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IRELAND

Sophie Finnegan, Elise Glavin and Molly Clifton from St John the Baptist National School pictured at the Teddy Bear Hospital, UCC. GERARD MCCARTHY GERARD MCCARTHY

• The number of homeless families and children reached a new record high.
• The chair of the board of St Vincent’s Hospital Group said any medical procedure currently legal in Ireland will be carried out at the new national maternity hospital.
• Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan added her own personal experience to the stories being shared today by rank-and-file gardaí of attacks they have suffered in the line of duty.
• A childminder pleaded not guilty to causing serious harm to a 10-month-old baby.
• A building contractor walked free from court after receiving a three-year suspended jail term for a €2.594 million Revenue tax fraud.
• The trial of seven men accused of false imprisonment with regard to a water charges protest in Jobstown in November 2014 was delayed after one of the jury was discharged.
• A company owned by billionaire Denis O’Brien was given the go-ahead to build several luxury apartment blocks near Dublin’s city centre.

WORLD

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US First Daughter Ivanka Trump at a dinner after the W20 Summit in Berlin. Michael Sohn / AP/Press Association Images Michael Sohn / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

#THAILAND: A man in Phuket filmed himself killing his child and then himself on Facebook Live.

#SWEDEN: A Swedish court sentenced three young men to prison for gang-raping a woman and livestreaming the attack on Facebook.

#GERMANY: Ivanka Trump was laughed at when she defended her father at a women’s summit in Berlin.

#SCOTLAND: Support for Scottish independence has dropped ahead of the snap election in the UK, according to a new poll.

PARTING SHOT

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