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IRELAND

A Trans Pride march through Dublin city today attracted thousands of people. Sam Boal / Rollingnes.ie Sam Boal / Rollingnes.ie / Rollingnes.ie

• Poignant tributes were paid at the funeral of champion boxer Kevin Sheehy.
• Gardaí have launched a murder investigation following the death of a toddler in Cork.
• An Irish family who was facing deportation in Australia because their three-year-old son has cystic fibrosis has been granted residency.
• A man arrested in Dublin in relation to EU-wide cyber fraud investigation has appeared in court. 
• Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has said that “the prejudice” in Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s controversial comments would have been clear had he been speaking about rabbis or imams.
• Pro-life campaigners have gathered in Dublin for the movement’s annual rally.

WORLD

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris in New Orleans today. Gerald Herbert / PA Images Gerald Herbert / PA Images / PA Images

#AFTERSHOCKS: Southern California has been hit been hit with a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, the second tremor along the US west coast in just two days. 

#THE MED: Iran has demanded that the UK immediately releases an oil tanker it has detained in Gibraltar or else it may be forced to take tit-for-tat action.

#EARLY AND OFTEN: Members of the UK’s Conservative Party have started receiving their postal ballots but concerns have emerged after some people were sent more than one voting paper.

PARTING SHOT

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At two months old, seventh-in-line to the British throne Archie Mountbatten-Windsor was baptised today “at an intimate service”.

The first child of Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, was baptised in Windsor Castle in a private family ceremony that sparked controversy in the UK.

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