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IRELAND
Meetings of the Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Parties are underway to hear about the deal on Government formation.
A convicted paedophile has been given eight life sentences for raping his girlfriend before breaking into her mother's house and raping her three days later.
The jurors in David Mahon's murder trial have been told they can also consider a manslaughter verdict.
A Traveller man, whose mother ordered him to kill two gardaí at their home during a violent stand off with the officers, has been jailed for 18 months, writes David Raleigh.
The HSE has issued a warning against Lyme disease. The infection is spread by ticks, with people engaged in outdoor pursuits are most at risk.
Four out of five Irish people do not drink enough water. The average Irish adult is only consuming half of their recommended eight glasses a day.
WORLD
An American serviceman has been killed in Iraq, US defence secretary Ash Carter said, describing it as a "combat death".
Playing with fire in space has been the "coolest" part of Major Tim Peake's scientific mission so far, the British astronaut has revealed.
A seven-month-old baby has been rescued from the rubble of a building that collapsed in Kenya three and a half days ago, a hospital official said.
SPORT
The celebrations look set to continue for some time in Leicester. Crowds of fans gathered outside the King Power Stadium and when the team bus turned up - one fan in particular found himself at the centre of the party. Lee Chapman is a Leicester postman who has found fame in recent months because of his close resemblance to Jamie Vardy.
Bournemouth were fined £7.6million by the Football League for breaching Financial Fair Play rules in their promotion-winning season.
Munster rising star Johnny Holland may be new to the rough and tumble of top-flight professional rugby but he is wise enough about the way things are done in his native province to understand qualifying for next season’s Champions Cup is not “non-negotiable”.
BUSINESS
HSBC has posted a sharp drop in profits for the first three months of the year after it was hit by "extreme levels of volatility" in financial markets in January and February.
In the debate about mortgage arrears over the past few years there have been frequent references to a “tsunami of repossessions” that was about to overwhelm the country.
ANALYSIS
Fianna Fail TD Robert Troy has spoken eloquently and openly in the Dáil about his anxiety, writes
crunches the figures from both the Residential Property Price Register and the Private Residential Tenancies Board Rent Index to provide a composite view of how both markets fared against a background of a housing crisis where affordability has become a key issue for both prospective buyers and tenants.
LIFESTYLE
With all the the current focus on housing in Ireland — and on getting large-scale building projects off the ground, one area of the market is getting very little attention. But all around the country there are people undertaking the task of planning and building their dream homes themselves. offers advice on the pitfalls when you are building a house.
VIRAL
Will we ever get sick of videos of people spouting gibberish while coming out from underanesthesia? No! After getting his broken arm reset, this kid Brandon awoke from the procedure in a typical anaesthesia haze. And he was talking a LOT of nonsense.
Aisling Griffin entered a Cork radio station’s Pay Your Thrills competition on the radio which resulted in a heartwarming moment at Cork Airport over the weekend.
Tributes are flooding in for political activist Afeni Shakur Davis following her death aged 69.
TECHNOW
The first ever Irish off-shoot of the long running Insomnia Gaming festival will take place in Killarney in June.
Green Room is an upcoming thriller from Jeremy Saulnier, and that's a name you're going to want to remember because its one of the best films of the year.
GoPro cameras take amazing footage but it generally has to be synced and assembled using a pretty fast computer to get the best out of it. Thankfully that's set to change with the launch of a new app.
SHOWBIZ
Gabriel Byrne has landed himself a Tony Award nomination. The 65-year-old has been nominated for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play, for his role in the Long Day’s Journey Into Night.
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Kieran Shannon discusses how Cork goalkeeper Anthony Casey shows why, in GAA, the last man standing is also the bravest.
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