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IRELAND
Cork City Council have said that there is still a risk of flooding on the Lee Road and Carrigrohane Road. The council said that the rate of water being discharged from Inniscarra Dam is to continue at the rate of 180 cubic m per sec, due to the recent heavy rain.
Revenue has reached settlements with tax defaulters worth almost €54m, in the first nine months of the year. In the period from January to September, 278 people were singled out for not declaring or underdeclaring their tax.
A Dublin man who took part in a violent armed robbery during which the victim had a gun pointed at her head and was dragged along the ground has been jailed for six years.
The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has confirmed an emergency fund for small businesses that have suffered flood damage and were unable to get insurance.
Iarnród Éireann has issued details of the services that have been affected by floods.
The HSE is expected to receive €100m from the VHI by the end of the year.
WORLD
Donald Trump has rejected criticism that his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the US is un-American as critics compared him to Adolf Hitler. The Republican presidential candidate said what he is proposing is “no different” to the actions of president Franklin Roosevelt, “who was highly respected by all” despite his wartime measures that included putting Japanese-Americans in internment camps in the US.
Members of US rock band Eagles of Death Metal have paid an emotional visit to the ravaged Paris concert hall where they survived a massacre by Islamic extremist suicide bombers.
SPORT
Captain John Terry is in contention for Chelsea’s crucial Champions League Group G clash with Porto on Wednesday night.
Children are being “bullied” into taking smoke grenades to Northampton Town football matches, police have said.
BUSINESS
A €239m investment package for the Irish fishery and aquaculture sectors has been approved. The European Commission has agreed the funding under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund for the period 2014 to 2020.
Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Britain’s largest taxpayer-owned lender, will prioritise cost cutting at its Coutts private bank in the UK in the first half of 2016.
ANALYSIS
Bad planning has exacerbated a flooding disaster in southern India but global warming is the real culprit, writes
LIFESTYLE
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VIDEO
A home in Corofin, Co Galway, is under threat from rising flood waters following the devastating Storm Desmond over the weekend.
VIRAL
Tangee McMahona and her two-year-old daughter, Bexlee have obviously listened to ’Hello’ by Adele a lot (who hasn’t?) Her mom got a video of her lip-syncing along - and it’s one of the cutest things we’ve seen all day. Take a look.
The floods are obviously a nightmare for most but for some, it’s just another opportunity to have some craic. Wakeboarder David O’Caoimh and a mate headed down to the Lee Fields outside Cork City yesterday where the river had burst its banks. And David took advantage of the extra surface water - and got some class footage out of it too.
TECHNOW
PS2 games are coming to the PS4 - and it looks like an action classic will be making the transition soon. Max Payne has just received a new rating from the ESRB - and it's not at all surprising that it's got an M for Mature.
Go behind the scenes on Captain America Civil War right here right now.
Apple has finally answered the call of many of its users by releasing an officially battery case for their iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s handsets.
SHOWBIZ
Emmerdale’s Shirley Stelfox, who played Edna Birch for 15 years, has died – and now the ITV soap’s stars have paid their respects. Shirley died at the age of 74 after a short battle with cancer, with her daughter by her side.
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The number of Muslims deemed to be a security risk and refused entry through Cork Airport has almost doubled in the past two months.
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