MORNING BULLETIN: Grace scandal officials given senior roles

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IRELAND: Two HSE officials directly involved in the Grace foster abuse scandal were promoted to senior roles to protect vulnerable adults at risk of abuse two years after the damning Conal Devine report was completed.

IRELAND: Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are on a collision course over scrapping water charges in a fresh row which has moved the country closer to the threat of a snap general election.

IRELAND: Gardaí at Dungarvan, Co Waterford have charged a 26-year-old man in connection with the murder of Paddy Lyons.

WORLD: Donald Trump has issued a broad call for overhauling the nation's health care and boosting military spending, swapping his trademark pugnaciousness and personal insults for a more restrained tone as he addressed Congress for the first time.

WORLD: Two women accused of smearing VX nerve agent on the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader have been charged with murder after arriving in court under heavy protection.

BUSINESS: The hospitality industry faces “nightmare” challenges if a hard Brexit brings about a restricted Irish border, the annual Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) conference has heard.

SPORT: Club Players Association secretary Declan Brennan has refused to rule out strike action in the pursuit of the newly-formed body’s goal to “fix the fixtures”.

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FEATURES: Signing off for a month has made Ellie O’Byrne wake up to the fact that she needs to use social media and not let it be a ‘digital heroin’.

VIRAL: Sure, Pancake Day was a glorious day full of everyone’s favourite treat, but it was also a day riddled with dangers for some.

SHOWBIZ: Rapper Ice Cube says he will back Kanye West if he runs against President Donald Trump in the next US election.