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TOP STORIES - Storm Frank Flooding
There is widespread flooding and power outages across the country as Storm Frank continues to wreak havoc. The Atlantic coast has been among the worst affected - with 70 millimetres of rain and gusts of up to 120 kilometres per hour.
Sixteen thousand homes and businesses are without power following high winds this morning and last night. ESB Networks has said Cork is the county with the highest number of line faults.
As the wind and rain eases off and we all prepare for Storm Gertrude, here is a look at some of the images captured across the country of the damage done by Storm Frank.
IRELAND
The Irish Coast Guard has airlifted an injured crewman from a Spanish trawler following a long range rescue mission some 160 miles off the Cork coast.
A police proposal to outlaw Sinn Féin was rejected in 1988 even though the British Government “never believed” it was a “normal” political party, according to confidential files.
A man who is accused of being a recruiting agent for Islamic extremists will have an appeal against his deportation heard later today.
WORLD
The capsizing of a cruise ship in China that killed hundreds earlier this year was caused by a strong storm, an official investigation has concluded.
A storm has brought snow, sleet and freezing rain to the north-east United States. Parts of northern New England got up to 6 inches of snow, while central New York got up to 4 inches of snow and northern New York had as much as 7 inches.
SPORT
The world of football has been expressing its grief after Pavel Srnicek’s death at the age of 47. The hugely popular former goalkeeper suffered a cardiac arrest while out jogging in his native Czech Republic on December 20 and suffered irreversible brain damage.
Former Mayo footballer Martin Carney believes the influence of coach Tony McEntee could shore up Mayo’s defence and be the difference in the big matches.
BUSINESS
Apple's Italian subsidiary is to pay €318m to settle a tax dispute. The company has been accused of failing to declare more than €1bn in tax between 2008 and 2013, according to AFP.
Incomes improved considerably on cattle farms in Ireland in 2015, but those of dairy farmers’ declined dramatically. That sums up the annual performance review of the agriculture sector conducted by a team of Teagasc economists.
ANALYSIS
An infrastructure of people, ideas, and places built up in better times has been ground down, writes
LIFESTYLE
As RTÉ late-night radio presenter Alf McCarthy hangs up his microphone for the last time tonight, he tells how the lonely and desperate contact him by night, how he fell in love with radio at boarding school and why he’s taken up TV scriptwriting
VIDEO
There is widespread flooding and power outages across the country as Storm Frank continues to wreak havoc.
VIRAL
The 1980s was a different time. And if you need any proof of that, check out this sex education video aimed at girls from a kindly lady called Angela.
These guys weren't going to let the floods in Cork disrupt their pint
TECHNOW
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SHOWBIZ
Leonardo DiCaprio has admitted he could have played Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequels.
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Storm Frank arrived with a vengeance off the west coast yesterday, causing disruption from counties Cork to Donegal as gale-force winds, heavy rain, and high tides, battered many parts of the country.
