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IRELAND

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar receives his Seal of Office from President Michael D Higgins today. Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Leo Varadkar became the 14th Taoiseach of Ireland – here’s what his new Cabinet looks like
• Former garda commissioner Martin Callinan is alleged to have described whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe as a “kiddie fiddler”, the Charleton Tribunal was told
• The woman whose remains were discovered at several remote locations in the Wicklow Mountains has been named locally as Patricia O’Connor
• The Assistant Garda Commissioner said she never benefitted from being a director of the Sportsfield company set up at the garda college
• A convicted armed robber climbed on top of Mountjoy Prison yesterday afternoon and proceeded to strip completely naked
• The UK Supreme Court rejected an appeal by a mother and daughter to allow women from Northern Ireland to receive free abortions on the NHS
• The National Gallery of Ireland re-opened its doors today following extensive refurbishment.

WORLD

Firefighters rest after battling the Grenfell Tower fire from 1am today. Matt Dunham / PA Images Matt Dunham / PA Images / PA Images

#GRENFELL TOWER: At least twelve people died and almost 70 were taken to hospital after a massive fire ripped through a 24-storey London apartment block.

#STEVE SCALISE: A senior US congressman and four others were shot while practising for a charity baseball game in Alexandria, Virginia. Donald Trump says the shooter has since died.

#UK ELECTION: The leader of the Liberal Democrats in the UK Tim Farron has stepped down.

#POTRERO HILL: At least four people were killed and others were injured after a shooting at a UPS warehouse in San Francisco.

PARTING SHOT

As Leo Varadkar becomes Ireland’s youngest Taoiseach in history at just 38 years of age, this map shows the relatively short stint the Fine Gael leader has spent in Cabinet.

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