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IRELAND

• Donald Tusk told the UK that the EU backs Ireland
• Keith Harrison  said he would continue his case against the State
• GSOC said it would not continue its fixed penalty cancellation investigation – because it isn’t worth the outlay
• Lawyers said a retired surgeon  convicted of sexual abuse would die in prison
• A man was sent forward for trial accused of harassing RTE’s Sharon Ní Bheoláin
• A man was killed in a crash in Kilkenny
• A homeless man was sentenced for robbing an elderly couple
• A High Court injunction was granted to stop the Sunday Business Post from publishing details about the commission investigating IBRC

INTERNATIONAL

Former US National Security Adviser Michael Flynn leaves the federal court. Xinhua News Agency / PA Images Xinhua News Agency / PA Images / PA Images

#FLYNN: Donald Trump’s former national security advisor Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI about his contacts with a Russian diplomat.

#PAKISTAN: Nine people were killed and dozens injured today when burqa-clad Taliban militants stormed a training institute in the northwestern city of Peshawar as Pakistan marked the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed.

PARTING SHOT

“Her face and vagina are competing for my attention, so I glance down at the billiard rack of my penis and testicles.”

That is just one line of the winner of the Bad Sex in Fiction Award 2017.

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