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The 9 at 9 Ban on amber teething aids, man arrested over Co Down murder, and Gaza ceasefire efforts continue – it’s this morning’s headlines.

LAST UPDATE | 4 Jun 2024

GOOD MORNING. Here’s all the news that you need to know as you start your day.

Teething aids

1. Ireland’s consumer protection watchdog has stopped several distributors from selling amber jewellery as teething aids, citing serious dangers posed to babies and small children.

PSNI investigation

2. A man has been charged with the murder of a woman in Co Down.

Fatal collision

3. A man in his 40s has died following road traffic incident in Co Clare yesterday afternoon.

Ceasefire efforts

4. The United States is seeking assistance from the United Nations in pursuing its plan for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Murder in Mexico

5. The mayor of a town in western Mexico was killed on Monday, the regional government said, barely 24 hours after Claudia Sheinbaum was elected the Latin American country’s first woman president.

Cocaine seizure

6. Around €305,000 worth of cocaine has been seized by gardaí from a n address in Coolock, Dublin 17.

Genocide case

7. Palestinian officials, on behalf of the State of Palestine, have applied for permission to join South Africa’s case at the top UN court accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza.

Hunter Biden

8. Lawyers in the trial of US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden on gun charges are set to deliver their opening arguments today in what is the first ever prosecution of a child of a sitting US president.

UK politics

9. UK politician Nigel Farage has announced he will stand as a candidate in the country’s general election as the leader of the Reform UK party.

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    Mar 28th 2023, 8:28 PM

    Well done Gardai.

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    Mar 28th 2023, 9:56 PM

    Well done Gardai – Brilliant work as usual!

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    Mar 28th 2023, 9:43 PM

    Someone’s talking

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    Mar 28th 2023, 11:20 PM

    I’d like to know how the guards are able to find out this type of information for instance how they found out that a certain sportsman had received a fixed penalty notice.are the rules regarding phone tapping being followed.dogs on the street know what they’re doing

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    Mar 28th 2023, 10:57 PM

    @ Ray Farrell – what do you mean Comanche Country?

    Oh, I see what you mean. The people in Finglas are Comanches / the real natives and the Gardai are like the Cavalry ruining their way of life. Yeah, I get it now.

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    Mar 28th 2023, 11:57 PM

    Ah! Yeah a hole in the ground some people just can’t hole a shite someone has been talking trying to make the FED’s look good

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    Mar 29th 2023, 5:18 PM

    Great work by the police. Really well done. However, if it’s a case of “enter one judge NO… into the proceedings”, then most of their efforts will have been for nought.

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