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IRELAND

The Taoiseach laid a wreath and local school children unveiled the Necrology Wall at Glasnevin Cemetery, where the names of all those who died as a result of the 1916 conflict, in chronological and alphabetical order, are inscribed. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• A teenager was arrested as a contentious memorial to 1916 was unveiled
• The Irish Mail on Sunday apologised to Louise James
• Michaella McCollum gave an interview to RTÉ
• Searches resumed for a missing soldier in Galway
• An opinion poll showed more people want Micheál Martin as Taoiseach than Enda Kenny
• Taxi complaints shot up in 2015
• Joan Burton said it is not illegal to advertise for a fox hunting intern on JobBridge

INTERNATIONAL

Lyon and Turnbull Decorative Arts Specialist Hannah Willetts with a model of Sir George Frampton's bronze sculpture of JM Barrie's Peter Pan that is due to be sold at the auction house in Edinburgh on Wednesday with an estimate of £20,000. PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#DOPING: Premier League footballers, boxers and cricketers were among 150 sports stars prescribed banned performance-enhancing drugs, a London doctor claimed in an expose by The Sunday Times.

#PHILADELPHIA: Two people were killed when a passenger train hit a digger near Philadelphia.

#SYRIA: Islamic State lost more territory to Syrian troops.

INNOVATION

• Here’s how to get more out of your smartphone alarm
• An all-island motorway? Ibec wants it to happen.

PARTING SHOT

It’s Wrestlemania tonight. But how did a show about fake fighting get to the point of selling 100,000 tickets and becoming an international sensation? Vox explains.

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