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IRELAND

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar walks among journalists gathered for the announcement of the National Broadband Plan. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• The details of a €3 billion plan which aims to bring high-speed internet to more than 540,000 homes, farms and businesses across rural Ireland were revealed
• One of the boys accused of murdering Ana Kriégel told gardaí he believed that Boy A hadn’t been attacked and that he believed Ana had inflicted the injuries on him, a court heard
• Saoradh‘s head offices were searched today as part of the Lyra McKee murder investigation
• An Irish couple in Australia – facing deportation because their three-year-old son has cystic fibrosis – have had their appeal rejected
• A 20-year-old man has been remanded on bail on a dangerous driving charge in connection with the suspected abduction of a 14-year-old in Finglas, Dublin
• Talks between political parties in Northern Ireland commenced to explore the restoration of power-sharing at Stormont after it collapsed two years ago.
• A delegation from Uefa visited Abbotstown today to meet with Sport Ireland over the governance issues with the FAI.

WORLD

Thousands attend a Brexit Party rally in Peterborough King's Gate Conference Centre as part of its EU election campaign. Joe Giddens Joe Giddens

#MYANMAR: Two journalists who were jailed for more than 500 days in Myanmar for reporting on the Rohingya persecution have been released.

#FRANCE: At least four people have been taken hostage by an armed individual in Toulouse, France.

#AUSTRALIA: A tribunal ruled that homophobic comments posted to social media by rugby player Israel Folau amounted to a “high-level” breach of the sport’s code of conduct.

PARTING SHOT

Excellent jokes, observations, and commentary has been made all day about the Met Gala ball last night – an extravagant show of fashion by the rich and famous.

Here is one of the best examples of that – a camp-themed Met Gala outfit matched with classic soccer kits by Richie McCormack, producer-presenter of Newstalk’s Off The Ball.

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