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IRELAND

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• Bus Éireann staff will begin an indefinite strike from next Monday.
• The Charleton Tribunal into alleged Garda smears has officially begun.
• A man in his 20s has been arrested over the death of Waterford pensioner Paddy Lyons.
• A man in his 70s has died after being crushed by a digger at his Co Clare home.
• March is set to begin with sleet and snow.
• A man has lost a €24,000 unfair dismissal case over a last-minute “blatant lie”.
• Former Taoiseach Brian Cowen has joined the board of a European think tank funded by big business.
• The DUP’s Sammy Wilson told a US TV station that it’s ok to compare Sinn Féin with Isis.
• A man in his 40s died in a road accident in Galway.
• Publicans in rural Ireland aren’t impressed with plans to automatically ban drink drivers.
• Irish children aged six are getting teeth extracted under general anaesthetic.

WORLD

Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway delivering last night's Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards Chris Pizzello Chris Pizzello

#OH OSCAR: Last night’s Academy Awards descended into farce when the wrong movie was accidentally awarded Best Picture.

#WALES: The family of a child who died of an asthma attack after being turned away by a GP has called for a criminal inquiry.

#TRUMP: The US president has proposed a massive $54 billion increase in US military spending.

PARTING SHOT

The Crazy Frog turned 20 today. Sorry. Here he is being remixed by Axel F in 2005.

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