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IRELAND

Dublin Bus Celebrates 30th Anniversary Sam Boal Sam Boal

• A group of about 70 people – including a number of teenagers – were rescued off the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland this afternoon.
• An earthquake struck just off the coast of Donegal shortly before 7am, the Irish National Seismic Network (INSN) has reported.
• Barclays is moving into this new Dublin office - with room for 300 more staff.
• The parents of a 26-year-old Irishman who is presumed dead after disappearing in the waters of a river in Canada are enduring every family’s worst nightmare, a memorial service heard today.
• A 26-year-old man who was arrested in connection with the death of a young mother has been released without charge.
• Venezuelan citizens living in Ireland want the Irish government to speak up against the human rights violations caused by the country’s government.
• We take a look back at the history of the National Lottery, which was set up 30 years ago.

INTERNATIONAL 

Prince Philip in June 2012. Dominic Lipinski Dominic Lipinski

#COURT: A blood spatter analyst testifying at the murder trial into Jason Corbett’s death in North Carolina has said an object may have been used to hit Corbett multiple times.

#PORTUGAL: A man and a child are reported to have died after a light aircraft landed on a beach in Lisbon, Portugal, this afternoon.

#UK: The Daily Telegraph accidentally published an article on its website stating that the Duke of Edinburgh had died – but Prince Philip is still alive and in the middle of his final day of public engagements.

PARTING SHOT

Irish Food Company The Delicious Food Co. have used their latest sandwich label to poke a bit of fun at Anthony Scaramucci’s very short-lived tenure in The White House.