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IRELAND

Choreographer Maria Nilsson Waller, as D-Light Studios showcased their new new ground floor studios for Culture Night 2022 Sasko Lazarov / Rollingnews.ie Sasko Lazarov / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• Over half of the murders in the State last year were related to domestic abuse.
• Flogas Energy announced that both gas and electricity prices will rise from late next month.
• The Taoiseach said Ireland would have to assess whether it would be willing to accept Russians who are now fleeing the country.
• Human rights experts from the United Nations have criticised the Irish Government’s response to the “systemic racism” faced by mixed-race people who passed through State and religious-run institutions between the 1940s and 1990s.
• All schools are to be eligible for funding for solar panels to help with the rising cost of energy. 
• Simon Coveney believes that Northern Ireland census data confirms that society is changing but that work is needed on building relationships before a border poll.
• The Irish state is no longer a shareholder in Bank of Ireland having completed the sale of its shares. 
• Siptu members employed by daa at Dublin Airport are planning to ballot for industrial action in a dispute over staff wages. 

THE WORLD 

Iranians protest the death of Mahsa Amini ABACA / PA Images ABACA / PA Images / PA Images

#RUSSIA Thousands of military-aged men are fleeing Russia after Putin announced a partial military mobilisation this week.

#IRAN Iranian state TV suggested that the death toll from protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini could be as high as 26.

#UK Liz Truss’ new Chancellor has abolished the top rate of income tax for the highest earners. 

PARTING SHOT

Culture Night is taking place around the country this evening, with a myriad of free performances, tours, workshops and more in cultural venues.

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