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Gardai are to prepare a file for the DPP after releasing without charge two men arrested for questioning about a robbery in the city earlier this month.

A 23 year old man from Passage West was set up and attacked by three men as he walked along Pouladuff Road on the city's southside on December 7th.

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The chairman of the Oireachtas foreign affairs committee is urging all sides to ensure direct-rule doesn't return to Northern Ireland.

Talks stalled this week after the DUP stopped a deal that could have restored power-sharing at Stormont. 

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A yellow fog warning is place for the entire country this morning, on the busiest commuting weekend of the year. 

The alert came into effect yesterday afternoon, leading to dangerous driving conditions. 

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Australia's prime minister has cut short his holiday after two firefighters were killed in devastating bushfires.

Both Sydney and Melbourne are blanketed in smoke, and people in the countryside are desperately trying to protect their homes.
 

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