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IRELAND

Seán Canney, Michael Lowry and Marian Harkin arriving at Government Building for talks earlier today © RollingNews.ie © RollingNews.ie

• Gardaí launched a manhunt for a prisoner who escaped from custody while attending Tallaght University Hospital.
• Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael defended including Michael Lowry in government formation talks, saying the independent TD was given a mandate by the people of Tipperary North.
• An Irish woman died after suffering a fall in a popular rock climbing area near Malaga in southern Spain.
• Roderic O’Gorman, the Green Party’s leader and sole remaining TD, said the general election was “hugely disappointing”, but the party will rebuild.
• The funeral of Paula Canty in Cork heard of her kindness and artistic flair.
• A young Dublin man was denied bail after being accused of striking another male from behind with a hurley several times, causing severe head injuries.
• Enoch Burke’s case has been before the High Court for over two years, yet it remains unclear how the matter will be resolved. 

WORLD

A person walks through a neighbourhood destroyed by the Palisades fire John Locher / AP/PA Image John Locher / AP/PA Image / AP/PA Image

#LOS ANGELES The LA fires expanded even further today as a curfew is enforced amid looting fears.

#PALESTINE Gaza’s civil defence agency said an Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter killed eight people today, including two children, and a further 19 children were wounded.

#GERMANY A meeting of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party was delayed as thousands of people shouting “No to Nazis” protested outside the venue.

PARTING SHOT

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