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IRELAND

RTÉ presenter Miriam O'Callaghan at the launch of the Heroes Ball - a fundraising event for the LauraLynn Children's Hospice Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• A Dublin man wanted for the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly five years ago was detained in Spain.
• Up to 45,000 Irish Facebook profiles may have been affected by the Cambridge Analytica data breach.
• The High Court appointed an interim examiner to Irish building contractor Sammon.
• Gardaí have yet to confirm the true identity of a man charged with the murder of a Japanese man in a stabbing in Dundalk in January.
• Conor McGregor and his entourage gatecrashed a UFC 223 media event in New York, sparking unsavoury scenes backstage which left one fighter with a laceration to his forehead.
• Gardaí issued two separate missing person appeals – one for a man in Tipperary and one for a teenage boy in Mayo.
• The Together For Yes campaign said repealing the Eighth Amendment would ensure equal access to abortions for abuse and rape victims.
• Two men were released on bail after appearing in court in connection with the assault of Laois GAA player Daniel O’Reilly.
• Over 2,500 tonnes of animal feed arrived in Ireland as farmers struggle to deal with the fodder crisis.
• Foster care services in three areas were criticised by Hiqa.

WORLD

Children reach for bubbles created by Deni Yang during his show at the Discovery Cube Science Center in Santa Ana, California AFP / Getty Images AFP / Getty Images / Getty Images

#UK: Poisoning victim Yulia Skripal said her “strength is growing daily”, as she released her first statement since the Salisbury nerve agent attack.

#LONDON: Two 17-year-olds were arrested after an 18-year-old man died shortly after being stabbed last night.

#US: The US Surgeon General said he wants more Americans to start carrying the overdose antidote naloxone to help combat the country’s opioid crisis and save lives.

#PHILIPPINES: The Philippines is closing its best-known holiday island, Boracay, to tourists for up to six months over concerns that the once idyllic resort has become a “cesspool” tainted by dumped sewage.

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