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IRELAND

A Dáil vote on permanently abolishing water charges could be held as early as next April,  according to the government-support deal agreed between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said people should still pay their latest Irish Water bill  and that those who have paid will not be refunded, despite confirming the controversial charges will be suspended in six weeks.

Ireland’s Olympians have been advised to avoid sex or to use contraception for a period before, during, and after the games in Brazil  this summer to minimise the risks linked to the zika virus.

Fortnightly analysis of emissions from a proposed incinerator does not constitute “continuous monitoring”,   leaving locals potentially exposed to unsafe dioxin levels, an expert in industrial process instrumentation has warned.

The US Department of Transportation (DoT) has granted a 10-day extension to its Cork-US flights consultation process  on foot of a request from the airline’s opponents, including one of America’s largest labour unions.

A convicted paedophile has been given eight concurrent life sentences for raping his girlfriend  before breaking into her mother’s house and raping her three days later.

WORLD 

The entire population of Fort McMurray, Canada, has been ordered to evacuate as a wildfire whipped by winds  engulfed homes and sent ash raining down on people.

New York billionaire Donald Trump expected Republican primary voters who cast ballots in Indiana  to make him unstoppable in his march toward the party’s presidential nomination.

SPORT

Antoine Griezmann grabbed the decisive goal as Atletico Madrid hit Bayern Munich  with a sucker punch to reach the Champions League final.

Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri insists he will snub superstar signings  despite winning the Premier League.

BUSINESS

The running sore of mortgage arrears — eight years after the onset of the financial crisis —  is back on top of the political agenda  as Independent TDs negotiate their participation in a new government, the Irish Examiner has learned.

Ireland’s economy will expand by 4.9% this year, the EU has predicted,  a slight increase on its previous estimates, and more than double the EU average.

ANALYSIS

Israel may be wrong in many of its policies, especially in colonising the West Bank, but we are hypocrites,   writes Gerard Howlin

LIFESTYLE

Giving big is back in vogue after the lean years and couples are now expecting their guests to flash the cash and dig deep  when they tie the knot, writes Arlene Harris

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

GAMING: The first ever Irish off-shoot of the long running Insomnia Gaming festival will take place in Killarney in June.

MOVIES: 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.

TECH: 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

Niall Horan has given a huge plug to his fellow Irish musicians – sharing his favourite tracks  on his Twitter page, which has over 25 million followers.

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A Dáil vote on permanently abolishing water charges could be held as early as next April,  according to the government-support deal agreed between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.