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# Twins

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Number of twins being born at 'all-time high', researchers say
Researchers are citing the rapid rise in medically assisted reproduction as a major factor.
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Mar 12th 2021, 8:25 AM
Ed Byrne driving on with Leinster as twin brother Bryan settles in Bristol
The 26-year-old Carlow men have been split up for the first time in their careers.
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Aug 26th 2020, 8:56 AM
Taoiseach says minister will intervene in Bolger family case after RTÉ Prime Time programme
Gillian Bolger and Darren Milne spoke about the struggles they have faced in getting their eight-year-old twins into suitable school.
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Sep 18th 2019, 5:14 PM
Conjoined twin girls separated in London after 55 hours of surgery
Only one in every 2.5 million births produces conjoined twins.
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Jul 16th 2019, 2:33 PM
Two of the four identical calves born in Co Clare in 2017 are now expecting twins
The odds of four identical calves born are estimated at around a billion to one.
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Apr 4th 2019, 11:59 AM
'It's remarkably efficient working with a twin - but I wish there were more of us'
Happy Pear’s Stephen Flynn also talks about why failure is ‘fabulous’.
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Dec 3rd 2017, 6:30 PM
18 things that'll only make sense if you're a twin
We don’t have a telepathic connection. Well, maybe we do a little bit.
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Oct 4th 2017, 8:00 AM
People are very confused by this new Kurt Cobain mural that doesn't look like him
Uncanny?
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Sep 26th 2017, 5:06 PM
Madonna settles claim with Mail Online after it revealed details of her adoption of twins from Malawi
The singer had sued Associated Newspapers over the story, which appeared last January.
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Jul 27th 2017, 3:10 PM
Beyoncé and Jay Z have welcomed their twins, and are absolutely 'thrilled'
The new babies are siblings to the couple’s daughter Blue Ivy, who is five years old.
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Jun 18th 2017, 8:56 AM
People on Twitter are convinced that Beyoncé could be giving birth right now
Why is she doing this to us?
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Jun 15th 2017, 3:27 PM
George and Amal Clooney have had their twins, and George is already cracking dad jokes
Ella and Alexander Clooney were born this morning. D’aww.
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Jun 6th 2017, 6:11 PM
Drake and Simon Harris were born one week apart - here's how their lives have panned out so far
October 17th 1986: Simon Harris is born. October 24th 1986: Drake is born.
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May 1st 2017, 7:00 PM
A complete history of Daniel Radcliffe and Elijah Wood looking the exact same
The joke that just won’t die.
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Mar 24th 2017, 8:00 AM
George and Amal Clooney are the latest celebrity couple to be expecting twins
There’s something in the water, guys.
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Feb 10th 2017, 7:37 AM
Madonna felt "compelled" to adopt twins from Malawi orphanage
Some activists have criticised her for allegedly bending the rules.
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Feb 8th 2017, 12:49 PM
16 of the greatest reactions to Beyoncé's pregnancy announcement
“beyonce gone have 3 kids….. destiny’s child.”
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Feb 2nd 2017, 11:01 AM
Quads, triplets and twins born in quick succession at Limerick maternity hospital
The first set of quadruplets born in Limerick in 50 years arrived in October.
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Nov 9th 2016, 8:00 PM
Three-year-old girl dies in car crash in Limerick
The girl’s twin brother was also injured in the incident but his condition is described as stable.
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Sep 17th 2016, 7:41 PM
Premature twins recovering after being rescued from rubber dingy: 'They were so small and so cold'
“I was expecting normal newborns but they were much smaller…I was very surprised when I saw them.”
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Sep 3rd 2016, 8:30 AM
Newborn twins among 3,000 rescued from rubber boats at sea
Nearly 6,500 people risked their lives to cross the Mediterranean Sea on Monday.
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Aug 31st 2016, 12:19 PM
The incredible life of Margarita Louis-Dreyfus - one of the world's richest women
She’s worth close to €6 billion. And last week she gave birth to twins at the age of 53…
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Mar 27th 2016, 6:30 PM
Tests show twins have different fathers after husband became suspicious one looked different
One of the twins has thick, wavy hair while the other has thin, straight hair.
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Mar 12th 2016, 7:45 AM
Teacher accused of giving two students the same sexually transmitted disease
25-year-old Chelsea Lorson stands accused of knowingly infecting two of her students, who are brothers.
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Feb 26th 2016, 6:01 PM
Sonogram shows dying twin holding his unborn sister's hand
Ian and Brittani McIntire’s unborn baby son has a hole in his heart and problems with the development of his brain.
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Feb 18th 2016, 2:44 PM
This baby got super confused when he was babysat by his dad's twin
The resulting video has been watched millions of times on Facebook.
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Feb 10th 2016, 10:39 AM
These two Irish women look so alike they took a DNA test to prove they aren't related
Omgg.
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Jan 22nd 2016, 8:20 PM
53-year-old Swiss billionaire pregnant with twins
She only plans to take a few weeks off work.
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Jan 4th 2016, 2:45 PM
These San Diego twins were born in different years
“It’s very unusual and it’s very special.”
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Jan 2nd 2016, 8:13 PM
Georgia Penna has denied reports that she adopted her twin boys
The model says she’d like to keep her new sons ‘private’.
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Dec 13th 2015, 12:52 PM
This man hilariously recreated his sister's Instagram photos with cats
Art.
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Dec 4th 2015, 4:26 PM
Two men sat next to each other on a flight to Ireland and realised they were doppelgangers
What are the odds?
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Oct 30th 2015, 7:38 PM
Two men sat next to each other on a flight to Ireland... and realised they were doppelgangers
WHAT are the odds?
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Oct 30th 2015, 10:28 AM
A Wexford student found her complete doppleganger on a college exchange
This is spooky.
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Oct 26th 2015, 2:40 PM
This lad is the absolute spit of Mr. Bean and he's totally owning it
:O
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Sep 17th 2015, 12:06 PM
Watch these giddy twins 'fall asleep' the second they hear their mam's voice
MESSERS.
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Aug 27th 2015, 7:32 AM
This fed-up mother of twins had a novel solution to silence prying strangers
“Conceived by f**king”.
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Jul 12th 2015, 1:50 PM
Why are A LOT more twins and triplets being born in Ireland?
There has been a 36% increase in the number of twins born in Ireland over the period of a decade.
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Jun 28th 2015, 9:00 PM
Remember the Irish woman who found her doppelganger? She's just found another one
This is getting freakier and freakier.
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Jun 11th 2015, 7:36 AM
This baby met his mam's twin for the first time and got hilariously spooked
OK, which one of you is my real mam. FESS UP.
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Jun 1st 2015, 10:29 AM
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