Ireland

Vicky Phelan speaking to the media after leaving Government Buildings today. Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

• Vicky Phelan says Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has assured her that women affected by the CervicalCheck controversy will not be forced to go to court for compensation.
• Facebook launched an investigation into Irish contractor CPL Inc following on from the undercover Channel 4 Dispatches programme into the social media platform’s content moderation.
• Ryanair called for new talks with trade union Fórsa after this Friday’s pilot strike action as “the damage has now been done”.
• Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service decided to prosecute  one person after an allegation they breached the anonymity of the woman in the Belfast rape trial.
• Two people were injured  during a chemical incident in Waterford.
• It was revealed that gardaí found €135,000 worth of cannabis in a car they stopped in Co Leitrim yesterday evening.
• Hundreds of dead fish were found washed up on a beach in Bundoran, Co Donegal.

World

Protesters in the streets of Harare during clashes with police today. Mujahis Safodien Mujahis Safodien

#ZIMBABWE: Three people were shot dead after the Zimbabwean army opened fire on a protest against alleged election fraud.

#DENMARK: A controversial ban on the Islamic full-face veil in public spaces came into force today as women protested the new measure which fines anyone wearing the garment.

#USA: In a series of tweets president Trump urged his attorney general to end the investigation into Russian election meddling that has ensnared key members of his presidential campaign and cast a long shadow over his White House.

#ENGLAND: The FA is considering putting England forward as a potential host for the 2030 World Cup.

Parting shot

Irish academic writer and activist Sinéad Burke is now a Contributing Editor at Vogue UK.

Her first column for the magazine is called ‘Why I Chose to Embrace My Differences’, and it details her desire at an early age to undergo limb lengthening surgery.

You can read the entire story here.

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