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IRELAND

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• A man was critically injured in a shooting in Blanchardstown, west Dublin.

• ‘Yellow vest’ protesters demonstrated at the headquarters of KBC bank in Dublin, while gardaí also probed criminal damage at two more branches in the capital.

• Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said video from an eviction in Roscommon last week did not give the “full understanding” of events.

• The Minister for Education is suing Western Building Systems over the forced closure of four school buildings over structural concerns earlier this year.

• A man in his 20s was killed in a road crash in Co Meath.

• Simon Coveney announced that the government will give a further €2 million in funding towards Palestinian refugees.

• A man was shot in both knees at a house in Derry.

• The Defence Forces made a device safe at a recycling plant in Co Clare.

INTERNATIONAL

Gilet Jaune) demonstrate in Brussels, Belgium earlier today. SIPA USA / PA Images SIPA USA / PA Images / PA Images

#GATWICK: Two people were arrested in connection with the “criminal use of drones” at Gatwick Airport in London this week.

#BREXIT: Former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne believes a second Brexit referendum or general election is likely in 2019.

#SUDAN: 22 people have been reportedly killed in Sudan this week during protests over the rising price of bread.

PARTING SHOT

The artwork is Banksy's first piece in Wales. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

Earlier this week, enigmatic street artist Banksy claimed responsibility for a piece at the back of a car garage in Port Talbot in Wales.

The work, in the shadow of the town’s dominant steelworks, shows a child seemingly playing in the snow, standing by a sled with his tongue out, tasting the falling snowflakes.

But around the corner of the garage, it shows smoke rising from a burning fire, and the snowflakes are actually falling ash.

And it’s causing such a stir that the town’s local authority has had to call in traffic wardens to police those who want to see it.