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IRELAND

Councillor Mannix Flynn staging a window-sill protest at Dublin City Hall against the Artane Band this evening Daragh Brophy / TheJournal.ie Daragh Brophy / TheJournal.ie / TheJournal.ie

• So-called Romeo and Juliet laws could be introduced in Ireland
• Dublin city councillor Mannix Flynn staged a window ledge protest at City Hall while calling for the Artane Band to disband
• The PSNI are investigating an incident in which three youths racially abused an immigrant girl
• Cyclists staged a mass protest in Dublin against perceived under-funding of cycling infrastructure
• Leo Varadkar made something of an unfortunate gaffe after declaring that Micheál Martin will announce next week’s budget
• Local flooding is expected in Kerry after Met Éireann issued an orange rainfall alert for the region
• Budget Day: Here’s what businesses can expect from the government’s billion-euro Budget giveaway
• A doctor, ‘who didn’t know a malignant melanoma was a skin condition’, has been found guilty of professional misconduct at a Medical Council fitness to practice inquiry
• A Dublin restaurant has received its first Michelin star
• Free financial and legal aid is now available for people at risk of losing their homes
• TD Paul Murphy will face false imprisonment charges in connection with the Jobstown protest next year
• Senator Rónán Mullen says he doesn’t believe aborted foetuses are ‘debris’
• A man has been released without charge having been arrested in connection with the murder of a man near Ballinascorney Hill last week
• A Corkman facing 12 years in jail in the Philippines says drugs were planted on him in the airport
• House prices are rising everywhere according to the latest Daft.ie figures

WORLD

File photo of Kim Kardashian who was robbed of more than $10 million worth of jewellery at gunpoint in Paris today AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#KIM KARDASHIAN: The reality television star was robbed of millions worth of jewellery at gunpoint as she attended Paris Fashion week

#BREXIT WOUNDS: The pound sterling has dropped to a three-year low

#TRUMP: Republican leaders hailed their presidential nominee as ‘a genius’ for paying no tax for 20 years. Meanwhile, his charity the Trump Foundation has been ordered to stop raising money in New York

#POLAND: Women went on strike today in protest at planned new abortion laws

#HUNGARY: 99.8% of Hungarian voters have rejected EU migrant quotas – however the referendum was deemed invalid as turnout was less than 50%

#FARC: Colombians have rejected a peace deal with the Farc rebels after 52 years of war

INNOVATION

• Meet Kirobo, Toyota’s new friendly robot that could cure your loneliness
• Can our bodies really keep up with the pace of evolution of our gadgets [Techradar]

PARTING SHOT

Facepalm time. Southern Rail in the UK decided to deal with the threat of industrial action earlier today by asking its followers on Twitter to give its workers’ union a piece of their mind. It went about as well as you might expect…

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