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IRELAND

(l to r) Carla Hennessy, Michelle Hoy, Beatrice Kelly, and Ciara Hennessy from Carlow at the Forbidden Fruit festival in Dublin Leah Farrell / Rollingnews.ie Leah Farrell / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• A 36-year-old father-of -four died after an assault at a well-known pub in Co Cork.
• Father Ted is making a comeback – in musical form.
• A man was arrested in Co Wexford after the seizure of €300,000 worth of drugs from a house.
• A primary school sexual health DVD was pulled due to the inclusion of ‘adult content’.
• An 170-year-old tree fell on the grounds of Trinity College Dublin.
• Magdalen reparations will finally be paid to those women who lived and worked in so-called ‘adjoining institutions’.
• A pensioner died in a house fire in Limerick overnight.

INTERNATIONAL

Benedict Cumberbatch and wife Sophie Hunter, pictured in Los Angeles in April SIPA USA / PA Images SIPA USA / PA Images / PA Images

#GAZA: The US vetoed a UN resolution on protecting Palestinians.

#ELEMENTARY: Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch fought off four real-life villains in preventing a mugging on a London street.

PARTING SHOT

The Republic of Ireland take on the US presently in an international friendly in Dublin. And, for the eagle-eyed among us, the Irish players’ jerseys will look a little different.

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In displaying support for LGBT rights, the players’ numbers will be rainbow-coloured.

Kick-off is at the American-friendly time of 8.08pm.

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