LUNCHTIME BULLETIN: Drunk underage teens removed from disco; Russia calls for probe into Syria chemical attack

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IRELAND: Gardaí had to be called to remove drunken teenagers from an Easter break disco in Cork City.

IRELAND: Thousands of middle-income families won’t get promised childcare supports because the Government “botched” the scheme’s rollout.

IRELAND: Children of gardaí have been approached on a football pitch and told their father is a “scumbag” for policing a protest after being identified via social media, a Garda conference has heard.

WORLD: Russia's foreign minister says Moscow expects the UN's chemical weapons watchdog to conduct an extensive probe into last week's chemical attack in Syria.

WORLD: A Catholic priest has been jailed for 17 years for repeatedly sexually abusing a teenage boy when he worked as a teacher in the 1970s.

BUSINESS: Inflation almost completely gnawed away the growth in pay of British workers during the three months to February, the clearest evidence yet that households are feeling the strain of rising prices as Brexit negotiations begin.

SPORT: Seamus Callanan has ridiculed the suggestion that Tipperary’s failure to successfully defend any of their recent All-Ireland title wins is down to players partying too hard.

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FEATURES: While traditionally people gave up sweets, drink, or even the fags, for Lent, Roisin Burke abstained from a more modern-day pleasure ... Tinder

VIRAL: Something that goes hand-in-hand with holiday planning is making decisions as comedy trio Foil, Arms and Hog have displayed in their latest video.

SHOWBIZ: Ed Sheeran surprised a group of fans at a Dublin cinema last night, just before he took to the stage of the 3Arena for night one of his two Irish gigs.