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GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news that you need to know as you start the day.
1. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have vowed to target Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the war between Iran, Israel and the United States entered its third week.
2. In our Morning Lead, Jane Matthews has taken a look at how residents in new-build housing estates across Dublin and surrounding commuter belt towns say there is increasing tension in their communities over a lack of adequate car-parking facilities.
3. How should Taoiseach Micheál Martin handle his meeting with US president Donald Trump on Tuesday? According to our Political Editor Christina Finn, there are two schools of thought, depending on who you ask.
4. Speaking to reporters in Washington DC yesterday, Martin said that reductions in other taxes and levies on fuels, such as excise, would have a far bigger impact on pricing than cutting the carbon tax.
5. Eoghan Dalton reports this morning on civil servant who was evicted from his Dublin home of 11 years in January, who is now spending thousands of euro to stay in a hotel while he tries to find a new place to live.
6. France were crowned Six Nations champions yesterday evening after a dramatic, last-gasp 48-46 win over England in Paris in the final game of the championship.
7. The Oscars are on tonight, and Jessie Buckley could make history as the first Irish actress to win Best Actress. Dr Eoin Kinsella has taken a look back at some of Ireland’s earliest Oscar nominees and winners.
8. Meanwhile, a Palestinian actor whose film is nominated for an Academy Award has said he will be unable to attend the Oscars ceremony tonight because of US President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
9. One-off houses are part of Ireland’s landscape, but should they be? Paul O’Donoghue looks at why planning experts are warning that letting more rural homes spring up could cause pollution, higher costs, and sprawl.
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