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Leo Varadkar says he wants to reduce income taxes further, and cut the cost of accessing public services.

According to the Taoiseach, over the next five years, the Government will increase the point at which people pay the higher rate of tax to €50,000  for a single person and €100,000 for a couple.

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An evacuation has continued overnight as a cruise ship battles stormy seas - without engines - off the coast of Norway.

The Viking Sky raised the alert yesterday after getting into difficulty a mile off shore with 1 thousand 300  people on board.  

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A man in Cork has been remanded on bail following a €70 thousand drug seizure in the city earlier this week.

33 year old Martin McSweeney of Elderwood Park, Boreenamanna Road, Cork was charged with two offences relating to the cocaine seizure by the Cork City Divisional Drugs Squad.

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A man has been remanded in custody after he was charged with a serious assault which has left a 73 year old man in a critical condition in a Cork hospital

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