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IRELAND

The cast this morning in Glasnevin Cemetery to play the story of Paddy Dignam's funeral, as read in Ulysses by James Joyce, on Bloomsday. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Lawyers representing the Garda Commissioner have acknowledged before the High Court that unfounded allegations of sexual abuse against former Fianna Fáil minister Pat Carey should never have been made public in 2015.
• A man has been remanded in custody after gardaí charged him with the murder of his wife in her home in Dublin.
• Retained firefighters will suspend their industrial action to allow for “exploratory discussions” at the Labour Court on Monday.
• A man who was critically injured after being stabbed in Cork city on Wednesday evening has died in hospital. 
• Pilots at Emerald Airlines have served notice of industrial action on the airline in response to an ongoing trade dispute.
• The Irish Air Corps were deployed for a second day to fight a two kilometre wide wildfire in Co Antrim.
• The general in charge of the NATO strategy to protect critical undersea cables and pipelines has said that the military alliance believes Russia has mapped the infrastructure off the coast of Ireland.
• The US Department of State has found that Ireland is failing to meet the minimum standards required to combat human trafficking in a report. 
• Its set to be a rainy and thundery weekend ahead, but there’ll still be some sunny spells. 

INTERNATIONAL

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Senegal's President Macky Sall shake hands before a meeting in Kyiv. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#NOTTINGHAM A former university student was charged with three counts of murder after two talented sportspeople and a school caretaker were found stabbed to death in Nottingham streets.

#US A truck driver who expressed hatred of Jews has been convicted of barging into a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find, killing 11 congregants in an act of antisemitic terror.

#GREECE Police have arrested nine suspected people smugglers as Greek rescuers scoured the Ionian Sea for survivors a day after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank, killing at least 78 people.

#UKRAINE A delegation of African leaders met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy today and told Russia and Ukraine to de-escalate and negotiate, hours after sheltering from missile strikes on Kyiv.

#DAILY MAIL Boris Johnson was accused of committing a “clear breach” of the UK ministerial rules by only informing the appointments watchdog of his new role as a Daily Mail columnist half an hour before the public announcement.

PARTING SHOT

The museum teaches visitors about the original ‘Almshouses’, retirement homes, in Waterford City. Patrick Browne Patrick Browne

The Irish Wake Museum, a museum about traditions and superstitions around death in Ireland, opened today in Co Waterford.

The museum displays an array of objects associated with death in Ireland that the Waterford Museum of Treasures has been collecting for 10 years.

It offers an opportunity to experience rituals that are unique to Ireland’s relationship with death through guided tours.

The Irish Wake Museum is located at the former Dean John Collyn’s Almshouse called ‘God’s People’s House’ which was founded in 1478, on the Day of the Dead.

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