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Gerard 'The Monk' Hutch canvasses in Cabra. Leon Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leon Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

IRELAND

• Gardaí began investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man following an incident at a house in north Dublin. 
• The death of a man in his 30s following an incident in Dublin city centre on Friday is being investigated by gardaí.
• A man’s body was recovered from the Co Galway coast after a boat capsized in the early hours of the morning. 
• Giving young people hope that they can find and afford a home to buy or rent is “a defining challenge of our time”, the Taoiseach told Fianna Fáil’s Ard Fheis this evening.
• Earlier, outside the Ard Fheis, there were clashes between gardaí and protesters.

INTERNATIONAL

People attending the Unite the Kingdom march in London. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#EUROVISION: Over 2,000 people took part in a march protesting the presence of the Eurovision in Vienna, with the route taking demonstrators around three city blocks away from the song contest venue. 

#LEADERSHIP: Wes Streeting, who resigned from Keir Starmer’s government this week, confirmed that he will run in a Labour leadership contest should one be triggered.  

#LONDON: Thousands of people descended on London for two major demonstrations amid a huge £4.5 million (€5.17 million) police operation. 

#MALDIVES: A Maldivian military diver died while searching for the bodies of four Italian divers believed to be deep inside an underwater cave.

PARTING SHOT

L-R: Nancy Surridge, Conor Sánchez, James O'Donoghue, and Sophie McGibbon. Christian Tierney / Prime Christian Tierney / Prime / Prime

THE CAST FOR a TV adaptation of a Cork author’s romantic novel series has been announced.

Boys of Tommen is a six-book series by Chloe Walsh. The first two novels were released within months of each other in 2018, and it is these two books that the TV series will focus on.

Newcomer Nancy Surridge is to star as Lynch, while Conor Sánchez, whose acting credits include roles featured on RTÉ and the BBC, will play Kavanagh.

Irish-American actor James O’Donoghue is to portray “troubled but loyal” Joey Lynch. Sophie McGibbon has been cast as the “fiercely confident” Aoife Molloy.