Cork’s Oliver Plunkett Street is 850m metres long.

It is opportune that the report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby homes should be published during Holy Week when another unjust crucifixion, that of innocent babies and children, occurred at these homes.

So that’s Friday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

David Hughes There is no evidence of arson in the fire that destroyed the landmark Notre Dame cathedral, according to the French public prosecutor, who said they are working on the assumption that the blaze was an accident.

French president Emmanuel Macron has set a target of five years for the ruined Notre Dame Cathedral to be rebuilt.

So that’s Tuesday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

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A huge fire has destroyed parts of the famous Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Here is how the devastating blaze unfolded.

Photos also show the main structure of the building on the outside felt untouched and the stain glass windows still intact.

"Such a beautiful building. The singing is so touching though, it’s amazing how a heartbreaking event can bring people together"

Latest: The structure of Notre Dame has been saved after a huge fire destroyed parts of the famous cathedral, according to a fire chief in Paris.

So that’s Monday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

French security forces struck back on two fronts last night following Friday’s terror attacks in Paris, launching a bombing campaign against Islamic State in Syria, as a manhunt got under way for a man suspected of being on the run after the attacks.

Dublin’s Kilmainham Gaol has been named as the best rated landmark in Ireland in the Travellers’ Choice TM awards for Landmarks, announced by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site.

A minute's silence has been observed across France and around the world in solidarity with those affected by the Charlie Hebdo massacre.

Liz O’ Brien ticked off her continental bucket list with a Contiki ‘European Highlights’ tour in London, Paris, Nice, Monaco, the French Riviera, Florence, Pisa, Rome, Rhine Valley, St Goar, Munich, Edam and Amsterdam    

FRANCE: Paris hopes to persuade couples to end the tradition of fixing padlocks to the River Seine’s ageing bridges, and instead upload hashtagged selfies to a website dedicated to enduring love-

Paris hopes to persuade couples to end the recent tradition of fixing padlocks to the Seine’s ageing bridges, and instead upload hashtagged selfies to a website dedicated to enduring love.

A French police officer is facing preliminary charges relating to the disappearance of 116lb (52.6kg) of cocaine from Paris police headquarters’ evidence room.

Luxembourg’s Prince Guillaume and Belgian Countess Stephanie de Lannoy have put the finishing touches on their two-day wedding extravaganza with a religious ceremony at the tiny duchy’s Notre Dame Cathedral.

Hundreds of world landmarks from Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate to the Great Wall of China went dark last night, part of a global effort to highlight climate change.

A rabbi, his two young sons and another child were shot dead by a lone gunman outside a French school today in what was feared to be the latest in a string of racist murders.

A lone gunman murdered a rabbi, his two small sons and another child outside a Jewish school in France today.

FRANCE’S new ban on Islamic face veils was met with a burst of defiance as several women appeared veiled in front of Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral and two were detained for taking part in an unauthorised protest.

France’s ban on Islamic veils met with a burst of defiance today, as women appeared with their faces covered in front of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.

AN image of pure happiness — a honeymoon photo of murdered Michaela Harte with her husband John has been shared by the heartbroken groom ahead of her funeral.

An image of pure happiness - a honeymoon photo of murdered Michaela McAreavey with her husband John has been shared by the heartbroken groom ahead of her funeral.

Saudi intelligence services have warned of a new al-Qaida terror threat against Europe, particularly in France, the French government said.

Saudi intelligence services have warned of a new terror threat from al Qaida in Europe, “notably France,” Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said today.

The US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan said the September 11 2001 attacks “wouldn’t have happened” if Americans had been forewarned to be on the lookout for terrorism.

FRANCE’s foreign ministry is warning French travellers of a high terrorism risk in Britain, asking them to be watchful in public transport and busy tourist areas across the English Channel.

The area under Paris' Eiffel Tower has been opened up to tourists again after an anonymous caller phoned in a bomb threat and police combed through the famous monument looking for suspicious objects.

The Material Girl is illuminating the City of Light, where she’s filming her latest film, “W.E.”

The lights will go off at Government buildings, Leinster House, the Customs House and the Four Courts at 8.30pm tonight to mark Earth Hour.

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama spent a few hours as a tourist this weekend, seeing Paris with his wife and two young girls after his trip to the Middle East, Germany and the beaches of Normandy.

ICONIC buildings across Ireland turned their lights off and prevented the release of an estimated 30 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere during Earth Hour.

TWO people, who were seriously injured when a pleasure boat carrying 12 people sank in the River Seine in central Paris, died yesterday, police said.

French bishops said today that Pope Benedict will visit Paris and the Roman Catholic shrine of Lourdes in September.

NEARLY one million people prayed in a Polish field, North Americans slipped into pews before dawn and Asians gathered by the thousands at outdoor Masses in a global goodbye to Pope John Paul II yesterday.

Paris’ mayor Bertrand Delanoe said he was “saddened and sickened” by anti-Semitic graffiti, including a sign saying “Death to Jews”, found scrawled on a wall on the grounds of Notre Dame Cathedral.

Anti-Semitic graffiti was found scrawled on a wall in the grounds of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris today.

Police blocked cars from central Paris today as the French capital and hundreds of other European cities experimented with ways to cut traffic.

A river cruise boat filled with sightseers has crashed into a bridge's pillar in the centre of Paris, injuring six tourists, two of them children.