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IRELAND

Newly appointed junior minister at the Department of Agriculture Michael Healy-Rae raises a fist in triumph as he follows Taoiseach Micheál Martin inside Government Buildings today. Justin Farrelly Justin Farrelly

• As the storm clean up continued, the public were urged to check on “isolated” neighbours as around 133,000 premises remain without power
• The Government revealed its lineup of junior ministers – all 23 of them.
• But Micheál Martin’s government continued to ship criticism over the low number of women appointed to ministerial positions.
• An Irish man died in Bulgaria after sustaining injuries at a ski resort.
• Gardaí searched for suspected human remains in the garden of a house in Donegal.
• A court heard that a man charged with attacking a woman on Dublin bus was identified through RTÉ’s Crimecall show.
• Two people involved in a scheme to pose as learner drivers and sit the theory test on behalf of others pleaded guilty to conspiracy.
• Counting got underway in the Seanad elections.
• Cork and Limerick’s National Hurling League clash at Páirc Uí Chaoimh this Saturday night will be streamed live on the TG4 Player and the TG4 app after controversy over its broadcast.

WORLD

Robert F Kennedy Jr appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing at the Capitol in Washington. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#TRUMP’S PICKS: Robert F Kennedy Jr was grilled on anti-vax positions and his support for Donald Trump’s anti-abortion policies at a US Senate hearing.

#INDIA: A pre-dawn crush at the world’s largest religious gathering killed at least 30 people in India, with many more injured after a surging crowd spilled out of a police cordon and trampled bystanders.

#AUSTRALIA An Australian court convicted 14 members of a fringe religious group of manslaughter over the death of an eight-year-old girl with diabetes who was deprived of life-saving insulin.

PARTING SHOT 

On this week’s episode of The42FM, the new government’s plans for sport were looked over by hosts Sinead O’Carroll and Gavin Cooney.

They examine what is promised for sport over the next five years with a new minister in charge, and who actually makes the decisions, and why.

They also try and answer a simple question: how important is it that a sports minister actually likes sport?

You can listen here.