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Revenues at Murdoch-owned radio group rise to €22.4m
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Limerick man in contention for €12m-a-year HSBC top job
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Aer Lingus confirms it won’t be launch customer for new Airbus XLR jet
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Eurozone out of recession as inflation cools
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Bank of Ireland raises net interest income guidance
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Irish air traffic controllers shared €4.1m once-off payment
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Philips pays $1.1bn to settle sleep apnea device claims
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Corrib gas field operator Vermillion’s windfall tax challenge to be fast-tracked by court
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Certa lawsuit claims 12 million litres of biofuel ‘went missing’
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Spillane’s Tower brings the house down as Jimmy Mangan strikes at Punchestown
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Kerry beat Cork to advance to Munster final – but Rebels to get second bite of the cherry
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