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An elderly lady becomes emotional as she listens to speeches during a protest by pensioners, outside Leinster House (Image: Brian Lawless/PA).

IRISH

• Gardaí are investigating the true identity of a girl found living with a Roma family in Dublin.
• Thousands of pensioners protested at Leinster House against cuts announced in the Budget.
• The Garda Ombudsman is to look into allegations that a contractor for Shell gave gardaí alcohol.
• Sensitive information about a teenager, who may have been a victim of sex trafficking, was accidentally sent to a member of the public.
• Runaway Irish solicitor Michael Lynn appeared in court in Brazil [RTÉ].
• A man injured in a road crash in Cork on Sunday passed away.
• New legislation will cut politicians’ allowances and abolish ministerial severance payments.
• An Irishman described by the FBI as being the largest facilitator of child porn on the planet is seeking a trial here. [RTÉ]
• The first ever audit of stillbirths and deaths of young babies in Ireland recorded 491 cases in 2011.
• The Ombudsman’s credit card was stolen and used to buy designer clothes.

A firefighter tries to control flames near houses near Sydney (Image: Rob Griffith/PA).

WORLD

#UNITED STATES: President Barack Obama came under fire over revelations the NSA taped millions of phonecalls and hacked into French leaders’ emails. [BBC]

#AUSTRALIA: Firefighters have deliberately merged two major blazes in a battle to manage massive wildfires. [AFP]

#SYRIA: The UN has warned of a polio outbreak in the war-torn country in recent weeks.

#EUROPEAN UNION: MEPs agreed on legislation aimed at avoiding a repeat of the PIP breast implant scandal.

INNOVATION

• Apple unveiled its new Mac and a thinner iPad Air. [Associated Press]
• Facebook was criticised for ‘irresponsibility’ after a decision to allow videos showing people being decapitated and other graphic content
• Apple removed HMV‘s new music app from its App Store.

PARTING SHOT

Flo Fox is nearly blind and has multiple sclerosis and lung cancer but she hasn’t let that stop her from doing what she loves – street photography. This video tells her story. [New York Times]

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