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IRELAND

Eamonn Farrell Eamonn Farrell

• A report on Templemore college can give “no assurance” that its financial management is “adequate”.
• This is how a court case in Leitrim blew the latest garda scandal wide open.
• On the sixth day of the Bus Éireann strike, with protests at the gates of Leinster House, Minister for Transport Shane Ross says he ‘has no ministerial magic wand’ that will solve Bus Éireann crisis.
• It looks like the water committee will agree on a deal where only those who waste an excessive amount of water will have to pay any charges.
• An expert panel of doctors will tomorrow begin to draw up guidelines on how medicinal cannabis can be prescribed in Ireland.
• Rural TDs say sick children will be left stranded in Dublin traffic if new children’s hospital goes ahead.
• An increased number of parents are using their children to shoplift for them, according to retailers.
• Gerry Adams called a Tory MP a ‘tube’ after he suggested stopping politicians’ wages in the North as the post-election talks impasse continues.

INTERNATIONAL 

Christopher Furlong Christopher Furlong

#BREXIT: Britain has officially begun the process for leaving the European Union – it all started with a hand-delivered letter.

#TRUMP: US states and environmental groups are to challenge President Trump’s plans to roll back a slew of environmental protections.

#RIP: The funeral of singer-songwriter George Michael has taken place at a private ceremony attended by his family and close friends.

PARTING SHOT 

Groundbreaking science is allowing this paralysed man to use his brain to control his arms again.

The remarkable advance hinges on a prosthesis which circumvents rather than repairs his spinal injury, using wires, electrodes as well as computer software to reconnect the severed link between his brain and muscles.