Your Thursday morning news round up

The Council of Europe has found that slapping children amounts to torture, an Irish priest has said he disagrees with a Vatican official who described the referendum result as a “defeat for humanity”, answering questions raised by the proposed IAG-Aer Lingus deal and Rory McIlroy is among the stars lining out at the Irish Open. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com .

Your Thursday morning news round up
Thu, 28 May, 2015 - 01:00

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Slapping children ‘amounts to torture’

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