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Catch-up with what you've missed today with our evening briefing

DUBLIN SHOOTING

Gardaí have confirmed that three men, all in their 20s and 30s, were found injured at the scene of a shooting in a Dublin hotel this afternoon, and that one subsequently died.

"I just saw a gun, an AK47. He started shooting...and then it was 'Run, run, just run!'"

IRELAND

Terry Wogan’s funeral will take place next week, the BBC has announced. The veteran broadcaster, known for his velvety voice on radio and television, died of cancer on Sunday aged 77.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a cash in transit robbery in Co Meath this morning.

A Dublin man who left a garda with life altering leg injuries when he jammed him between a stolen car and a patrol vehicle has been jailed for seven years.

ELECTION 2016 

LATEST... Fine Gael and Labour are talking rubbish when it comes to reform of the health service.

LATEST... The Fine Gael-Labour coalition will "not have a cent available" to invest in services and will be forced to impose up to €2bn more front-line cuts if it pushes ahead with plans to remove the universal social charge during the next government.

LATEST... Renua Ireland have claimed they will hold the balance of power after the Election.

SOCIAL... Here is what happens when Snapchat meets the General Election. The results are haunting.

Visit our #GE16 SECTION for the latest General Election news, views and social content.

WORLD

One person has died and two others are seriously injured after a crane collapsed in New York City, smashing the roofs of parked cars.

Three people are still missing after a building collapsed above a gold mine in South Africa, trapping dozens

SPORT

Joe Schmidt has sung the praises of CJ Stander ahead of the player’s first Ireland cap while warning that the weekend’s Six Nations outing against Wales in Dublin will be the true test of the Munster captain’s abilities.

The outbreak of the Zika virus in Brazil has cast doubt over the Rio Olympics, yet the sporting event is set to go ahead this summer.

BUSINESS

TV presenter Alexa Chung is to tie up with Marks & Spencer to launch a fashion collection inspired by the high street giant’s extensive archives.

Apple must pay VirnetX Holding Corp more than $625m (€558m) for using the patent licencing company’s Internet security technology without permission in its FaceTime and iMessage features, a federal jury in Texas said.

ANALYSIS

Sandra Daly says the voluntary hospital services, which account for almost a third of such facilities in the country, provide an essential diversity in healthcare

LIFESTYLE

New meanings have emerged from Sean O’Casey’s classic play by not setting it in Dublin, writes Colette Sheridan

VIRAL

Eight piece Irish trad band The Young Irelanders have produced a fabulous new video featuring themselves and San Diego Brass fusing two distinct music styles.

When JK Rowling was writing the books we doubt she ever expected how huge the Harry Potter series would be and that people would one day be voting for their favourite spells, but that is just what has happened.

TECHNOW

GAMING: Firaxis has flipped the script in XCOM 2; the aliens won the war and now it's up to a ragtag bunch of Resistance fighters to overthrow them.

MOVIES: Irish Oscar hopeful Brooklyn was a hit with audiences and now they'll get to revisit the world with a TV series spin off

TECH: Vaio has launched its first Windows 10 phone, which is called the Vaio Phone Biz.

SHOWBIZ

Ben Stiller has paid tribute to the late David Bowie admitting working with him on the first 'Zoolander' film was a "high point" in his career.

MOST READ RIGHT NOW

A reclusive 72-year-old Englishman who was smoking his cannabis pipe when he was caught growing 63 cannabis plants said yesterday he would recommend the garda who carried out the search be promoted to sergeant.

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