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IRELAND

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• Denis O’Brien has written a letter to Independent TD Catherine Murphy criticising her Dáil speech. 
• A teenage boy has died after he collapsed while playing a football game in Dublin. 
• Almost 200 people have lost their homes to bankruptcy in just over a year.
• A murder investigation is ongoing after the body of 22-year-old boxer Eamonn Magee Jr. was found in Belfast yesterday morning. 
• The Central Bank spent €55,000 on biscuits last year.
• Brendan O’Connor’s last ever Saturday Night Show was certainly eventful.
• A Garda turned into a support act at Slane Concert last night as the crowd repeated her orders like lyrics.

INTERNATIONAL

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#BROKEN HEART: Joe Biden says he is heartbroken after his son, Beau, died of brain cancer overnight, aged just 46.

#TOKYO: An earthquake as strong as the one that hit Nepal has hit Japan.

#DID YOU HEAR THAT: The United States won’t be able to listen in on phone calls after tonight

#COSTA DEL SOL: A criminal who escaped from a high security prison in England has told Sky News that he’s in Spain.

INNOVATION

• A volcano could be about to make these lizards extinct.
• When buying a laptop, what factors should you consider?

PARTING SHOT

Have you seen this amazing photo of a young Michael D. Higgins at Slane concert?

Originally posted on TheDailyEdge.

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