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IRELAND

Acclaimed fashion designer Helen Steele was today announced as one of the judges for the annual One4all ‘Design a Gift Card’ competition Rollingnews.ie Rollingnews.ie

• A businesswoman is facing criminal charges in connection with the Clerys redundancies.
• Human remains have been discovered during a search for rapist James Nolan’s body.
• Gardaí have hit out at Frances Fitzgerald for being ‘too busy for them’.
• Volunteers involved in the Rescue 116 search have spoken of their disgust at being charged a road toll.
• A jury was told to forget that a murder-accused man had punched a barrister in the face in front of them.
• A Wexford father-of-three has died following a domestic accident involving an incinerator.
• Tributes have been paid to a Wexford father who died in a freak domestic accident at the weekend.
• Siptu says Irish Water workers are not overpaid.
• All sides are committed to an end to the Bus Éireann strike saga in the next 24 hours.
• Gardaí want people who identify them on social media to be prosecuted.

WORLD

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#UNITED AIRLINES: Passengers were shocked as a man was dragged screaming from an overbooked flight.

#CALIFORNIA: Two people have died after a shooting at a San Bernardino elementary school.

#SEAFOOD BEATS: An Australian rapper ran into the sea after running up a €420 bill at a seafood restaurant.

#AUSTRALIA: Cyclone Debbie has caused irreversible damage to the Great Barrier Reef.

PARTING SHOT

This Texan apartment building has a swimming pool with a glass floor – 42 floors above the city streets. Gulp.