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IRELAND

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• Conor McGregor was pulled from his upcoming fight at UFC 200
• Armed robbers wrestled with an An Post employee before fleeing with cash in Courtown
• A man who mugged a student was freed from custody amid confusion over suspended sentences law
• Luas workers are set to enter two days of meetings with union bosses
• Murder accused David Mahon asked for his trial to be postponed so he can have a hip replacement
• Finglas residents are protesting ‘unnatural’ plans for modular housing
• Donald Trump‘s Atlantic wall has suffered a setback
• Euromillions winner Dolores McNamara lost out in a €46 million bidding war for a retail park
• Gardaí won’t take their eye off gangland crime, the Garda Commissioner has said
• An Irishman who was convicted of a violent attack has gone on the run in Australia
• A case against Denis O’Brien and Michael Lowry won’t go ahead because of a law from 1634
• Bail was refused for a man (70) charged with a sexual offence against a child

WORLD

Victoria Wood (right) and Julie Walters PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#NORWAY Anders Behring Breivik has won a lawsuit against Norway for ‘inhuman’ treatment. He has been held in isolation for almost five years.

#MEDITERRANEAN The UNHCR fears that around 500 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean Sea yesterday, after witnesses said their overcrowded boat sank.

#FRANCE French teens are being let smoke in school because of the terror threat.

#USA Utah has declared porn a ‘public health crisis’ that damages young minds.

#MANHATTAN Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both won their New York primaries.

INNOVATION

• The European Commission has opened up an investigation into Google over the rules it imposes on phone makers using Android – and it could end up affecting how your phone operates.
• There’s a Bob Marley filter on Snapchat and it is not going down well due to criticism about blackface. [The Guardian]

PARTING SHOT

The great comedian Victoria Wood died today at the age of 62. Here’s one of her funniest moments:

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