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IRELAND
Five people are feared dead after what is believed to have been a tragic accident in Co Donegal last night.
Five Irish citizens — three of them children — have flown out of Turkey after being caught up in the Islamic State terror attack in Istanbul, which claimed four lives.
Pressure is mounting on Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to open talks on government options as Independents shy away from a deal without agreement between the parties.
A Longford community is in shock after a man in his 40s died when his single-seater plane crashed yesterday evening.
Seven people have been treated in hospital following a fatal collision on the N20 Cork to Limerick Road yesterday.
WORLD
US President Barack Obama has started an extraordinary visit to Cuba, eager to push decades of acrimony deeper into the past and forge irreversible ties with America's former adversary.
Ryanair has condemned the "selfish actions" of the French aviation unions responsible for this week's industrial action, which has caused lengthy delays and cancellations for flights between the UK and France
SPORT
It was Keith Earls’ 50th cap, after all so custom dictated that the player in question should be afforded the opportunity to lead his team out for the occasion. Earls, true to character, declined the offer.
Five of the biggest takeaways from Manchester United’s 1-0 win.
BUSINESS
FlyDubai’s top executive said yesterday that conditions for landing were appropriate when one of its flights crashed at a windy airport in southern Russia, even though three other carriers rerouted flights to other destinations.
George Osborne’s budget and Duncan Smith’s resignation need careful scrutiny for their implications for Ireland.
VIEWPOINTS
Despite being cleared of any dereliction of duty, the failure of the Cork Brigade to take part in the rebellion weighed heavily on the minds of Tomás MacCurtain and Terence MacSwiney, writes
LIFESTYLE
Second time around, Georgina O’Halloran vows to be better prepared for her new bundle of joy
VIDEO
Humans lived in Ireland 2,500 years earlier than was previously thought.
VIRAL
So to celebrate the social network reaching this milestone birthday, we’ve picked out 10 tweets that are iconic for one of two reasons – they represent a significant moment in time, or they just made everyone laugh a lot.
Space food is usually dehydrated and powered, so astronauts everywhere were probably besides themselves to learn that Heston Blumenthal is trying to revolutionise space food.
TECHNOW
Sony is reportedly developing an upgraded version of the PlayStation 4, which will be more powerful.
Sing Street is in cinemas now and it's a riot of a time - a happy and joyous movie about a teenage boy who forms a band to impress a girl in 1980s Dublin.
Twitter will be sticking with its 140-character limit on tweets despite rumours that it would be upping it to as much as 10,000 characters.
SHOWBIZ
Batman v Superman star Ben Affleck has promised his portrayal of the Caped Crusader will be a “curveball” for fans.
MOST READ RIGHT NOW
The public are being asked to propose names for the UK’s new polar research ship – and someone has come up with a cracker: Boaty McBoatface.
