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IRELAND 

GRA President Ciarán O'Neill leaving the Labour Court this evening. Sam Boal Sam Boal

• Efforts to avoid a garda strike tomorrow dominated headlines all day, before a late night breakthrough
• Meanwhile, there were no fresh developments in the teacher dispute this evening
• Fare increases for public transport were announced
• A man was stabbed in an attack in Dublin city centre
• A major study found one third of Irish 18-year-olds have had sexual intercourse
• There was a major megalithic art find at the Hellfire Club site in the Dublin Mountains
• In an unwelcome turn of events, the weather forecast for the next few days isn’t great
• But in a more a welcome development, it was confirmed Bruce Springsteen will be on the Late Late tomorrow

WORLD

Frost covered leaves in Winchester, England. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#TRAGEDY: More than 200 people are feared dead after two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, according to migration officials [BBC]

#BREXIT: The High Court in London has ruled that parliament, not the government, must approve the start of Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, in a landmark decision that could delay Brexit

#HOLLYWOOD: Mila Kunis has revealed she was told she would never get a job in LA again if she refused to pose semi-naked on the cover of a men’s magazine

INNOVATION

• Silicon Valley is worried about a US election day cyber attack [CNN]
• How to explain the internet’s obsession with brain teasers? The Guardian takes a look

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