LUNCHTIME BULLETIN: RTÉ settles Sean Gallagher case; Verdicts returned in Hawe family inquest

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IRELAND: RTÉ settles Sean Gallagher case with 'payment of substantial damages'.

IRELAND: Hawe Inquest: ‘People think of me as a pillar of the community. If only they knew'.

IRELAND: Patient developed inoperable tumour after delayed Kerry hospital diagnosis, family claim.

WORLD: Oscar Pistorius ’files appeal against sentence’ for murdering girlfriend.

VIEWS: Ensuring that we never experience a homelessness crisis such as the current one is a key priority for the Simon Communities, writes Niamh Randall.

SPORT: Cash-rich Top 14 outfit Montpellier have tabled an astonishing €840,000 a year offer to CJ Stander in a bid to turn his head and dissuade him from signing a new contract with Munster and the IRFU.

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FEATURE: After weeks of planning and shopping for other people, many of us are now planning to treat ourselves in the upcoming sales.

SHOWBIZ: Good Morning Britain’s Piers Morgan joked that there was a “stench of failure” at rival BBC Breakfast after it appeared to suffer an on-air technical glitch.

VIRAL: Some facts seem so unlikely that when you hear them it can take a while to sink in.