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IRELAND

As the weather in Ireland turns cool and rainy for the next few days, far fewer bathers than usual are seen enjoying the waters off the Forty Foot. Rolling News Rolling News

• The sister of an American tourist who was attacked in Dublin on Wednesday said he’d saved up for ‘dream visit’.
• Ciara Mageean made history this evening by setting a new national mile record of 4.14.58 as she finished in second place at the Diamond League in Monaco.
• A male pedestrian was hospitalised following a road traffic collision in the early hours of this morning in Co Wexford.
• Multiple Government departments were evacuated this afternoon after a number of hoax bomb threats were received.
• A secondary school teacher who preyed on a vulnerable young schoolgirl by engaging in sexually explicit conversations with her on Instagram over a 12-month period was given a three-year jail sentence, with the final two years suspended.
• A man who was given a wholly suspended sentence for weekly attacks on his partner while subjecting her to “appalling” coercive control, will now be sent to jail after a successful appeal by the State.
• Two men who pleaded guilty to the attempted deception of a post office worker when trying to claim a pension from a deceased man were sentenced to two-and-a-half years and two years in prison.

INTERNATIONAL

The Korean Demilitarized Zone or DMZ, separates North and South Korea. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#BOAR-ING German police called off a search for a wild animal initially believed to be a lioness roaming the outskirts of Berlin after determining it was more likely a wild boar.

#DMZ A witness who saw a member of a tour group visiting the Demilitarized Zone on South Korea’s border suddenly sprint to North Korea gave an account of the dramatic incident.

#RIP Legendary US singer Tony Bennett died at the age of 96 in his hometown of New York.

#INDIA A group of women in India set fire to the house of a man accused of parading two women naked in the northeastern state of Manipur where months of ethnic violence have left at least 120 dead.

#CALIFORNIA  A teenage girl kidnapped in Texas was rescued in Southern California when passersby saw her hold up a handwritten “help me” sign in a parked car, police said.

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