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IRELAND

DCU students launching Anam, an artistic showcase of culture, song and poetry today. Julien Behal Julien Behal

• Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said he now backs abortion up to 12 weeks, as proposed by government.
• A three-bed semi-detached house now costs an average of €229,111.
• The family of Elisha Gault is in mourning after the body of the missing 14-year-old was discovered.
• Gardaí are considering industrial action over the government’s refusal to let them strike.
• The judge in the rugby rape trial has told the jury they must “decide where the truth lies”.
• Fuming customers have said tech retailer Click.ie hasn’t shipped their phones or issued receipts.
• The mystery winner of Saturday’s €5.6 million Lotto jackpot has come forward.
• Frosty, wintry weather is set to return later this week.
• The widow of a man who died in London 16 months ago still hasn’t been told the cause of his death.
• The Defence Forces are looking to recruit 480 people to help “defend against modern threats”.

INTERNATIONAL

Queen guitarist Brian May hands in a petition with over 400k signatures urging the UK to introduce a fur import ban Stefan Rousseau / PA Images Stefan Rousseau / PA Images / PA Images

#EXPELLED: More than a dozen European countries and the US have expelled Russian diplomats over the Sergei Skripal affair.

#NOT FOR ME: The UK civil servant tasked with finding a solution to the Irish border issue has quit the job.

#RUSSIA: Witnesses said fire alarms did not go off as 64 people died in a Siberia shopping centre fire.

PARTING SHOT

ITV is attempting to raise awareness around male suicide, with this showcase on the roof of it’s London studio.

It is 84 life-sized sculptures, acting as visual representations of the 84 real men who die by suicide every week in the UK.