LUNCHTIME BULLETIN: Man charged with murder after crash in Kerry; UN to investigate Syrian chemical attack as possible war crime

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IRELAND: A 62-year-old man has been charged with the murder of another man in North Kerry.

IRELAND: Cork mother Vera Twomey has said that her fight for access to medicinal cannabis was not based on politics but on the love she has for her daughter, Ava.

IRELAND: Failings around the Go Safe speed van prosecutions being brought before court have been described as “embarassing” and “a charade” by a judge.

WORLD: It is being reported that the United Nations will investigate the chemical weapons attack in Syria as a possible war crime.

WORLD: Ivanka Trump has said that when she disagrees with her father, "he knows it, and I express myself with total candour".

BUSINESS: Accumulated profits at the commercial firm owned by Irish rugby legend Paul O’Connell during the final year of his illustrious playing career climbed to €1.38m.

SPORT: Stuart Gilhooly, who works as a solicitor for the Professional Footballers Association, Ireland, has said he is hopeful that the women’s senior international match against Slovakia will go ahead.

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SHOWBIZ: Kendall Jenner has been hit by a wave of criticism after joining a staged equality march in a new ad campaign for Pepsi.