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IRELAND
A woman who failed to protect her son from his abusive father has been jailed for 18 months.
The Health Information and Quality Authority has published a report into foster care in the Midlands.
The Health Minister Simon Harris has said he intends to turn down a €4,000 pay rise.
Fresh talks aimed at resolving the teachers dispute between the ASTI and the Department of Education will get underway this week.
ANTHONY FOLEY: 1973 - 2016
Many have paid tribute to Anthony Foley since his tragic death in Paris at the weekend, but one moving tribute really captures what the player meant to fans.
The great Munster rugby teams of the early years of the millennium were renowned as hard men who never backed off a challenge. Anthony Foley certainly fit into that category and so, too, did his great friend Mick Galwey and yet it is little surprise that the teak tough Kerryman should have been shattered by yesterday’s tragic news.
Rugby fans around Ireland and beyond are wearing Munster jerseys and red clothes in tribute to Anthony Foley.
With the passing of Anthony Foley things will never be the same again and Irish rugby has been robbed of a massive talent, writes Donal Lenihan.
Find more tributes to Anthony Foley here.
WORLD
Iraqi government and Kurdish forces, backed by US-led coalition air and ground support, have launched co-ordinated military operations in the long-awaited fight to wrest the northern city of Mosul from so-called Islamic State fighters.
A 28-year-old man has admitted listing his baby daughter for sale on eBay but says it was meant as a joke, German police said.
Twenty-five people were killed and 69 others injured when two passenger buses collided head-on in central Pakistan.
The UK's former justice secretary Michael Gove has leapt to the defence of Boris Johnson after the emergence of a previously unseen newspaper column in which British Foreign Secretary Johnson backed staying in the European Union.
SPORT
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists Monday night's meeting with Manchester United is not a personal battle between him and Jose Mourinho.
The 15-year-old daughter of American sprinter Tyson Gay has died after a shooting outside a restaurant in Kentucky. A father and son have been arrested by police investigating the fatal shooting.
In finals, where it’s all on the line, you want your big players influencing the game, and that’s exactly what Carbery Rangers got yesterday when they needed it.
Ruby Walsh’s flying visit to Far Hills to ride in Saturday’s American Grand National reaped rich reward, and the rush home also earned dividend as he recorded a near 35-1 double at Mallow racecourse.
OPINION/ANALYSIS
As Cancer Week Ireland gets underway, the Boston native and the new director of the National Cancer Registry talks to Health Correspondent Catherine Shanahan about vital statistics, unnecessary screening for prostate cancer, and why cancer clusters aren’t always what they seem.
No matter what happens in next year’s German elections, it looks like Angela Merkel will never again wield the power she’s enjoyed recently in the EU, writes Ashoka Mody
BUSINESS
The Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) has said that the number of new applications it received more than doubled between July and September, compared to the same period last year.
Fifty new finance jobs are on the way in Limerick. ACI Worldwide, a global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, is opening a data centre in the national technology park.
LIFESTYLE
Riptide Movement are Irish rock’s best kept secret. But not for much longer, predicts Ed Power, as the band release a new album laden with catchy tunes.
SHOWBIZ
Phil Collins has announced a comeback tour – saying he has changed his mind about retirement.
VIRAL
Parents of a little boy have handmade him an epic Star Wars inspired costume for Halloween. Titled ’A boy and his tauntaun’, the costume features the film’s lizard species that were used by members of the Rebel Alliance.
VIDEO
Anthony Foley’s talent was spotted early on and he went about fulfilling every inch of his potential, writes Charlie Mulqueen.
TECHNOW
: PlayStation VR has only just launched, bringing the most accessible home VR system to people all over the world, provided they have a PS4, a camera and the Move Motion Controllers.
: Many fans were pretty unhappy with the way the last season of The Walking Dead ended - but now you can see what to expect from season 7 with a sneak peek video released.
: Twitter Dublin has moved to a new location at Cumberland House and the local employees are just getting set up for their first day.
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The great Munster rugby teams of the early years of the millennium were renowned as hard men who never backed off a challenge. Anthony Foley certainly fit into that category and so, too, did his great friend Mick Galwey and yet it is little surprise that the teak tough Kerryman should have been shattered by yesterday’s tragic news.
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