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IRELAND
Garda technical experts from Dublin are due at the apartment of a couple in Killarney town centre, where the body of an 11-month-old baby boy was found yesterday evening. The flat is that of a man in his 30s and his partner in her 20s, gardaí say.
Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said that Enda Kenny has the full support of Fine Gael. Minister Fitzgerald says Fine Gael would not go into negotiations to form a Government undermining their leader.
Gardaí say that they will have adequate policing to combat the threat of dissident republican activity during the 1916 commemorations.
It is being reported that Danny Healy-Rae's daughter will take her father's place in Kerry County Council.
Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin have both been dealt a double blow in their rival bids to gain power. Members of the Independent Alliance look set to abstain from the vote for Taoiseach when the Dáil convenes on Thursday, it has emerged.
Supreme Court judge Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman has passed away. Mr Hardiman was involved in a number of high-profile cases and was well known for his broadcasts and writings on legal and political matters.
The fight will continue, said Ballyhea residents, as the North Cork village wrapped up five unbroken years of weekly Sunday protests against the bondholder bailouts yesterday.
WORLD
North Korea has threatened nuclear strikes on the US and South Korea, this time in reaction to the start of huge joint military drills by the two countries.
Eleven people were killed when a suicide bomber attacked the entrance to a court in north-western Pakistan, police said.
A gunman who killed one person and wounded two others inside a western Sydney business was found dead inside the building after a six-hour stand-off today, Australian police said.
SPORT
The IRFU have named a squad of 35 players for the remaining to Six Nations games, against Italy and Scotland. Munster's Jack O'Donoghue has been added to the forwards panel and is one of two uncapped players in the squad - the other is Connacht's Finlay Bealham.
Rachel Wyse has backed the motion for Sky Sports to start covering women’s GAA. The Dubliner, who is preparing to cover the GAA season on Sky for the third time this summer, admitted that she would “definitely welcome” the coverage of ladies’ GAA on the channel.
As if Conor McGregor hadn’t had a bad enough weekend, Tyson Fury has stuck the boot in too.
BUSINESS
Revenues have increased at Irish Continental, the company that owns Irish Ferries, growing by 10.5% to €320.6m while passenger numbers increased by 2% to 1.68 million during 2015.
Women in the UK are likely to earn £300,000 less than male colleagues over their lifetimes as the gender pay gap continues to widen, according to analysis.
VIEWPOINTS
looks to China to demonstrate that Cuba’s economic opening does not necessarily indicate a move towards democracy.
LIFESTYLE
With scientists discovering IRF4 (the grey hair gene) says grey hair is hot as hell and we should embrace it.
VIDEO
Welcome to KaizokuCon, Cork’s largest convention for Japanese animation, manga, and culture, which drew a record crowd of sci-fi, fantasy and gaming fans in UCC over the weekend.
VIRAL
The Northern Lights were on display last night across the country and, while most of us were too busy sleeping to catch one of the greatest shows on Earth, some people were out capturing its splendour on camera.
In honour of International Women’s Day on March 8, we decided to look back over the recent awards season to see how many of the prestigious prizes went to women.
TECHNOW
: Super Meat Boy is set to come to the Wii U “very very very soon,” according to the game’s co-creator, Tommy Refenes.
Did you even know Bad Boys 3 was happening? Well it is, and now it's going to be along a little later than planned.
It’s not the most conventional way to protect your shiny new iPhone, but a chocolate bar could provide ample protection if you drop your handset from 100 feet.
SHOWBIZ
Well, she’s back and she’s ready to break the internet once again. Just weeks after Kim Kardashian’s husband Kanye West declared he was $53 million in debt, she decides to tell the world she has ‘nothing to wear’ in this casual full-frontal nude selfie.
MOST READ RIGHT NOW
Michael Moynihan writes about the Cork footballers in his coulmn saying that last year, when results under Brian Cuthbert were noticeably better, there was what one might almost call a concerted effort in the wilder reaches of online discussions and in certain sections of the media to denigrate the Bishopstown clubman’s credentials and performances.
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