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Dr Taufiq Al Sattar (left) prays over the coffins of his family in Blanchardstown, Dublin today (Image: Niall Carson/PA).

IRISH

Dublin-doctor Taufiq Al Sattar’s family, who died in a house fire in Leicester, were laid to rest.
Michael Noonan thinks you’ll be “astounded at all the good news” he’ll be announcing in the Budget on Tuesday.
An anti-austerity demonstration took place in Dublin.
Gardaí conducted an armed operation at a house in Donegal in the search for Kieran McLaughlin.
A 21-year-old man is in critical condition after being hit by a car in Offaly.
The president of the Irish Hospital Consultants’ Association said the HSE is being driven by Troika demands and not patient welfare.
Irish people living in New Zealand were accused of “helping to spread sexual diseases“.
People are afraid of maths and it’s damaging the economy.

WORLD

(Image: Biswaranjan Rout/AP/PA)

#INDIA: Five people were killed as a massive cyclone hit the coast of India, with half a million people evacuated from their homes.

#MALTA: More than 30 people died after a migrant boat off Malta san k.

#UNITED STATES: The Statue of Liberty, the Grand Canyon and other national landmarks are to reopen temporarily.

INNOVATION

Google updated its terms of service so it can include users’ names and photos in web ads. [Telegraph]
Facebook is ending the feature that allows users to hide.
This is how life would look if the Moon was as close to Earth as the ISS. [Gizmodo]

PARTING SHOT

There are currently 17 prisoners at the US detention camp at Guantánamo Bay on hunger strike. This incredibly powerful and moving animation from The Guardian tells the story of one.

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