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IRELAND

Fiona Bonnie and Nina Ayoub enjoying the sun in Dublin's St Stephen's Green today. Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• A further 11 people have died from Covid-19 in Ireland but the number of confirmed cases has remained in double figures for another day. 
• Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has rejected calls to close a Direct Provision centre in Kerry, but has apologised to local residents for the manner in which it opened.
• Catherine Martin has said she will give “serious consideration” to contesting the Green Party leadership. 
• A man has been injured following a shooting in Coolock, north Dublin,  this afternoon.
• Gardaí moved cars on at a number of McDonald’s outlets which re-opened for the first time in weeks today, leading to large queues.
• Four out of 10 Dublin pubs are planning to re-open ‘as restaurants’ on 29 June, according to a new survey.
• Johnson and Johnson are to stop selling talc baby powder in the US and Canada – but not in Ireland. 
• Childcare settings may use a “pod” system when they re-open.
• House prices could fall by 12% due to Covid-19, according to an ESRI study.
• Lee Canavan (31) has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of David ‘Daithi’ Douglas in a shooting Dublin four years ago.
• People have been warned not to fall for an unemployment payment text scam. 

INTERNATIONAL

The pole at the 17th green at St Andrews in Scotland. Andrew Milligan / PA Images Andrew Milligan / PA Images / PA Images

#UNIVERSITY: Plans are afoot for post-pandemic third-level education as Cambridge goes fully online for 2021.

#DEATH PENALTY: Missouri executed a man whose last words were to maintain his innocence.

#BREXIT: The UK has published its plans for the Northern Ireland protocol – and it’s causing problems on both sides of the Irish Sea.

PARTING SHOT

An oldie but a goodie shared on the BBC homepage today is this article entitled How much of your body is your own?

“Our bodies are extraordinary. They contain elements that have a commercial value, megabytes of data, and trillions of cells, most of which aren’t our own.”

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