MORNING BULLETIN: Plea for policing inquiry to be independent; Over 300 jobs to be created in Dublin

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IRELAND: The new policing commission must be “wholly independent” of the Government and should examine the Garda’s relationship with the Department of Justice, a leading policing expert has said.

IRELAND: A murder investigation has been launched after a man in his 70s died following a road collision in Co Kerry.

IRELAND: More than 300 jobs are set to be created in Dublin, it has emerged this morning.

IRELAND: The Central Bank has met with gardaí in relation to the tracker mortgage scandal, it has confirmed.

WORLD: A suspected government chemical attack in an opposition-held town in northern Syria has killed dozens of people.

WORLD: Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she is "fairly certain" there will be a second referendum on Scottish independence.

BUSINESS: The eventual bill for compensation in the tracker mortgage scandal could be €500m, the governor of the Central Bank has said.

SPORT: Munster’s squad needs stability and another two seasons under the watchful eye of former Springbok, Rassie Erasmus

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FEATURES: Choctaw artist Waylon Gary White Deer has settled so well in Ireland that he’s appeared in Fair City and even counted the late Martin McGuinness among his friends, writes Aisling Meath.

VIRAL: A Louth hotel has launched a Duvet Day package and it has bliss written all over it.

SHOWBIZ: Catastrophe fans were left in tears as Carrie Fisher appeared for the last time in a TV role.