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IRELAND

The winner of the 27th Children’s Books Ireland Book of the Year Award was revealed today at a ceremony held in Smock Alley Theatre. Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

•  Tributes were paid to the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing, and thousands attended a vigil this evening as the community rallied together
• Gardaí warned that Ireland is ‘not immune’ from the threat of terrorism, but said that the possibility of an attack here remains unlikely
• A judge ordered that former Anglo Irish Bank chair Sean FitzPatrick be acquitted of all charges after it emerged that evidence had been contaminated
• A mother who was suffering from a personality disorder described her two-year-old son as a ‘fake child’ on the day she killed him, a court heard
• A garda told a court he was hit in the head with a can of Red Bull during the Jobstown anti-water charges protest in 2014
• A child with intellectual disabilities was left in hospital for three months because the HSE couldn’t find suitable residential care for him.

WORLD

Emilio Morenatti / PA Images Emilio Morenatti / PA Images / PA Images

#MANCHESTER: Police began releasing the names of the victims who died in last night’s bombing, as families search for information about their loved ones.

#BACK IN THE USSR: Former CIA director John Brennan said he warned Russia last summer against interfering in the US presidential campaign.

#007: James Bond actor Sir Roger Moore died aged 89.

PARTING SHOT

Ten days after the 9/11 attacks, Rais Bhuiyan was shot in the face in a hate crime. After recovering from his injuries, he then fought to save his attacker’s life.

In this video from Vox, he explains why.

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