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IRISH

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• Enda Kenny attended an EU heads of government summit in Valletta, Malta
• Fianna Fáil TD Pat Casey has said it “wasn’t easy” for him to take the news Stephen Donnelly was joining the party
• The Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling that a Russian who claimed he was born in Dublin is entitled to Irish citizenship
• A government bill was published today, which aims to improve the protections for domestic abuse victims – and ends exemptions that allow child marriage
• Furniture and beds have been removed from Apollo House – formally ending High Court proceedings over the occupation
• Firefighters in Galway protested after claiming that management are ignoring their requests for better working conditions
• After discussions with farmers, an offer that saw SuperValu customers getting free vegetables when they bought roast beef will stop running from Sunday
• Heavy rain’s been forecasted for tonight – the weekend‘s not looking too good either.

WORLD

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#PARIS: The Louvre museum will reopen tomorrow after being closed following an attack which has been described as “terrorist in nature“.

#IRAN SANCTIONS: The United States enforced fresh sanctions on Iran to punish them for ballistic missile tests and its support for Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

#TO BE CLEAR: The mayor of Bowling Green clarified that there wasn’t a massacre in 2011 – correcting claims made earlier by Trump’s chief advisor Kellyanne Conway.

PARTING SHOT

Tired of listening to Americans constantly getting the Irish accent wrong, actor Jamie Dornan decided to give them a taste of their own medicine on Conan O’Brien’s show.

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