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IRELAND

The funeral of murdered journalist Lyra McKee at St Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast . Eamonn Farrell Eamonn Farrell

• Hundreds turned out to pay their respects to murdered journalist Lyra McKee. 
• Gardaí are investigating after a couple in their 80s was robbed by a gang armed with knives and hammers.
• A court heard how a 15-year-old boy had a semi-automatic pistol under his bed.
• Concerns have been raised about dead bodies left on trolleys in the corridors of the mortuary at University Hospital Waterford.
• A kennel owner received death threats after a husky’s corpse was returned to owners wrapped in duct tape.
• Irish songwriter Hozier has been nominated in the prestigious Ivor Novello awards.
• Luxury cars and €300k in jewellery were seized by gardaí today in an operation targeting bogus insurance claims.
• Ireland’s first charity-funded community air ambulance is appealing for the service to be approved to go live, as it awaits ministerial approval.

WORLD 

Anusha Kumari, centre, weeps during a mass burial for her husband, two children and three siblings, all victims of Easter Sunday's bomb attacks, in Negombo, Sri Lanka. AP / PA Images AP / PA Images / PA Images

#UK: 23 people were arrested during Extinction Rebellion protests in the English capital.

#RUSSIA: Kim Jong Un arrived into Moscow for a summit with Putin.

#USA: US white supremacist John William King is to be executed.

PARTING SHOT

Ever look at a parrot and thought ‘ you know what, I don’t trust ya’? Well now you’ve got good reason. 

A parrot has actually been taken into  custody in northern Brazil following a police raid targeting crack dealers, the BBC reported. 

Turns out he had been taught to alert drug dealers to police activity in the area. 

Comments are off as legal proceedings are ongoing in one or more of the above stories.

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