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Here’s What Happened Today: Friday

Met Éireann, Peter Casey and the Irish border hit the headlines today.

TO GET TO know our presidential candidates a little better, we’ve put together a podcast series called The Candidate. In our latest episode, we sat down with Sean Gallagher.

Here’s a round-up of the rest of today’s news.

IRELAND

Irish Presidential Election campaign Presidential candidate Joan Freeman meets a local at her husband Pat's Post Office in Inchicore, Dublin. LEAH FARRELL LEAH FARRELL

INTERNATIONAL 

Corbyn visit to East Midlands Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn during a visit to Bosch in Chesterfield. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#BREXIT: European Union Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier has said that the Irish border issue could sink the negotiations on Britain’s exit from the European Union.

#PASSPORTS: British descendants of refugees who fled Nazi Germany are racing to have their German nationality restored so they can remain EU citizens after Brexit.

#DONALD TRUMP: The US President has praised a US congressman who assaulted a reporter, making light of the attack.

#INTERPOL CHIEF: The wife of former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei has expressed fears for his life and her own safety.

#TRAIN CRASH: At least 50 people have died after a train struck people gathered to watch a Hindu festival in India’s northern Amritsar city.

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