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IRELAND

The Duke of Cambridge, Princess Astrid of Belgium and Enda Kenny during a World War 1 centenary ceremony in Belgium. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

• Senior gardaí have said they are confident that armed units of our police force could respond to a terror attack in Dublin city centre as quickly as the MET police in London did last week.
• A man arrested in Wexford in connection with the London terror attack has been released without charge.
• The ex-wife of one of the London Bridge attackers, who lived in Dublin with him until last year, has released a statement saying she’s focusing on raising the daughter they have together.
• Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said he has no reason not to trust Leo Varadkar, adding that his party will abstain in the Dáil vote to make him Taoiseach next week.
• Gardaí are probing the circumstances in which a man was killed in what is initially being treated as a suspected hit-and-run in Arklow in the early hours of Monday morning.
• There are only three Irish counties where the average house price is under €100,000
• The family of a Limerick politician who died last year has appealed for the return of a plaque stolen 24 hours before it was to be unveiled in his memory.

INTERNATIONAL 

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#TRUMP: Fired FBI Director James Comey has confirmed in a statement that US President Donald Trump urged him to drop an investigation into his former national security advisor Michael Flynn, then under scrutiny for his Russia contacts.

#IRAN: Gunmen and suicide bombers stormed Iran’s parliament and the shrine of its revolutionary leader today, killing 12 people in the first attacks in the country claimed by the Islamic State group.

#MASSACHUSETTS: A woman charged with using text messages to encourage her boyfriend to kill himself played a “sick game” with another person’s life, a prosecutor has said.

PARTING SHOT 

A 120 foot long mural by award-winning illustrator Chris Judge has been unveiled on Custom House Quay.

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‘DrawMeDocklands’ is constructed on metal sheets attached to hoarding, the hoarding will be in place for the next two years and is a colourful addition to Custom House Quay.

It includes 60 unique life-size portraits of people who submitted portrait selfies using the hashtag #DrawMeDocklands.