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IRELAND

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• The State has offered an “unconditional apology” to a family that was harassed by gardaí.
• New documents show that the ‘admin error’ that led to allegations against Maurice McCabe was not reported as a HSE data protection breach.
• An international policing expert is to carry out a root-and-branch review of An Garda Síochána.
• A Westmeath hurler passed away after becoming ill at a training session with his club last night.
• There has been a breakthrough in the Dublin Bus dispute as tomorrow’s planned strike ballot is called off.
• Ireland is being taken to court over waste water by the European Commission.
• A woman has been arrested in connection with the death of a 19-year-old in a road crash in Co Monaghan five years ago.
• Lidl is opening its first wave of stores in the US this summer ahead of schedule, with plans to open up to 100 locations across the east coast of America within a year.
• An additional 2,600 J-1 summer work and travel visas will be allocated to Irish students this year.

INTERNATIONAL

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, joined by their wives first lady Melania Trump, right, and Sara Netanyahu. Carolyn Kaster Carolyn Kaster

#US: The US president claims that his own intelligence services are behaving “just like Russia”.

#UK: Tara Palmer-Tomkinson ‘did not have a brain tumour’ and died from a perforated ulcer.

#NORTH KOREA: A female suspect in the murder of North Korean leader’s half-brother has been arrested.

PARTING SHOT

Ryan Tubridy was the victim of a hoax involving Hollywood star Julia Roberts.

Last week he took to the airwaves to announce that he had received a letter from Academy Award-winning actress.

However, Roberts’ attorney says she never wrote to Ryan Tubridy.

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