LUNCHTIME BULLETIN: Enda Kenny will not cancel trip to Donald Trump

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LUNCHTIME BULLETIN: Enda Kenny will not cancel trip to Donald Trump

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IRELAND: Taoiseach Enda Kenny is to ignore calls to forgo the annual St Patrick’s Day visit to Washington DC following a weekend in which politicians around the globe denounced the actions of US president Donald Trump.

IRELAND: Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy’s appeal against his convictions for tax evasion has been dismissed.

IRELAND: The lack of dedicated sexual assault treatment units for children is adding “immensely” to the trauma of families trying to deal with child sex abuse.

WORLD: The Iraqi parliament has approved a "reciprocity measure" in response to Donald Trump's executive order temporarily banning citizens from Iraq and six other Muslim-majority countries from entering the US, according to legislators.

WORLD: On Sunday night shooters opened fire at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada. Here’s everything we know about the situation so far.

BUSINESS: Here’s how CEOs in the tech industry are reacting to Trump’s Muslim travel ban.

SPORT: Firefighters have tackled a blaze at Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium.

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SHOWBIZ: Piers Morgan is one of the many to have spoken out against Donald Trump’s travel ban, calling it “senseless, cruel and wrong”, but he has admitted he has grown tired of celebrities using awards ceremonies to publicly condemn the US president.

VIRAL: A large sign has appeared on Clifford Antiques on Pearse St, Dublin this morning, all in the name of finding love.

FEATURE: Hygge was big in 2016, but now it’s time to move on to lagom - the are of being content with enough, says Ruth O’Connor.

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