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IRELAND

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar with King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands at Government Buildings inDublin Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

• A bishop has welcomed the apology of the Capuchin order in relation to comments made by one of their members which likened gay people to “infected zombies”.
• The State has offered an “unreserved apology” over the case of a woman who died in Direct Provision and was buried without notice given to her friends.
• Gardaí are appealing for information from the public after a cash-in-transit robbery in Westmeath this morning. 
• In the year to April, the average cost of a residential property in Ireland was 3.1% higher than it had been at the same time 12 months ago, according to the CSO.
• A total of 2,879 Irish women travelled to England and Wales for abortions last year.
• Vodafone has resolved an issue which caused the network to go down for customers across the country. 
• Gardaí are appealing for information following a shooting in Longford town last week.
• A batch of Bandon Co-Op butter has been recalled due to the presence of listeria monocytogenes.
• Three men have been arrested in connection with a burglary at a Limerick business park in the early hours of this morning.

INTERNATIONAL

Ricky Tomlinson joining people protesting over the BBC's decision to axe free TV licences for pensioners Danny Lawson Danny Lawson

#CONTROVERSY: The Met Police is investigating comments made by comedian Jo Brand and broadcast on the BBC which suggested throwing battery acid at politicians. 

#TANKERS: Suspected attacks have left two tankers in flames in the waters of the Gulf of Oman.

#EXTRADITION: UK Interior Minister Sajid Javid has certified the US request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on espionage grounds.

PARTING SHOT

US President Donald Trump has today unveiled images of a prospective redesign of Air Force One.

Trump revealed the pictures in an interview with ABC News in the Oval Office of the White House.

Check the footage out here: 

(Click here if you can’t see the tweet)

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