Your Thursday morning news round up

TOP STORY
The detective, who is heading up the investigation into the murder of Cork nurse Karen Buckley, has thanked the Irish public for the support they have shown.
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IRELAND

Heroin addicts should be allowed to legally inject their drug in a medically supervised setting, drugs minister Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has said.
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Plans to cut unemployed people’s welfare payments for not paying their water charge bills have been criticised by free legal aid providers and opposition TDs.
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SPORT

It wasn’t just that Messi decided yet another huge game, consigning Pep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich to a long list that includes everyone from Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United to Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid. It was how he did — the cleanness.
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The GAA community in Castlehaven and Cork has been left shocked and saddened by the tragic death of Michael Burns, a member of the 1989 All-Ireland SFC-winning panel.
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WORLD
A woman who gave birth to a girl after a man agreed to donate sperm has lost a family court fight over the youngster’s future.
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The two men battling to be Britain’s next prime minister traded insults in the last hours of the too-close-to-call campaign by branding each other a conman and a squatter.
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BUSINESS

The IT sector’s representative body in the south of the country, it@Cork, has submitted an application to the Government seeking funding for an initiative that could create 1,300 jobs over the coming years.
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The Central Bank has paid a security firm almost €300,000, to date, to secure the site of the ill-fated former Anglo Irish Bank building on Dublin’s North Wall Quay.
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VIEWPOINTS

On the 70th anniversary of the V-E riot in Dublin,
notes how the burning of the Tricolour spurred two young UCD students and future taoisigh into action.READ MORE
LIFESTYLE

Many people complain they just aren’t ‘good with money’. If you want your children to understand its value, start teaching them as young as seven, writes
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EXAMVIRAL

Who says you have to live in the country to enjoy the wonders of nature?
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When the posters for the No campaign went up a few weeks back many people did not like the messages that they were promoting, and now even the people on the posters don’t agree with them.
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TECHNOW
The Oculus Rift Virtual Reality headset has been confirmed to have a consumer model release in early 2016, finally!
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While EA’s release windows are often as predictable as the sunrise and sunset, there were some interesting details revealed in its earnings call.
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SHOWBIZ
For three weeks only you can shop in a pop-up store with vintage clothes picked or designed especially by television presenter Dawn O’Porter.
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MOST READ RIGHT NOW

A 7-year-old girl who witnessed her father’s “execution” at their home told gardaí she felt a “little bit sad and a little happy because my dad is away from the bad boys now”, a murder trial has heard.
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