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• Half Of Victims Repaid In Alleged Electric Picnic Ticket Scam

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• 15% Tariffs Ceiling On Pharmaceutical And Semiconductor Exports Confirmed

  The agreement announced today follows months of negotiations.

• Midlands HR Expert Warns Job Interviewers

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• Housing Department Reports Drop In New Midlands Homes

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• Laois Hosting Global Agri And Equine Internship Event

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• Head Of Electric Picnic Speaks Out Over Alleged EP Ticket Fraud  

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• Strike Looms As School Staff Demand Equal Pension Rights

  Protests are set to take place outside the Dail next Thursday. 

• Westmeath School Ordered To Pay Teacher €85k Over Maternity Leave Discrimination Case

  The WRC adjudicator found one job applicant was treated differently to another.

• Midlands Farmer Urges Probe Into Dawn Meats And Alliance Group Deal

  The deal is believed to be worth around €120 million.

• "Glamorous" Young Woman Identified In Electric Picnic Ticket Scam

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• 900 Midlands Businesses Benefit From Upskilling

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• Carlow Fashion Designer Remembered As 'Shining Light' At Funeral

  33-year-old Martha Nolan was found dead on a boat.

• 'A Story Of Hope Amid Struggle'- Laois Producer On IFTA Selected Film For Oscars

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