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IRELAND

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• A man was shot and killed at a supermarket car park in Bangor, Co Down
• Gardaí appealed for information on the whereabouts of 52-year-old John Ryan
• Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney get ready for the last round of the leadership hustings tonight, with Coveney winning the support of MEP Mairead McGuinness
• The news publication Kildare Now issued an apology after a photograph mix-up caused an altercation between one man and a number of locals
• Minister for Health Simon Harris admitted that the government can’t express confidence in the State’s corporate watchdog
• Ireland’s Mark O’Donovan and Shane O’Driscoll were crowned European Rowing Championship gold medallists after a victory in Racice
• “Anything to keep the Tories out”: We spoke to Irish citizens living in Britain to get their views ahead of next month’s UK election.

WORLD

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#SHOW OF STRENGTH: French President Emmanuel Macron described a white-knuckle handshake with President Donald Trump last week as “a moment of truth”.

#MANCHESTER RUN: Tens of thousands of runners and spectators came together for an emotional show of defiance at the Great Manchester Run today.

#BRITISH AIRWAYS: The airline could be facing massive compensation fines after this weekend’s global IT blackout left passengers stranded.

PARTING SHOT

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The Economist reports a bizarre tale featuring the World Bank’s new chief economist Paul Romer. He was recently “stripped control of the research division” – not in a row over numbers, but over words.

Romer reportedly clashed with colleagues when he demanded shorter reports and declared a war on excessive use of the word ‘and’.

It’s claimed he would not clear a final report for publication if “and” made up more than 2.6% of the text. That’s economy of language for you.

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