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IRELAND
A 36-year-old man has been arrested after a policeman was shot in north Belfast, police said.
The Cabinet will finally approve terms of reference this week for a State inquiry into the ‘Grace’ foster home sex-abuse scandal.
A motion calling on Kerry County Council to issue an invitation to US president Donald Trump to visit the Kingdom is likely to provoke heated debate in council chambers.
The Government will today publish a plan for rural Ireland, aimed at helping to create 135,000 jobs around the country.
The Social Democrats are calling for a new "vision" for the Irish health service.
SIPTU are to ballot of hospital support staff on strike action over job evaluations and incremental credit for interns which have not been implemented under the Lansdowne Road Agreement.
WORLD
Severe storms that caused destruction across southern US states have claimed at least 18 lives on a two-day sweep across the region.
Roasting and frying starchy foods could increase the risk of cancer, a British Government body has said.
A robbery at a Texas shopping mall left one person who tried to intervene dead, three others shot and another two people in hospital.
Dense fog is threatening to cause travel disruption across southern England, with thousands of air passengers facing possible delays.
SPORT
Toulouse captain, Thierry Dusautoir, says they will be striving to erase the bad memory of their last visit to Thomond Park, in 2014. They are returning to Limerick to face Munster in the Champions Cup quarter-finals.
Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt is today set to name an extended squad for the first two games of the RBS 6 nations campaign with Ronan O’Gara revealing fly-half Johnny Sexton had given him every reason to believe he would be fit to face to Scotland in 12 days.
The Clare hurlers are on a collision course with the Munster Council regarding Wednesday night’s Munster SHL game with Cork, with their management saying yesterday they would not fulfil the fixture.
Arsene Wenger was forced to apologise after pushing fourth official Anthony Taylor as 10-man Arsenal snatched a last-gasp win over Burnley on Sunday to move up to second in the Premier League.
OPINION
Bricklayers took drastic action when they found themselves in a dispute on a site. Now they find themselves frozen out by the industry, writes Michael Clifford.
One plaintiff’s summons list contains 26 examples where they claim negligence, including that he was regularly required to use trichloroethylene without any training as to how to use it, or the proper protective measures required to use it. Medical advice has attributed mental and physical health problems to exposure to such chemicals, writes Joe Leogue.
BUSINESS
Motorists have been hit with the single largest monthly fuel increase since March 2015 as prices climb to the highest seen in almost 18 months — with warnings it will probably get worse.
The way in which the UK leaves the EU and on what terms is critical for jobs and investment in Ireland, writes John Whelan.
LIFESTYLE
With the release of T2 Trainspotting later this week, Declan Burke selects a list of films he believes are superior to their literary source.
Hughie’s face may have paled in comparison to his efforts last week, but the comments from the judges gave the impression that his waltz on Dancing With the Stars this week was fairly tanfastic — Lorraine Benson even described it as “dreamy”.
SHOWBIZ
A new exhibition at London’s Saatchi Gallery plans to explore the importance of selfies as an art form.
EXAMVIRAL
On Saturday, thousands of US women took to the streets against the election of Donald Trump and in support of women’s rights and equality. We spoke to nine women who attended their local march to hear about their reasons for joining the protests.
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield was on The Ray D'Arcy Show on Saturday night and he had the nation smiling as two two budding astronauts got the chance to meet their hero.
VIDEO - OUR CHOICE
There’s no subject that Foil, Arms and Hog can’t tackle with aplomb. This week the comedy trio have decided to immerse themselves in this week’s main topic in Ireland, the ’baptism barrier’.
TECHNOW
The Chinese market exclusive Nokia 6 smartphone sold out in a minute during the first flash sale of the device.
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Donal Lenihan writes in his column today that if the last eight months have borne witness to some outstanding achievements for Irish rugby on the international front, the fact that those magnificent test victories over South Africa, New Zealand and Australia has fed into the revival of Munster and Leinster in Europe is equally satisfying.
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