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IRELAND

Coastal communities along the west and south coasts are bracing themselves for possible flooding due to high tides and gale force winds. It comes as Storm Jonas makes its way to Ireland after hitting the US at the weekend. Rather than snow, the weather system will bring heavy rain.

Gardaí have recovered equipment which may have been used to dismember the body of Kenneth O'Brien.

Low-cost airline giant Norwegian says it still plans to launch the first transatlantic flights from Cork in May despite reports yesterday that it was deferring the service.

Students planning on heading to the US on a J1 Visa this summer are being warned that they will need to find a job in advance.

95% of advertised rental properties are out of reach of people receiving rent supplement. That is the finding of a new report by the Simon Communities of Ireland, which is repeating its call for the government to increase the payment.

The Government will today move to pass laws to allow for fathers to take two weeks paid paternity leave. Fathers will get €230 a week during the time they are away from work.

WORLD 

The Australian government has come under mounting pressure to appoint a head of state to replace the Queen, as the country celebrated its national day.

Taiwan has held military drills on an island it controls just off the Chinese coast, in a renewed signal of its determination to defend itself from Chinese threats.

SPORT

Kieran Donaghy says referee David Coldrick should not have worn a microphone in a game as important as last year’s All-Ireland final.

Serena Williams’ domination of the most one-sided rivalry in tennis continued as the American hammered Maria Sharapova to reach the Australian Open semi-finals.

BUSINESS

A firm of insurance brokers is entitled to damages against a Cork-based firm of solicitors over negligent handling of litigation, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The amount of damages will be decided later by the High Court.

US car battery and building efficiency specialist, Johnson Controls has agreed to merge with Cork-based fire prevention and security products company Tyco International and move its headquarters to Ireland in a tax-saving ‘inversion’ deal.

ANALYSIS

Grace is entirely innocent, and has lived a life of innocence, but that has not protected her, writes Fergus Finlay

LIFESTYLE

With a general election looming, now is our chance to help build a better and happier Ireland. Creating a happier country is also one of the themes of a new book by top psychologist Dr Keith Gaynor, writes Ailin Quinlan

VIDEO

Demolition work on the former Capitol cinema site in the heart of Cork City has begun, heralding the start of a €50m project which is set to rejuvenate the city centre.

VIRAL

Over the weekend, Storm Jonas has dumped loads of the stuff up and down the eastern coast of the US causing widespread disruption. It’s meant Irish expats have had to deal with a lot more snow than they’re used to. And, judging from these two lads in Washington DC whose first thought was to, of course, have a cup of tea, outside, in the snow storm, it’s not a bother to us.

A “lonely planet” that was thought to be floating around on its own in space has a parent after all, scientists have discovered.

TECHNOW

GAMING: We've been hearing about the new Platinum game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutants in Manhattan for quite a while now, with ratings board leaks and other information pouring out onto the internet.

MOVIES: Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice will be with us sooner than you might think - just at the end of March 2016.

TECH: The Earth as viewed from space has fascinated people for as long as there have been tiny humans rocketing around it in ill-fitting tin cans.

SHOWBIZ

Gary Lineker split from wife Danielle Bux several months ago. The couple announced the end of their marriage earlier this month after six years as husband and wife and though the news came as a shock to fans, their friend Piers Morgan has revealed they had actually split last summer.

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The devastated family of teenager Alex Ryan, who it’s believed is the first Irish victim of the deadly hallucinogenic drug, N-bomb, said their only consolation is that he saved four lives after they gave consent to organ donation.