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IRELAND

There was commuter chaos throughout the country after unsanctioned strikes by transport workers. Maura Hickey Maura Hickey

• Unsanctioned ‘wildcat’ strikes by transport workers in support of Bus Éireann strikers dramatically escalated the ongoing dispute.
• Transport Minister Shane Ross called the strike “entirely unjustifiable” but claimed he had no business getting involved.
• The bodies of a man and a woman were recovered from the River Shannon.
• Denis O’Brien lost his High Court case against the Dáil and the State.
• All five bodies from the site of Wednesday’s helicopter crash in Wales have been recovered.
• Tom Savage, the veteran communications consultant and former RTÉ chairman, died aged 76.
• Self-employed people are now entitled to a free dental and optical check-up.

WORLD

The Flying Scotsman passes Ribblehead Train Station in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#IMMUNITY: Lawyers acting on behalf of ousted White House national security adviser Michael Flynn have said he is prepared to provide testimony over alleged Trump campaign ties to Russia in exchange for immunity from prosecution.

#ON THE MEND: The family of a survivor of the Westminster terror attack, who lost her husband in the incident, have shared a photograph showing her recovery.

#HELD: Spanish police have detained more than 100 alleged paedophiles since September.

PARTING SHOT

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President Michael D Higgins gives Mark Duffy’s son Fionn a hug after the funeral of the Coast Guard pilot.