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IRELAND

Artist Kevin Atherton pictured enjoying the work of fellow artist Gary Coyle at A Matter of Time, Crawford Art Gallery’s latest group exhibition Clare Keogh Clare Keogh

• Two men are in custody after gardaí seized €32.8 million worth of drugs discovered in a search at Cork Port this morning.
• Services provided by St John of God Community Services (SJOG) will be transferred to the HSE due to funding issues.
• A 15-year-old girl who died following a two-vehicle collision in Co Tipperary yesterday evening has been named locally. 
• A man has appeared before Bandon District Court in Co Cork charged in connection with the murder of a 61 year old father of four.
• The young girl who was critically injured during an attack on Parnell Square last November has been released again from the intensive care unit, according to her family.
• A Drogheda TD has said Integration Minister Roderic O’Gorman made an “arrogant decision” in using the D Hotel to house around 500 asylum seekers.
• Gardaí are investigating after a muslim cleric was allegedly assaulted in Tallaght last night.
• Gardaí have uncovered no new information during their latest search operation for an Icelandic man who went missing in north Dublin five years ago.

INTERNATIONAL

Yulia Navalnaya, wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, speaks during the Munich Security Conference Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#RUSSIA: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died in prison, according to the Russian prison service.

#TRUMP: A US judge has ordered Donald Trump to pay nearly $355 million after finding him liable for fraud and banned him from running businesses in New York state for three years.

#GAZA: Israel is facing renewed calls from key ally the United States against launching a large-scale attack on Gaza’s southern city of Rafah.

#GERMANY: A man who is a suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has gone on trial over several unrelated sexual offences he is alleged to have committed in Portugal between 2000 and 2017.

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