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IRELAND

President Higgins at Bloom 2017 Chris Bellew / Fennell Photography Chris Bellew / Fennell Photography / Fennell Photography

• Gardaí have launched a murder investigation after the body of a man was discovered at a Waterford apartment yesterday morning.
• Former Sinn Féin councillor, Jonathan Dowdall, who waterboarded and threatened to kill a man who he believed was trying to defraud him has been jailed for 12 years by the Special Criminal Court.
• Leo Varadkar says he has faith his supporters won’t secretly vote for Simon Coveney.
• The Minister for Children Katherine Zappone has announced the appointment of a team of international experts to investigate the burial site at the Tuam mother and baby home.
• A hospital sacked a healthcare assistant after he stole €50 from an envelope belonging to an elderly unresponsive patient.
• A man who posed as his late brother so he could buy a house has been jailed for two years.
• April 2017 was the worst month for alcohol-related offences on Irish roads in five years, new figures show.
• The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has rejected a complaint made about a comment by chef and tv presenter Darina Allen that ‘squishy sliced pan’ would be banned if she were the Minister for Health.

INTERNATIONAL

#US: Trump has pulled the US out of the Paris climate deal saying it’s not tough enough on China or India

#MANILA: ISIS claims responsibility after gunfire reported at casino complex in Philippine capital.

#JUST GOOD FRIENDS: UK far-right politician Nigel Farage is a “person of interest” in the FBI’s investigation into possible collusion between Russia and Donald Trump’s successful presidential campaign.

PARTING SHOT 

Scientists have developed a new system to work out if sheep are in pain or just feeling sad.

Chris 'The Unhappy Sheep' from Father Ted.

They say that when sheep are in pain their eyes narrow, their cheeks tighten, their ears fold forwards, their lips pull down and back and their nostrils change from a U shape to a V shape.

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