MORNING BULLETIN: Powersharing talks to resume in the North; FG seeking FF's help to secure Garda boss' job

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MORNING BULLETIN: Powersharing talks to resume in the North; FG seeking FF's help to secure Garda boss' job

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IRELAND: Fine Gael is to seek the help of Fianna Fáil in the coming days to stop Sinn Féin’s campaign to force the resignation of Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan.

IRELAND: Talks aimed at restoring the North's powersharing government are due to resume today between political parties.

IRELAND: The wreckage of the Irish Coast Guard helicopter which crashed last month has been recovered from the sea.

IRELAND: A mammoth GSOC inquiry report regarding the Garda investigation into Ian Bailey could be published as early as this week.

WORLD: Residents are desperately searching their ruined homes and a local hospital for loved ones after a torrent of water, mud and debris swept through a city in southern Colombia, killing more than 200.

WORLD: A tornado has overturned a mobile home in Louisiana, killing a mother and her three-year-old daughter as a storm system with hurricane-force winds crawled across the Deep South, damaging homes and businesses.

BUSINESS: A book by an Irish potato expert is poised to be a significant game-changer for farmers who grow the crop in sub-Saharan Africa.

SPORT: After another turgid home draw, Jose Mourinho turned on a BBC journalist and then on his attacking players? After lavishing a fortune on an average squad, isn’t it time he held his own hand up? The Secret Footballer discusses this sporting blame game.

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FEATURES: Most of Ireland’s big music events have unveiled their lineups. Ed Power rounds up his top 10.

VIRAL: Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has challenged Friends star Matthew Perry to a rematch of a fight the pair had while attending school together.

SHOWBIZ: American star Doris Day has received a birthday surprise – she has discovered that she is 95, not 93.

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