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IRELAND

Irish Cancer Society CEO, Health Minister Simon Harris and Irish Heart Foundation CEO Tim Collins speaking about vaping products today. Eamonn Farrell / Rollingnews.ie Eamonn Farrell / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae was brought to hospital after a fire at a Kerry shop.
• A Dublin restaurant was forced to close after live cockroaches were found on a container of nuts during a food safety inspection. 
• Health Minister Simon Harris has said former TD Dara Murphy should pay back some of his expenses.
• Coats that were left on the Ha’penny Bridge for the homeless were removed by Dublin City Council for “health and safety” reasons.
• A woman whose CEO hacked into her phone and downloaded intimate photos was awarded €94,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission.
• Staff criticised the lack of information over the FAI’s finances as the organisation confirmed it will appear before an Oireachtas Committee hearing.
• DUP leader Arlene Foster has said Prime Minister Boris Johnson “broke his word” on preventing a border in the Irish Sea ahead of Thursday’s general election.
• The government bought an airport in Connemara for €2.5 million.
• Body & Soul has parted ways with Electric Picnic after 16 years. 

Leah Rossiter (left) and Ceara Carney, dressed as mermaids, join members of the Irish Wildlife Trust and Extinction Rebellion Ireland protesting outside Leinster House Niall Carson / PA Images Niall Carson / PA Images / PA Images

INTERNATIONAL

#WHITE ISLAND: Five were killed and eight people are missing after a New Zealand volcano erupted.

#NHS: Boris Johnson pocketed a journalist’s phone instead of looking at a photo of a child sleeping on a hospital floor.

#LONDON: UK serial rapist Joseph McCann was given 33 life sentences for horrific attacks.

PARTING SHOT

Harry Potter famously lived in a cupboard under the stairs.

This Norwegian tech CEO lived in a cupboard for a while too. He spoke to the BBC today about how he tried to make it in Silicon Valley.