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IRELAND

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• A candlelit vigil is taking place this evening at the scene of Saturday’s fire in Carrickmines in which ten people were killed. 
• Denis O’Brien has claimed in court that an Irish firm is involved in a conspiracy against him.
• Crowds are expected for Garda Tony Golden’s funeral in Blackrock, Co Louth tomorrow.
• A Cork woman died on a beach in Vietnam this weekend when she was swept out to sea by a freak wave.
• A convicted rapist from Dublin has received a partially suspended two-year sentence for daylight sex assaults on two different women in the city centre.
• UK-based accounting software company Sage is creating 300 new jobs in Dublin. [RTÉ]
• We’re definitely not getting a bank holiday for the 1916 Rising next year.
• Irish Rail cancelled a rush hour commuter train this evening as it was sprayed with graffiti.
• Two men have been arrested after €1 million worth of heroin was seized when a car was stoppedand searched in Dublin.

INTERNATIONAL

#SAMAL: Suspected Muslim militants have posted a video purportedly showing for them with four tourists who were abducted from a southern Philippine resort last month.

#ROME: Pope Francis has offered a surprise public apology following reports of priests paying for sex with homeless men while high on poppers.

#AFGHANISTAN: A Westlife song was played repeatedly by the CIA to torture prisoners according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

INNOVATION

• Here’s how you can prevent awkward Facebook run-ins with your ex
• Too many duplicate numbers in contacts? Here’s how you can fix it

PARTING SHOT 

Remember the ‘Mr Men and Little Miss’ Books?

Well there’s now some updated versions of these classics…introducing Mr. Selfie, Little Miss Overshare and Little Miss Basic.