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IRELAND

Opposition parties have rejected legal advice which suggests water charges in Ireland cannot be suspended or scrapped.

Coalition talks are set to resume this morning, despite a number of Deputies ruling themselves out of discussions. Marathon talks ended at 9pm last night, with no progress reported.

The Green Party now looks set to withdraw from talks after a second long day of discussions with Fine Gael.

Catherine Dooley, 26, from Navan in Co Meath, is a primary school teacher who graduated in November 2012. Having earned an honours degree and a postgraduate diploma, Catherine spent two years substitute teaching and covering temporary contracts. Despite her extra qualifications, when she did find permanent employment in 2014, she started at the bottom of the pay scale and, as a result, has lost out on over €23,000 in earnings.

Historian Diarmaid Ferriter has criticised the ‘baptism barrier’ in Irish national schools, calling it a dark stain on the country’s conscience.

A Garda has been injured in a ramming incident in County Waterford. The officer had been out on patrol in response to reports of a number of burglaries in the Lismore area when the car was struck at around 10pm.

A Waterford woman who suffers from the late stages of multiple sclerosis has called for the next Dáil to legislate for access to assisted suicide for those with terminal illness.

WORLD 

An Egyptian man who hijacked a plane is due to appear in court in Cyprus later today. The hijacker forced the EgyptAir flight to land in Cyprus, but later surrendered to police following a six-hour stand-off.

In the UK, fire crews will continue tackling a blaze at a scrap metal recycling centre in Birmingham this morning. More than 100 firefighters were drafted in to tackle the "severe" blaze involving 800 tonnes of mixed plastic, rubber and metal.

SPORT

Martin O’Neill this week bemoaned his shortage of strikers with so many injuries but, not for the first time, his attack still cut — or, given the conspicuous abrasiveness of some of the players, perhaps tore — their cloth accordingly. The novel strike partnership of Shane Long and James McClean both got on the score sheet as Republic of Ireland and Slovakia drew 2-2.

With no Champions Cup rugby on the horizon for Munster, Leinster, and Ulster, the clock is being rewound and the internal warfare that defined the treasured inter-provincial series for over a century is back in fashion. Donal Lenihan thinks this weekend could see the most important interprovincials ever.

BUSINESS

Businesses face substantial risks to their finances and data as cyber criminals target social media and company websites to access sensitive information used in attacks, new research has found.

The Irish economy will grow strongly, but faces increased challenges including a political stalemate which will likely lead to a second election this year — in November, Investec Ireland has predicted.

VIEWPOINTS

What if Pearse and Connolly had survived? Perhaps the first item on the agenda would have been a split, writes Gerard Howlin

LIFESTYLE

From sexting to Facebook likes, how can parents help their teenage girls? asks Ailin Quinlan

VIRAL

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has downgraded the risk of Ebola. The global health body said the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa no longer constitutes as a “public health emergency of international concern”.

Irish band An Criú Craiceáilte have made a techno remix of one of the memorable aspects of Irish school life - the Irish aural exam.

TECHNOW

GAMING: This year’s Call of Duty title from Infinity Ward will be set in space if rumours are to be believed.

MOVIES: Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice has become one of the biggest global launches of all time with an incredible $420 million raised in its first weekend.

TECH: Microsoft’s latest tech demo shows off ‘Holoportation,’ a use that could see you create a holographic version of yourself to communicate with people elsewhere.

SHOWBIZ

A Los Angeles police captain is suing Elton John, claiming he was repeatedly groped by the singer while he was working off-duty on the Grammy winner's security detail.

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