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IRELAND

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• The man who shot dead Garda Tony Golden at a house in Omeath, Co Louth yesterday, was 24-year-old Adrian Crevan Mackin, a dissident republican with a chequered history.
• Tributes are pouring in for Garda Tony Golden, who has been described as “a quiet unassuming person”. 
• Two residents of the Carrickmines halting site were refused entry to a pub in Dundrum on Sunday afternoon, a day after 10 of their relatives perished in an enormous fire in the south Dublin suburb.
• We’re being promised lots of shiny things in tomorrow’s budget– but here’s what WON’T be in Budget 2016.
• A man was rushed to hospital after early-morning attack in Crumlin.
• A priest was killed in a house fire near Tralee in the early hours of this morning.
• A garda detective found a bullet on his windscreen after being told his life was in danger.
• Ireland’s victory over France was watched by a record breaking 1.6 million viewers last night.
• Tesco shoppers in the UK and Northern Ireland get the price of their branded shopping automatically reduced if it’s more expensive than other supermarkets, but it’s not happening here.
• A couple with a young family say a trip to Disneyland, an indoor slide and a popcorn maker are on the list after their €7.4 million Lotto win.

INTERNATIONAL

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#BELARUS: Europe’s ‘last dictator’ has been re-elected after saying his main rival shouldn’t win because she’s a woman.

#AUSTRIA: A total of 12,220 people entered eastern Austria in the previous 36 hours as the migrant flow from the Balkans to northern Europe continued.

#US: US President Barack Obama says he is fairly certain that Donald Trump won’t succeed him in the White House in next year’s election.

INNOVATION

• Two of Ireland’s biggest tech employers are getting together in a colossal merger.
• There’s now an app where you can book dinner at a stranger’s house … and people are loving it. 

PARTING SHOT

Martin’s Life is back with a hilarious new video about the rugby with your parents: