Lunchtime briefing: National Lottery offers advice to Ireland's newest multi-millionaire. Catch up on the headlines

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Lunchtime briefing: National Lottery offers advice to Ireland's newest multi-millionaire. Catch up on the headlines

IRELAND

The National Lottery's first piece of advice to Ireland's newest Euromillions winner is to sign the back of their ticket.

Gardaí have confirmed a fourth man has been arrested over a major firearms seizure in Dublin yesterday.

The Garda Commissioner has said the force is as determined as ever to bring Detective Adrian Donohoe's murderers to justice.

Gardaí investigating the murder of Eddie Hutch are holding a man at an undisclosed location this morning.

The acting chief executive of Bus Éireann says he's not scaremongering when he says the entire company could go out of business.

A UK adult website is sending two models to Mayo tomorrow to apologise to residents who have been receiving calls from its clients.

WORLD 

Donald Trump is beginning tough action on immigration, starting with steps to build his proposed wall along the US-Mexico border, administration officials have said.

A second man has been arrested in relation to alleged threats against Brexit court campaigner Gina Miller.

At least eight people have been killed and 14 injured as Somali security forces ended a siege by extremist fighters who stormed a hotel in the capital Mogadishu.

The head of the Knights of Malta resigned after a public row with Pope Francis over the ousting of a top official involved in a condom scandal, the ancient lay Catholic order said.

SPORT

Katie Taylor's Madison Square Garden bout is off - according to her promoter Eddie Hearn.

GAA director general Páraic Duffy has reiterated his reluctance to introduce the use of video technology in the officiating of live games.

Jerome Stack has stepped down as Tipperary senior football team coach, less than four months after being appointed to the role.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes the club have made a significant statement in tying down "world class" Philippe Coutinho to new contract.

OPINION

Departing UCC president, Michael Murphy, welcomes funding from industry but worries it dictates research decisions, he tells Education Correspondent Niall Murray.

Revitalising small towns takes many things: A bus or rail service is one of them, writes Gerard Howlin.

BUSINESS

Property prices are forecast to rise by an average of 7%across the country this year.

The Government has been urged to reduce VAT levels on the house construction sector.

LIFESTYLE

Cork-born virtuoso Fionnuala Moynihan is proud to be playing the complete cycle of Mozart’s piano sonatas for the first time in her native city, writes Cathy Desmond.

SHOWBIZ

As the entire country celebrated Ruth Negga’s Oscar nomination yesterday, the Academy Awards scrambled to rectify a mistake they made on their official website.

EXAMVIRAL

Social media has been buzzing with only one topic on the agenda - who is the Euromillions winner?

Dutch news satire show Zondag met Lubach have put together a tourism video for President Trump in the hopes that it will be America first, but "The Netherlands second".

VIDEO - OUR CHOICE

Joe O'Connor struck an unbelievable point right at the end of a famous 1-14 to 0-10 victory for DCU against Waterford IT

TECHNOW

GAMES: A new Pokemon strategy game titled Pokemon Duel has been released for Android and iOS users to download for the first time in Europe and the US.

FILM & TV: Lucasfilm announced that the eight instalment of the Star Wars saga will be titled STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI.

TECH: The latest version of the Netflix app supports the downloading and storing of content on Android devices with microSD card support.

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A 1,000-space multi-storey carpark, a “Mercy Quarter” plaza, and a hospital two-and-a-half times the size of the existing facility are among proposals contained in a confidential document outlining expansion plans for the Mercy University Hospital (MUH).

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