MORNING BULLETIN: Simon Coveney stands firm on water charges; Palm Sunday bomb attacks in Egypt

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IRELAND: Housing Minister Simon Coveney says he will not change his position on water charges despite a fresh threat by Fianna Fáil to withhold support for a new Taoiseach, a move which would collapse the Government.

IRELAND: Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald and her department have been accused of misleading the UN by claiming the McAleese report made “no finding” in relation to State liability with regard to Magdalene Laundries.

IRELAND: Mid-ranking Gardai are calling for pedestrians and cyclists to be obliged to wear hi-visibility clothing and helmets.

WORLD: Egypt's president has called for a three-month state of emergency after suicide bombers struck hours apart at two Coptic churches, killing 44 people and turning Palm Sunday services into scenes of horror and outrage at the government.

BUSINESS: Norwegian Air boss Bjorn Kjos tells reporter Pádraig Hoare that Cork is strategically important and insists the airline has not abandoned plans for its Cork to New York route.

SPORT: An inner calm and the words of his idols Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal helped Sergio Garcia join his heroes as a Masters champion on Sunday night.

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