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Oil tumbled more than 6 per cent at the start of the week after Israeli strikes against targets in Iran avoided the OPEC member’s crude facilities, raising the prospect for easing hostilities in the region. Brent fell below $72 (€66)…

An Irish climber who was part of the first and successful Everest expedition in 1993 has died in a mountaineering accident in New Zealand. Richard O’Neill-Dean (70), originally from Stackallen, Co Meath, fell during a solo descent from the 2,875-metre…