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IRELAND

Seven-year-old with Spiderman on his schoolbag looks on at gardai at work after his mother explained to him that they cannot access their home as it's part of a crime scene. Eamonn Farrell Eamonn Farrell

• Gardaí are appealing for information after a man’s body was found in north Dublin city centre this morning.
• In Waterford, gardaí are investigating after the body of a man was found in an apartment this morning. The death has been described as suspicious.
• The Department of Social Protection has said there have actually been 11 cases of suspected identity fraud recorded this year, after earlier telling Sinn Féin that there had only been one case.
• There are five tax numbers for Templemore college – and gardaí can’t say whether they’re compliant.
• Two men have been rushed to hospital after they were seriously injured in an accident at the Cliffs of Moher in Clare.
• Police in the North have arrested three men in connection with the 1987 rape and murder of 23-year-old Lorraine McCausland in North Belfast.
• The number of teenage pregnancies has fallen by 64% in 15 years, new statistics have shown.
• Gardaí are issuing warnings to the public about a drug about 100 times more potent than morphine that is being mixed with heroin and cocaine.
• Muhammad, Willow and Matilda are the highest-climbing baby names in Ireland.

INTERNATIONAL

Susan Walsh Susan Walsh

#KABUL: At least 64 people have been killed and 300 wounded after a massive blast ripped through Kabul’s diplomatic quarter.

#UNNECESSARY: UK-based breast surgeon Ian Paterson has been sentenced to 15 years in jail this afternoon, after he was found guilty of performing unnecessary surgeries on his patients.

#COVFEFE: US President Donald Trump caused some confusion this morning by tweeting, ‘Despite the constant negative press covfefe’ . He has defended it with a White House Correspondent saying, ”The president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant.”

PARTING SHOT 

A little boy in Dublin has lost his glasses and J.K. Rowling is trying to help retrieve them.

Archie is three years old and has Down Syndrome – he’s set to go into surgery tomorrow to correct his vision, which is extremely poor. Unfortunately, the glasses are necessary for the surgery.

They were lost somewhere between Rutland Street, Kevin Street, Cork Street and St. Stephen’s Green.

Archie’s mam Nicola made an appeal on Ray D’Arcy today, if you spot the distinct red glasses anywhere in town, get in contact with RTÉ.

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