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IRELAND

A snowman sits on a table outside the Hollywood Cafe in Hollywood, Co Wicklow. Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Sinn Féin Pearse Doherty has said his party will begin speaking to other parties tomorrow as the party begins efforts at forming a government.
• His party leader Mary Lou McDonald told the BBC that a Sinn Féin government would pressure the EU to support reunification.  
• A Belfast couple have tied the knot in the first same-sex marriage to take place in Northern Ireland.
• The former the Console charity Paul Kelly was found dead at his home in Kildare on Sunday.
• A woman has been arrested after a man received a number of stab wounds in Dublin 8 this afternoon.
• A Lithuanian gang active in Dublin is suspected of the thefts and distribution of stolen high-end bicycles across Europe.
• Irish ‘cold-storage’ MEPs Deirdre Clune and Barry Andrews have taken their seats in the European Parliament.
• Wind, snow and ice warnings remain in place until midnight as Storm Dennis looms on the horizon. 
• Dublin-based recruitment firm Indeed has said that one of its staff members who said they were potentially exposed to the coronavirus has tested negative. 

WORLD

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (right) will visit Ireland from 3-5 March. PA Images PA Images

#ROYAL VISIT: British royals Prince William and his wife the Duchess of Cambridge are coming to Ireland for an official visit in March.

#COVID-19: The World Health Organisation has said Covid-19 will be the official name for the deadly coronavirus that has now killed over 1,000 people in China. 

PARTING SHOT

Pupils of a tiny school in a corner of west Cork have written a rap song in an attempt to raise awareness about climate change.

The song is approaching 50,000 views on Youtube.  

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