Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

IRELAND

• The Irish women’s hockey team came home to a hero’s welcome today
• Here’s what’s coming in Budget 2019
• Some patients may have to repeat their cervical smears due to samples expiring, which the Medical Council said is unacceptable
• Irish and US researchers are teaming up to help save bees
• There will be extra trains laid on for the Pope’s visit to Phoenix Park
• An Irish woman told us about her experience getting caught in the Indonesian earthquake
• There’s a chance of hail this week as the weather takes a cooler turn
• Shane Ross said he’s sorry some people will lose part of their front gardens to make way for bus routes – but it’s in the national interest

INTERNATIONAL

In this frame grab taken from a video released by the Italian police, the moment a truck that was transporting flammable substances explodes after colliding with another truck on a highway in the outskirts of Bologna. AP / PA Images AP / PA Images / PA Images

#ITALY One person died and over 60 were injured after a tanker truck exploded near Bologna.

#INDONESIA At least 98 people were killed by the earthquake on Lombok.

#CHICAGO It was a violent weekend in Chicago, with 44 shot and five killed across one night of gun violence.

#NEW MEXICO 11 starving children were found by police at a compound in the New Mexico desert.

#UK A man appeared in court charged with the murder of a midwife who went missing.

PARTING SHOT

The magazine Smash Hits was a fun and irreverent pop magazine that fans adored. Here’s a really interesting look behind the scenes of how it got made, via The Guardian.

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