LUNCHTIME BULLETIN: Garda Commissioner is before Oireachtas Committee; Missing helicopter and five bodies found

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LUNCHTIME BULLETIN: Garda Commissioner is before Oireachtas Committee; Missing helicopter and five bodies found

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IRELAND: Senior gardaí at the Oireachtas Justice committee said they could not specifically say what caused the falsification of data.

IRELAND: The wreckage of the helicopter that went missing yesterday has been found.

IRELAND: A Methodist minister whose father was murdered by the IRA more than 30 years ago wrote to Martin McGuinness at the end of January seeking an apology.

IRELAND: Ian Bailey was arrested at the Criminal Courts of Justice building this morning after a High Court judge endorsed a European Arrest Warrant issued by the French authorities who want to try him for the voluntary homicide of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

WORLD: A US judge has extended his block on Trump's travel ban - but what exactly does this mean?

WORLD: The number of Syrians who have fled their country after six years of war has topped the five million mark, the UN's refugee agency said.

BUSINESS: Organised crime gangs are flying into Ireland in order to carry out weekend raids on stores selling smartphones, a retail body has said.

SPORT: Donegal’s Marty O’Reilly insists that qualifying to face Dublin in an Allianz Football League final wouldn’t be viewed as a poisoned chalice.

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FEATURES: After decades of trying to forget the horrors he experienced in the Second World War, Harry Callan, an Irishman, has told his extraordinary story, writes Jonathan deBurca Butler.

VIRAL: Everyone's worst nightmare happens on First Dates Ireland tonight...

SHOWBIZ: Katy Perry and Stormzy have joined Radiohead, Foo Fighters and Ed Sheeran in the Glastonbury line-up.

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