Exchequer returns recorded a surplus of €2.485bn for the second quarter of 2017, compared to a €1.1bn deficit for the same period last year, according to figures released today.

A Cork couple are running the Cork City Marathon in memory of their baby Beth, a man has been arrested in connection with the shooting dead of a former IRA commander in Belfast, the people on the Vote No posters are in favour of marriage equality and the Cork school friends who share family links with the Lusitania. Catch up with this evening’s top and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

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