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• Status Yellow Thunderstorm Warning Issued For Midlands

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• IFA President Challenges EU Commission To Scrap CAP Proposals

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• Offaly's 'Steminists' Have Homecoming After Robotics World Championship Win

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• New Enterprise Department Will Target Support For SMEs

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• Puska Brothers Plead Not Guilty To Withholding Information On Ashling Murphy Murder

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• Government Highlighting Importance Of School Attendance

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