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With the news of her death aged 80, we’ve compiled some of Parton’s best performances and moments throughout her life and career.

Contract for new extension to female wing of Mountjoy Prison signed

It will increase the female prison’s capacity by 52 spaces, or 30%.

Defence Forces bomb disposal experts remove

The area was cordoned off and the Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team attended the scene.

Beyond the points: Leaving Cert students on pressure, support and what comes next

As thousands await CAO offers, Leaving Cert students reflect on the pressures of their final year and the supports they received.

Civil servant arrested for leaks to hostile foreign power charged with breaking Official Secrets Act

Yevgen McKeeffe has lived in Ireland for 24 years and changed his name by deed poll.

Government falls short of garda recruitment targets for second year in a row

It is estimated that this year, fewer than 800 gardaí will graduate from Templemore College and enter the policing force.

Teenager in critical condition in hospital after single-vehicle crash in Galway on Saturday

Three other teenagers, who were in the car, were taken to hospital as a precaution.

HSE to fund Friedreich

The HSE said it ‘took account of a substantially improved financial offer made in recent days by the company Biogen’.

The FOI Files: How Dublin City Council discovered the diesel leak in the Liffey

The records show the leak spread some 2km from the Samuel Beckett Bridge before being spotted.

Ireland has ‘stalled if not regressed’ on human rights, rights groups to tell UN in Geneva

The groups will warn that proposed legal changes could restrict access to the courts, while new housing rules risk increasing homelessness.

'A crisis in parenting' and insufficient government support leading to ‘burnout’ in principals

A survey of over 900 school principals in Ireland saw 56% report they work over 50 hours a week.

Fiscal watchdog warns against big Budget spending (and warns EU rules are too easy on Ireland)

Ifac issued its now annual pre-Budget warrning, arguing that spending could outpace economic growth.

'The bubbliest happiest person': Tributes paid at vigil for woman murdered in Limerick

Jady Cristine Pereira Rosa was stabbed to death at an apartment she shared with her husband, Judismar Weslei Batista, at Cecil Street.