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Monday 7 October 2024 Dublin: 12°C
The Daily Poll
Have you ever been to Jackie Lennox's Chip Shop?
Flames rise from an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, early Sunday

Monday 7 October

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The National Children's Hospital project has been delayed 14 times in the last four years.
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Aoife Johnston (16) died of sepsis at a crowded University Hospital Limerick in December 2022.
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Health Minister ‘wary’ of Statutory Inquiry into Aoife Johnston’s death but doesn’t rule it out

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