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IRELAND

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• The country is to be hit with “continuous snow” over the coming days
• Breadmakers increased production as consumers empty shelves before the ‘Beast from the East’
• Leo Varadkar and a junior minister rowed about advice given to older people to leave the heating on 24/7
• Rugby player Stuart Olding denied accusations that he forced a woman to perform oral sex on him, a court heard
• A man was arrested on suspicion of murder after three people died in a house fire in Fermanagh
• A second man was arrested in connection with the murder of Garda Adrian Donohoe
• The head of Enet, the last bidder for the government’s National Broadband Plan, suddenly resigned
• Library records of 20 people were altered to add “sexually explicit” information.

WORLD

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#SYRIA: A humanitarian “pause” announced by Russia in Syria’s deadly bombardment of Eastern Ghouta took effect this morning.

#BOJO: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said the Irish border issue could be solved in the same way that people travel across different boroughs of London.

#US: President Donald Trump say he would have rushed unarmed into the Florida school targeted by a mass shooter, as the officer accused of cowardice hit back.

PARTING SHOT

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There are sure to be some bizarre and beautiful shots of the exceptionally cold weather in Ireland over the next few days – here’s a jaw-dropping one from Wales.

A waterfall near Pen y Fan mountain on Brecon Beacon National Park froze in the sub-zero temperatures, creating quite a sight.

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