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GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news you need to know to start the day.
1. The Journal joined Sinn Féin byelection hopeful Janice Boylan on the campaign trail in Dublin 7 last week, a day after Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch officially threw his hat in the ring.
She said his candidacy has not been coming up on the doors for her, and she does not think he will affect her vote.
2. Donald Trump has said the United States is pausing its military operation to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz after less than 48 hours, as he seeks to make a deal with Iran to end the war.
3. A hantaviris-hit cruise ship is set to arrive in the Canary Islands in “three to four days”, but Spain’s health ministry has yet to specify the port.
4. New research has shown that Irish households are paying around 40% above the EU average cost for electricity, the highest across the bloc.
5. A majority of people on the island of Ireland would vote for Irish unity as part of the EU, according to a new poll.
6. A sum of £300,000 (€347,000) in damages awarded to a Co Antrim couple who sued the operators of the gossip website Tattle Life is to be set aside, a judge has ruled.
7. Ireland has just signed up to a US-led agreement setting out how countries should operate in outer space.
8. Northern Ireland’s Minister for the Economy has announced that she will intervene to save a place names project that had been at the centre of a funding dispute.
9. The National Lottery has revealed an Applegreen in an industrial estate in Dublin 12 sold the winning €8.7 million ticket for Saturday’s Lotto jackpot.
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