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  "id": 6865432,
  "title": "From Longford to LA: The rise of Maura Higgins",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/from-longford-to-la-the-rise-of-maura-higgins",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-12T05:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
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    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2026/0912/1591248-from-longford-to-la-the-rise-of-maura-higgins/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As Maura Higgins prepares to take to the Dancing with the Stars ballroom in LA, Evelyn O'Rourke looks at how a one-week Love Island gamble became an international media career.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}