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IRELAND

Prince Charles and President of UCC Patrick O'Shea leave a bothán, a one-roomed hut which was used by the population during the famine. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• Mixed Martial Arts star Conor McGregor said he regrets his actions that led him to appear in Brooklyn Criminal Court today
• Abortion legislation won’t be passed by the Oireachtas before the summer
• Around 5,000 families remain without power after Storm Hector
• Vicky Phelan said new treatment has shrunk her tumours have significantly
• The State will never be able to contact some of the people who were adopted and whose births were illegally registered in this country
• A child psychiatric consultant resigned, claiming that staff are “burnt out”
• A man in his late 70s and a woman in her 60s were killed in two separate car crashes in Cork and Mayo
• RTÉ journalist Paul Reynolds has strongly defended a number of broadcasts he appeared on, saying they weren’t unfair to Maurice McCabe
• There were calls for RTÉ to boycott next year’s Eurovision in Israel.

WORLD

Opening ceremony of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Moscow, Russia Xinhua News Agency / PA Images Xinhua News Agency / PA Images / PA Images

#APOLITICAL MESS: A justice department report called former FBI director James Comey “insubordinate” in his handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton in 2016.

#US: US president Donald Trump’s foundation served as a personal piggy bank for his businesses, legal bills and presidential campaign, New York’s attorney general said in a lawsuit as she sued the charity, Trump and three of his children.

#KICK OFF: In case you missed it, the World Cup kicked off today, Here’s a guide to the groups, teams, and where you can watch it.

PARTING SHOT

An online fund has been set up to raise money for a park bench to be made and donated in memory of Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison.

“Weʼre raising £1,500 to place a bench in memory of Scott Hutchison in one of Glasgow’s beautiful parks,” the post said.

A place to remember, celebrate or just gather your thoughts.

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