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IRELAND

Ballybunion, County Kerry. Eamonn Farrell Eamonn Farrell

• The board of the St Vincent’s Healthcare Group plans to review the status of the new National Maternity Hospital project, in light of recent developments.
• The family of Siobhán Phillips, who was shot on the same night that Garda Tony Golden was killed, have announced they are to sue An Garda Síochána.
• Gardaí are investigating whether the Kinahan gunman ‘accidentally shot himself or was murdered’.
• Two masked men have robbed a cash-in-transit van in north Dublin.
• Cork woman Vera Twomey has been stopped at Dublin Airport attempting to bring medicinal cannabis into the country.
• Plans to build over 100 apartments in south Dublin have been shot down by the planning board.
• Wetherspoon’s has been given the green light for a €4 million ‘super pub’ on Camden Street.
• One ‘diet drink’ a day could increase risk of dementia and strokes, according to a seven-year study.

INTERNATIONAL 

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#PARIS: The Champs Elysees shooter Karim Cheurfi has been described as an oddball by his neighbours in the multi-ethnic suburb of Chelles east of Paris. Meanwhile, a suspect wanted in the wake of last night’s shooting has handed himself in to Belgian police.

#US: Despite a public outcry, the US state of Arkansas has put a man to death as part of a series of executions.

#GERMANY: The suspect in the bomb attack on Borussia Dortmund’s team bus wanted to spark a drop in the football club’s share price, German authorities have said.

PARTING SHOT

These brown bears now live in the lap of luxury after a life of horrendous abuse.
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