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IRELAND
- Emma Mhic Mhathúna received a “significant” €7.5 million settlement over her incorrect smear test results
- A hosepipe ban will be put in place in the Greater Dublin Area from Monday
- A boy accused of the murder of Ana Kriegel was refused bail at the High Court
- An ice cream van crashed through the front doors of a church in Tralee
- The Disclosures Tribunal heard a recap of evidence during closing statements
- David Drumm pleaded guilty to authorising or permitting illegal loans to be given to ten businessmen in 2008 to buy shares in the bank
- DUP leader Arlene Foster told the LGBT community that she sees them as “fellow citizens”, but said her opposition to same-sex marriage was a “principled position”
WORLD
#LIVERPOOL: The former police commander who was in charge on the day that 95 Liverpool fans died at Hillsborough will face trial for their manslaughter.
#BALI: Thousands of tourists were stranded as Bali shuttered its international airport following a volcanic eruption on the Indonesian resort island.
#’ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE’: Donald Trump said that journalists “shouldn’t fear being violently attacked while doing their job” after the shooting at the Capital Gazette.
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PARTING SHOT
Dublin Zoo has been working on ways to keep its animals cool in this unusually warm weather – by giving them ice pops.

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