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IRELAND

Minister Simon Harris talking to a schoolchild during a visit to St Thomas' Junior National School in Lucan as he announced further rollout of the hot school meals programme Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

• New cameras will be introduced in Dublin by next year that will capture people breaking red lights, Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has said. 
• Taoiseach Simon Harris has said people of his “generation” are “more familiar” with Berlin and Paris than they are with Belfast or Derry in the North.
• A judge has described as “disgraceful” how telecom giant Eir threatened staff with “disciplinary action” if they handled customer complaints according to its own code of conduct and in compliance with Irish law.
• VHI is to scrap a number of its most popular plans in a move that could affect up to 150,000 customers.
• Cork residents who have long been plagued with poor water quality have now documented orange water coming from taps – “the worst it’s ever been”.
• A cyclist has been hospitalised with serious injuries after being struck by a car in Co Wicklow today. 
• Barrister Simeon Burke has had his conviction for a “volatile” breach of the peace following a “melee” at his brother Enoch’s case in the Four Courts in Dublin last year struck out after a judge found there was insufficient evidence he had committed a criminal offence. 
• The jury at the Stardust inquest will continue considering their verdicts into the causes of death of the 48 victims of the fire for a tenth day tomorrow.
• Jonathan Hill is to leave his position as FAI chief executive, it has been announced. 

INTERNATIONAL

Police are seen following the stabbing at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in the suburb of Wakeley in Sydney Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#ISRAEL: The head of Israel’s military has announced that Israel will respond to the missile strikes launched by Iran, acting against calls from around the world to de-escalate the situation.

#SYDNEY: A 15-year-0ld boy had been detained over the stabbing of a bishop and a second clergyman at a church in Sydney during a live-steamed sermon.

#TRUMP: Prosecutors in the New York hush money case against Donald Trump have asked a judge to fine the former president $3,000 over social media posts about key witnesses.

PARTING SHOT

US TV host and comedian Conan O’Brien is set to make his Irish TV drama debut on TG4′s Ros na Rún. 

O’Brien will appear on the show at 8.30pm on Tuesday, 30 April as the new Ros na Rún delivery man. 

The TV host and HBO Max visited Ireland in January to record one of their unique travel shows as part of the Conan O’Brien Must Go series. His primary focus was to trace his family roots in Limerick.

Conan O'Brien appearing on the Set of Ros na Rún Ray Ryan Ray Ryan

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