MORNING BULLETIN: Names of dead infants at Bessborough and Roscrea were given to the HSE in 2011

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MORNING BULLETIN: Names of dead infants at Bessborough and Roscrea were given to the HSE in 2011

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IRELAND: The names of almost 800 children who died in two of the country’s largest mother and baby homes were given to the HSE by a religious order in 2011.

IRELAND: Cork mother Vera Twomey, who is campaigning for new laws to allow her sick daughter, Ava, get access to medicinal cannabis, is due to arrive at Leinster House today after spending a week walking from Cork to Dublin.

IRELAND: The Dáil will tonight debate a bill which would reduce the penalty for illegal abortions to just €1.

WORLD: A British backpacker was allegedly held captive in Australia and repeatedly raped in an ordeal lasting two months.

WORLD: North Korea said it was banning Malaysians from leaving the country as its diplomatic battle escalated dramatically over the poisoning death of Kim Jong Nam, the North Korean leader's estranged half brother.

BUSINESS: University College Cork president Patrick O’Shea used the inaugural Cork University Business School conference to announce plans to build a business school in Cork City centre that will be one of the biggest in the country.

SPORT: We asked Michael Moynihan to write about the crisis in Cork GAA. When he calmed down he pointed out that he’s already done so. Quite a few times, actually, but he said he’d give it another go.

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FEATURES: Bill Linanne meets Louise McGuane who has given up the world of multinationals to start her own whiskey bonding company.

VIRAL: Tanya Hennessy is coming for you, difficult make-up tutorials.

SHOWBIZ: Actress Lily Collins says she has forgiven her famous father Phil Collins for “not being the dad I expected”.

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