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• Detached home with rolling countyside views in Blessington for €795,000

  Though first founded in 1667, the Wicklow village of Blessington saw a surge in its population between 2002 and 2016, when the number of inhabitants rose from 2,509 to more than 5,520. Back then, demand for the picturesque village, famous for its location on the Poulaphouca Reservoir or, as it's locally known, the Blessington Lakes, increased and it became a more attractive spot for those who wanted easy access to the outdoors while also being near Dublin.

• Trump's Fed threats fail to spook markets – for now

  The US Department of Justice investigation into Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell failed to provoke panic in markets, eliciting little more than a yawn.

• Nurses at Naas General Hospital set to take industrial action over 'frustration, burnout'

  Nurses at Naas General Hospital in Co Kildare are set to take industrial action in a dispute over what their union described as unsafe staffing levels at the hospital.

• Forget the CAO: Here are some alternatives to college

  The drum beats loudly for it, but college is not the only choice on offer.

• Iftas 2026: Top two films scoop 26 nominations as Steve Coogan goes up against Daniel Day-Lewis

  Brendan Canty's Christy, the hard-edged social realist tale from Cork, has scored a chart-topping 14 nominations for the upcoming Irish Film & Television Academy Awards (Iftas).

• Ten ways to save on health insurance: 'Split your cover, check for young adult rates'

  "January is the busiest time for health insurance, with 500,000 customers due to renew their cover," says Dermot Goode, a health insurance expert with healthinsuranceireland.ie . "By the end of March, nearly half the market or 1.25 million members will have renewed their policies."

• The Assembly Ireland review: Micheál Martin lacks charisma for opener of this novel TV concept

  As with most outside-the-box ideas on television, The Assembly didn't originate in Ireland but is an import from the UK, where it ran on ITV. The premise is that a beloved celebrity – Gary Lineker or Danny Dyer, say – is grilled by autistic and neurodivergent people, whose line of inquiry pushes beyond "media-trained responses" and yields answers that are "honest, humorous and unpredictable".

• Congolese football fan's tribute to Patrice Lumumba captures public imagination at Afcon

  The African Cup of Nations (Afcon) ended on Sunday with chaotic scenes on and off the pitch and a dramatic extra-time victory for Senegal. But the most enduring image of the tournament may be a different one.

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