Your Friday morning news round up

Polling stations have opened across the country for the marriage equality and presidential age referendums, and eight year-old Cork boy has received high praise from Golf number one Rory McIlroy, the Sterling saga is set to roll on for the summer, and a magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck the UK, east of London. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

Your Friday morning news round up
Fri, 22 May, 2015 - 01:00
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