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IRELAND

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• Irish columnist Kevin Myers won’t write for the Sunday Times again, the paper said, after a column he wrote was criticised as “sexist” and “anti-Semitic”
• At least 14 people were rescued from Croagh Patrick today after heavy showers and gusty winds hampered pilgrims’ efforts to climb the rough terrain
• Three motorcyclists died this weekend in three separate crashes: one in Dublin today, and two in Limerick yesterday
• The DUP criticised Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for saying he didn’t support an economic border between the North and the Republic
• A six-year-old boy died after being struck by a van in Shankill, Dublin on Friday
• Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that the government intends to increase the pension in this year’s Budget, as Mícheál Martin went on the defensive after reports that claimed he wants other benefits prioritised.

WORLD

A man casts his vote during the election of the National Constituent Assembly today. Fausto Torrealba via PA Images Fausto Torrealba via PA Images

#VENEZUELA: A leading candidate in today’s controversial elections and four others were killed during violent anti-government protests and riots.

#GERMANY: Police said that a gunman who opened fire at a packed nightclub this morning, killing one and wounding four, was likely motivated by a personal feud.

#SPAIN: More than 22,000 people were evacuated last night when the stage at an electronic music festival near Barcelona erupted in flames.

#BIRMINGHAM: A 27-year-old man was charged with rape after a 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted twice in one night by two separate attackers.

#AUSTRALIA: An Islamist-inspired “terrorist plot” to bring down an airplane with an improvised explosive was foiled after raids across Sydney.

PARTING SHOT

Did you know Ireland has its own colony of ‘wild’ wallabies ? They were introduced to a Dublin island and have been roaming around freely since the 1980s – and seem to be doing quite well.

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