his wife or daughter
  • Crime & Law
  • 20:44

Injured woman fled hotel room, alerted staff and was taken to hospital in Antrim

South Dublin woman sues private school over hockey injury Ailbhe Cole, who suffered an ankle injury allegedly during hockey training has sued her former school for damages in the High Court. Photograph: Collins Courts.
  • High Court
  • 18:26

Court told Ailbhe Cole, now 22, hurt while training on grit surface in near darkness

Man sues stepmother for share of €3.38m Lotto win One of the two winning tickets was bought for €12 at Salmon’s Department Store, Main Street, Ballinasloe, Co Galway. It entitled the winner to a €3.38 million share of the jackpot. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw
  • High Court
  • 20:48

David Walsh claims he was part of six-person syndicate and is due €564,000 share

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Mouse Morris dreaming of Grand National success with Rogue Angel 01:15
Tipp captaincy a timely lift for Pádraic Maher after painful Sarsfields defeat 01:03
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Bus Éireann drivers warn of industrial action on reform plan 01:00
Public unions want deteriorations in pay rolled back quickly 01:00
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First-time buyers will be able to apply for their 5 per cent tax rebate at the start of January. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire First-time buyers’ deposit scheme to go live on January 3rd
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Help-to-buy scheme to provide rebate of up to 5% of purchase price and will run until 2019

EIB vice-president Andrew McDowell: former economic adviser to Taoiseach Enda Kenny was appointed as Ireland’s nominee to the EIB in July. European Investment Bank funds to help offset Brexit impact
Permanent TSB: has denied that former chief executive David Guinane is entitled to a payment under its voluntary severance scheme.  Photograph: Alan Betson Former PTSB chief claims €866,000 redundancy owed
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  • Inquiry into breaches at Irish Nationwide begins

Sport

 Ronnie Delany winning the 1,500 metres gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. Photograph: IOC/Allsport Ronnie Delany savours Olympic win, 60 years on
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Champion athlete relives day: ‘It’s only after it’s won that you realise the immensity of it’

Ireland’s Jared Payne: did not return to the pitch following half-time against Australia at the Aviva Stadium. Photograph: Reuters Ulster await fitness updates on Jared Payne and Andrew Trimble
Liverpool’s  Ben Woodburn celebrates scoring his team’s second goal against Leeds United at Anfield. Photo: Getty Images History boy Woodburn helps Liverpool into semi-finals
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BBC Sound of 2017 list: the tipsters have lost the plot

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Deirdre O’Kane: “I don’t care about presents. Anything over the €20 is overboard. But where have all the parties gone?” Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Deirdre O’Kane: ‘This year I’m going to get Christmas right. I say that every year’
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Ryan Tubridy with Luke O’Connor from Dublin  on the set of The Late Late Toy Show in 2015. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons / The Irish Times Irish abroad: Here’s how to watch the Late Late Toy Show
  • ‘Leaving Ireland allowed me to be the gay man I have always been’
  • Men and women experience mental health issues differently

Culture

 Gerry Davis (left), the 2016 Hennessy Portrait Prize winner,  with sitter Sean Guinan. Photo: Anthony Woods Hennessy Portrait Prize 2016: Gerry Davis wins €15,000
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Limerick graduate takes top prize and for the first time two others are highly commended

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Michael Curran: The foundations of Tangerine Press were built on shattered dreams The birth and short life (so far) of independent publisher Tangerine Press
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  • BBC Sound of 2017 list: the tipsters have lost the plot

Opinion

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Brexit

Ireland, do the UK a favour: refer Brexit to Europe

Ireland, do the UK a favour: refer Brexit to Europe A legal decision that article 50 is revocable would allow for change of mind about leaving

Passport applications from UK ‘likely’ to rise by more than 50%

Irish Ambassador to Britain says Brexit has created uncertainty over trading relations

Only events have the power to shift the Brexit debate

UK Politics: Tony Blair may be moving too soon in trying to reverse Britain’s EU exit

US election

Paul Krugman: How bad can it get under Trump? Really bad

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Trump to announce Obamacare critic as health secretary

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Donald Trump faces second state recount in Pennsylvania

Green Party candidate files for fresh count of votes in another state won by Republican

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Abroad

Paul Dowling: ‘Growing up gay in Ireland, I spent years being lonely in a very particular way. I was surrounded by friends and family but my shame and secrets kept us at arm’s length from one another.’ ‘Leaving Ireland allowed me to be the gay man I have always been’
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I don’t know what kind of life I would have now if I had stayed at home

Lisa Rigney with her husband and three children in Alberta: ‘My main concern is that I won’t fit in at home any more, that I will miss this life.’ After five years abroad, I’m asking myself where do I belong?
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