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CEO of Ryanair Michael O ' Leary looking at one of his company's new Boeing 737-800 NGs aircraft. Sam Boal Sam Boal

IRELAND

• Phil Hogan was nominated as Agriculture Commissioner. Here’s how much he could be earning.
• The High Court will decide next week whether to allow construction to resume on two Kilkenny bridges.
• It’s World Suicide Day, and Console says that grieving families should be saved from trial-like inquests.
• Joan Burton is going to clear up confusion around outdoor weddings.
• Fishermen rescued a family of 70 dolphins beached in west Kerry.
• A female taxi driver was threatened with a knife during an attempted hijacking in Derry.
• A 76-year-old woman was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis – Ireland’s oldest ever case.
• Cork County Council might ditch the JobBridge scheme – it’s set to vote on it soon.
• More than 60,000 students received their Junior Certificate results today.
• Firefighters tackled a blaze overnight at a building next to Oliver St John Gogarty’s pub in Temple Bar.
• GSOC has stopped trying to find out who leaked bugging information to the Sunday Times.
• A UEFA report was largely positive about Ireland’s Aviva Stadium Euro 2020 bid.

INTERNATIONAL

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#SCOTLAND UK leaders took an “unprecedented” step to boost the Scottish campaign, by heading north after pulling out of Prime Minister’s Questions.

#LIBERIA Killer virus Ebola is threatening Liberia’s existence, the country’s Defence Minister said.

#AUSTRALIA A family of five were killed in an apparent murder-suicide in Lockhart, New South Wales.

#UKRAINE Russian troops are leaving Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko said – adding that it boosts prospects for peace.

#ENVIRONMENT The ozone layer is recovering – but it’s indirectly adding to the problem of global warming.

INNOVATION

• Microsoft is said to be close to buying the makers of open-world game Minecraft, for $2 billion.
• Want to invest in a newer, bigger iPhone 6, but thinking ‘that screen is WAY too big’? Here’s how Apple is making both new phones easier to use. [Geek.com]

PARTING SHOT

You won’t bale-ieve this photo of these Mayo newlyweds… *ahem*. [Irish Farmer's Journal]

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