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IRELAND

Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin celebrating its 60th anniversary. Mark Stedman Mark Stedman

• Storm warnings are in place in a number parts of the country.
• Gardaí are investigating a serious assault on an 18-year-old female student in Maynooth.
• Garda Commissioner Noirín O’Sullivan used a private gmail account to discuss garda business.
• As a new bill is proposed, nearly 70% of Irish people are in favour of right-to-die legislation.
• A report into Rush Credit Union was unable to locate the winners of 15 car draws even though over €220,000 was spent on the vehicles.
• Renowned Irish author William Trevor died aged 88.
• A teenage boy has admitted stabbing 21-year-old Lorcan O’Reilly to death following a Halloween bonfire.
• Ireland’s top judge and a government minister have clashed over judicial appointments.
• The cost of running the typical Irish home has risen to €16,611.14.
• The government has been accused of “cloak and dagger tactics” on changes to the Roscommon-Westmeath border.
• The revamped Phoenix Park tunnel opened for rail passengers.

WORLD

Red shoes are displayed as part of a protest highlighting violence against women in Barcelona. Manu Fernandez / PA Images Manu Fernandez / PA Images / PA Images

#THE VATICAN: Pope Francis has declared that all priests will have the right to forgive abortion.

#NO COMEBACK: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy crashed out of the presidential election race.

#BREXIT BONANZA: British Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged to cut her country’s corporate tax rate to 15%.

#ISLAMISTS: A German court has ruled that a group of Islamists did not break the law in forming “sharia police” street patrols.

INNOVATION

• A Canadian man has claimed his Samsung Galaxy S7 exploded after he felt it warming up in his pocket. (Mashable)
• Facebook will hire an extra 500 workers in the UK when it opens a new headquarters in London. (Guardian)

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