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IRELAND

Ingrid Sanchez, Cristina Castro, and Angela Coral Medina, dancing in Elizabeth Fort, as Ruth Lynch & Jacqueline Crotty of Cork City Council raise the Colombian flag in advance of the Colombian Ambassador's arrival in Cork. Michael O'Sullivan Michael O'Sullivan

• The Department of Social Protection announced it will review over 750,000 social welfare claims this year as part of its new anti-fraud strategy.
• A centre for children who may have been the victim of sexual assault opened in Galway.
• A couple accused of child cruelty were refused bail today.
• Plans have been lodged with An Bord Pleanála for 368 student bed spaces in Dublin’s Liberties, where the promoters are promising to provide high-end student accommodation “akin to a boutique hotel”.
• Farmers continued to demonstrate outside the gates of meat processing factories across Ireland despite a deal being struck between farmers and the meat industry yesterday.
• Irish-based scientists completed what is being described as the first ever delivery of diabetes medicine using a type of drone technology off the coast of Co Galway.
• Gardaí are searching a forested area in Omeath, Co. Louth as part of investigations into the murder of a woman who was last seen in Belfast in 2017.
• Westlife were confirmed for a gig in Cork’s Páirc Uí Chaoimh next summer.

INTERNATIONAL

Soldiers march thru the streets of San Salvador during a military parade that celebrates El Salvador´s 198th Independence anniversary. Camilo Freedman Camilo Freedman

#HIV: Rugby player Gareth Thomas’ decision to speak publicly about living with HIV has been hailed as an important moment with campaigners saying the public reaction has been “really encouraging”.

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#BREXIT: Boris Johnson pulled out of a planned press conference in Luxembourg after he was heckled by protesters.

PARTING SHOT

Not a great day for Boris Johnson. In fairness, he’s had very few of them since become Prime Minister. 

But just days after calling Jeremy Corbyn a chicken for blocking Johnson’s election plans, the UK Prime Minister swerved a joint press conference in Luxembourg because of protesters.

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