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Protesters holding a placard of Donald Trump as a war monger at the Irish Neutrality League demonstration in Dublin City Centre.They are calling for an end to war and to protect Ireland's neutrality. Leah Farrell / © RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / © RollingNews.ie / © RollingNews.ie

IRELAND

• Four people were rescued after their boat caught fire in the water off of Dun Laoghaire.
• Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said there’s a perception in rural Ireland that people living there are the “real workers” who are “paying all the bills” – but it is urban Ireland who do so.
• President Catherine Connolly warned that the world is drifting towards a “might is right” approach to global affairs, as she delivered her first address abroad at a major international summit in Barcelona.
• The first census of the Irish Free State, undertaken in 1926, was officially published 100 years on.

INTERNATIONAL

President Connolly pictured during her address. TONY MAXWELL TONY MAXWELL

#STRAIT OF HORMUZ: Iran’s central military command announced that it would resume “strict management” of the Strait of Hormuz, reversing a decision to unblock the strategic channel as part of negotiations with Washington.

#KYIV: Five people were killed in Kyiv today after a gunman opened fire and took hostages at a supermarket in the Ukrainian capital before being killed during an arrest attempt, officials said.

#LEBANON: A French peacekeeper was killed in southern Lebanon during an attack against UNIFIL.

PARTING SHOT

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THE 1926 CENSUS data was officially published at midnight.

The first census undertaken in the Irish Free State, its records have been digitised and are fully available to view online. The release of the census was marked by a state function at Dublin Castle this afternoon.

It can be searched here.