The Briefing - Your Monday morning news catch up


The devastated parents of Jake Brennan released two doves into the sky at his funeral yesterday as they continued to struggle to come to terms with his death.
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A 14-year-old girl died in a road accident in Co Kerry last night.
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Enda Kenny is under pressure to scrap the controversial banking inquiry and to set up an independent probe after one of its central members quit, claiming he had lost all hope in it being free from Cabinet control.
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JetBlue Airways apologised to a mother who said her child had to urinate in her airplane seat, because a flight attendant would not let her use the toilet, while the plane sat on the tarmac at a New York airport.
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Kate and Gerry McCann will appear in a Portuguese court today to deliver personal statements on how accusations in a former police chief’s book have affected them.
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Clare manager Davy Fitzgerald has called for certain bodies within the GAA to be investigated.
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Lionel Messi scored a goal that is destined to go down in World Cup folklore as Argentina triumphed over tournament newcomers Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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Wind energy fulfilled a record 50% of Ireland’s electricity needs at times over the past six months, according to the Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA).
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VIEWPOINTS

BARACK OBAMA made only one nasty crack at Hillary Clinton during their contest for the American Presidency.
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SHOWBIZ

Casey Kasem - the voice of Shaggy in the TV show 'Scooby Doo' - has died at the age of 82.
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It is time to stop the hysteria about bare breasts and make going topless as easy and unremarkable for women as it is for men, writes Suzanne Harrington.
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The coastguard has repeated its safety warnings after two men died in diving accidents over the weekend.
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