NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.
IRELAND
- Members of the public turned out to pay their final respects to Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan in Limerick.
- An Irish woman died while on holiday in Thailand.
- Gardaí investigating the murder of Derek Hutch appealed for information about two getaway cars.
- The search for a missing Irishman continued in Austria.
- Support for Fine Gael dropped, while support for other parties remain largely unchanged, according to a Sunday Times/Behaviour & Attitudes opinion poll.
- Gardaí sought the public’s help in tracing a 61-year-old man who has been missing from Galway since Thursday.
- There was an increase in the number of women joining the Defence Forces after €360,000 was spent on recruitment campaigns in 2017.
WORLD
#AFGHANISTAN: At least 18 people, including 14 foreigners, were killed after gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Kabul. The death toll is expected to rise.
#ENGLAND: A 54-year-old man was arrested after an eight-year-old girl was stabbed to death in the West Midlands.
#WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump launched a fresh attack on his opponents ahead of a new effort to end the government shutdown.
#UK: Ukip’s ruling body passed a vote of no confidence in party leader Henry Bolton following a row over racist comments allegedly made by his now ex-girlfriend.
PARTING SHOT
Here’s some nostalgia for your Sunday night.
How many of these characters from old children’s TV shows can you name? (via DailyEdge)
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