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IRELAND

Garda Commissioner Noírí O’Sullivan has announced her retirement. Eamonn Farrell Eamonn Farrell

• Garda Commissioner Noírín O’Sullivan announced that she is retiring
• The Kinahan cartel are suspected of laundering cash through a popular limo firm
• Taoiseach Leo Varadkar spoke to The New York Times
• Gardaí appealed for witnesses after a man was injured in a crash overnight
• The Labour Party said it wants the HPV vaccine extended to boys
• A man was arrested over a shooting incident in Cork
• Gardaí were called on after motorist verbally abused school traffic warden
• Newstalk’s Chris Donohoe addressed the comments George Hook made about rape on his radio programme
• Pat Hickey resigned from the IOC’s executive board
• Some 6th class pupils in Offaly turned a profit with a practical solution for head lice

WORLD

Trees and branches are seen on a street after being torn down by strong winds as hurricane Irma arrives, in Miami, Florida. Xinhua News Agency / PA Images Xinhua News Agency / PA Images / PA Images

#FLORIDA: Millions of people were forced to evacuate from areas in Florida as Hurricane Irma made landfall

#UK: Paul Hollywood said he is “absolutely devastated” after a photograph of him in Nazi uniform emerged in a newspaper

#GERMANY: The German Chancellor Angela Merkel is likely to continue leading Europe’s largest economy.

PARTING SHOT

Nasa is tracking Hurricane Irma from space.

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