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'They went ballistic': The perfect moment captured when Ireland Women beat the Black Ferns
Ireland more concerned about performance than November clean sweep
Opinion: How to find razor-sharp focus in the age of distraction
Ciara Conlon
Column: Find your focus with these 5 tips
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SME Focus: Everything you need to know about innovation and SMEs
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Race For Liam: The 4 teams bidding for All-Ireland hurling glory
SME focus: Everything you need to know about trading on tourism
Does focusing on exam results have a negative impact on education?
SME focus: Everything you need to know about starting a business
Heads up! 19 of our favourite images from the past week in sports
Leinster looking for fringe players to press their claims against Zebre
How to turn your smartphone photos from good to great
Champions League preview: Concentration the key for PSG as they prepare for Leverkusen showdown
'I haven’t got bogged down thinking about getting back onto the Dublin team'
Number of families becoming homeless in Dublin has doubled - charity
Munster looking for momentum as Perpignan tests loom
Scrums, grubbers and spirals: Slo-mo cameras hone in on rugby impacts
Number of new homeless people rises by at least 7 a day
'The sport is suffering': Jaimie Fuller and the battle to change cycling
Gloom to glory a short step for Mickelson
Analysis: Gay's roller-coaster career runs into final barrier
Column: How practising mindfulness can help your work life
Joanne O'Malley
Column: With so many empty houses, why are people still homeless?
Joyce Loughnan
Formula 1: Hamilton ignoring contract 'rubbish'
In Pictures: Day eight of London 2012
All eggs, one basket: Lemaitre may skip Olympic 100m
The heat is on: Leinster under pressure to perform
Column: The danger of alternative therapies and why Steve Jobs was wrong
Sandra Ryan
Hurdles: O'Rourke quietly confident in Olympic build-up
Room to improve: Sexton looks ahead to Warriors clash
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