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IRELAND

Antoinette Keegan, who lost her sisters Mary and Martina in the Stardust fire, and Phyllis McHugh, whose daughter Caroline died in the fire, at the premiere of Ransom 79, a feature documentary that follows veteran journalist Charlie Bird during his illness, in the Light House Cinema. Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• The Irish government has “confirmed” there will be no gardaí deployed to the border with the North, according to a statement from the Northern Ireland Office (NIO).
• A man has been arrested in connection with the ongoing investigations into the riots in Dublin city centre last November. 
• Opposition TDs have called for “urgent action” to be taken after an unannounced inspection carried out last November found that “significant risks” to patient safety remain at the Emergency Department at University Hospital Limerick (UHL).
• Around 100 asylum seekers without accommodation gathered near the International Protection Office on Mount Street in Dublin city today.
• Numerous birds with their feathers coated in oil have been found along the east coast today due to an oil spill out at sea, with potentially “hundreds” of wildlife affected.
• Trinity College Dublin has fined its Students’ Union €214,000 for protests that have blocked access to the Book of Kells.
• The Editor of the Sunday Independent today told Enoch Burke that it is “manifestly” possible that he could have annoyed other Mountjoy prisoners, as was claimed in an article in the newspaper that is the subject of a complaint by Burke. 

INTERNATIONAL

Palestinian artist Ghassan Habboub, who took refuge in Rafah city due to Israeli attacks, draws pictures of the Palestinian flag and Al-Aqsa Mosque symbolizing the solidarity in Gaza with coal on the wall of a building that was heavily damaged as a result of the attacks in Rafah. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#COLLAPSE A section of a motorway collapsed after heavy rains in southern China, sending cars tumbling down a slope and leaving at least 48 people dead, authorities said.

#COLLEGE PROTESTS US President Joe Biden has called for order after police moved in to clear a protest camp at University of California, Los Angeles.

#AUTRALIA Three Irish men have been charged in Australia with operating a burglary gang in a $1m (€600,000) spree targeting high end property across Melbourne.

PARTING SHOT

Dublin Zoo has a new arrival.

Ernie, Dublin Zoo's newest arrival. PATRICK BOLGER PATRICK BOLGER

Ernie, who is aged 20, arrived from the West Midlands Safari Park in England and is “settling in very well”.

Hippopotamuses are currently classified as a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

The main threats to this species are poaching, hunting, agriculture and building developments as well as climate change, causing drought in the areas they live in.

In the coming weeks, Ernie will be introduced to Heidi, aged 23, who is “already showing great interest in Dublin Zoo’s newest arrival”.

Ernie, who is aged 20, arrived from the West Midlands Safari Park in England. Patrick Bolger / Dublin Zoo Patrick Bolger / Dublin Zoo / Dublin Zoo

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