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IRELAND

Sarah McGovern and her children Jude (6) and Robyn (4) help launch the Irish Heart Foundation’s 28th annual Happy Hearts Appeal taking place nationwide tomorrow Leon Farrell Leon Farrell

• Emma Mhic Mhathúna, the mother-of-five who has just been told she has terminal cancer as part of a HSE review into the CervicalCheck controversy, has called on politicians to stand up and take responsibility for what has happened to the women caught up in the scandal.
• Locals have described the decision by Apple to scrap plans for an €850 million data centre in Athenry as “a hammer blow” to the community.
• Together for Yes said its donations page was shut down by a cyber attack.
• Ulster Bank has confirmed that it is to offload 6,500 non-performing loans from its books.
• Judgement was reserved in INM’s attempt at blocking the application to appoint inspectors to investigate itself.
• A woman is ‘refusing food’ in prison after being jailed last week for contempt of court in a case involving the repossession of her house, the Dáil heard.
• Concerns have been raised after hundreds of carp died in Cork city’s Lough.
• Bus Éireann has announced a campaign to hire nearly 200 new staff.
• The rate of “practically perfect” births among Irish women is estimated to be less than 1%, according to a study published in the Irish Medical Journal today.

INTERNATIONAL 

104-year-old Australian scientist David Goodall speaks during his press conference a day before his assisted suicide in Basel. GEORGIOS KEFALAS GEORGIOS KEFALAS

#US: Donald Trump has revealed his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place in Singapore on 12 June.

#SYRIA: Israeli strikes on several areas of Syria overnight killed at least 23 fighters, including five Syrian regime troops and 18 other allied forces, a monitor said today.

#AUSTRALIA: A 104-year-old Australian scientist has died by assisted suicide in Switzerland.

PARTING SHOT

A neon blue tide in San Diego in California has got people out on the beach snapping the stunning colour. [BBC]

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