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 IRELAND 

• A 47-year-old man has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of his partner in Finglas, Dublin.
• It was “unfair” for former president Michael D Higgins to warn Ireland was sliding into military alliances, the Taoiseach has said.
• A liquidator has been appointed to Liberty Recycling after a request from the Charities Regulator.
• There has been a “concerning” increase in the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), according to the latest National Paediatric Mortality Register
• Macklemore’s Dublin gig put the international spotlight on Ireland as outlets worldwide said it was “fitting” the Free Palestine tour began in Ireland.
• Garda members in the Garda Representative Association (GRA) have voted in favour of work-to-rule industrial action during events around Ireland’s presidency of the EU Council.
• Hospitals are seeing “dangerous” levels of overcrowding according to the INMO with 777 patients on trolleys as of Tuesday.
• Ryanair flights are to close checked bag drops 60 minutes before departure, a change from the current timeframe that allows passengers up to 40 minutes before a flight takes off. 
• Talks aimed at ending the solicitors’ strike are set to take place this week with the Law Society aiming to change the payment model being implemented by Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan.
• Retailers across Ireland have been reminded by the consumer watchdog of their obligation to display the prices for paper bags in shops.

INTERNATIONAL 

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#ISRAEL ELECTIONS Exit polls suggest country could be waiting weeks or months to find out who the next prime minister will be.

#BRAZIL ELECTIONS Flavio Bolsonaro has passport cancelled amid reports he has fled to the United States after his election loss. 

#RUSSELL BRAND told police his “very promiscuous” celebrity lifestyle of kissing fans and sleeping with countless women has now been “unfavourable reframed” into rape and sexual assault claims.

#AVIGNON An Irish man admitted threatening to “put a bullet” in the head of a Jewish woman in France has been given a six-month suspended prison sentence.

#COPYRIGHT Neil Young is suing Donald Trump again after the US president used one of his songs at a campaign rally. 

#KYLIAN MBAPPÉ The football star has apologised after he was dropped by major Chinese brands for apparently joking about Mao Zedong in a video that has gone viral.

#EUROVISION The Netherlands has pulled out of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, with Dutch public broadcaster NPO citing “sensitivities” over Israel’s participation.

PARTING SHOT 

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CMAT has made an appearance on NPR’s popular “Tiny Desk” concert series.

Tiny Desk concerts are live musical performances recorded behind an actual office desk at NPR Music’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.

In opening the concert, CMAT said she was “very, very honoured and excited to be at this teeny, tiny, itsy, bitsy, little, bitty desk”.