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• Reopening of HSE Civil Registration Office For Offaly Confirmed

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• Hottest Day Of The Year So Far

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• Midlands MEP Questions Commissioner On Hormone-Contaminated Brazilian Beef

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• IRHA Warn of Hauliers Blockade If Fuel Price Support Pleas Ignored

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• Planning Sought For Midlands Agri-Tourism Project

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• Niall Horan Announces New Album

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• Gardaí Charge Two Men OVer Cross-Border Terrorism Investigation

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• Pedestrian Hopitalised Following St. Patrick's Day Crash

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• ADHD Services In Midlands Not Fit for Purpose - Laois Senator

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