MORNING BULLETIN: Man charged after Cork father-of-two dies in Australia; Martin ‘shocked’ at events centre delay

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MORNING BULLETIN: Man charged after Cork father-of-two dies in Australia; Martin ‘shocked’ at events centre delay

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IRELAND: An Irish man has died after an alleged fight with a fisherman in Australia.

IRELAND: The economy is set to grow by more than 5% in 2018 - higher than previously expected, the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.

IRELAND: The Government has engaged in the “worst piece of modern-day electoral cynicism” in relation to Cork’s proposed event centre, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has claimed.

IRELAND: There is a call for lotto players in County Meath to check their tickets as someone could have a winning ticket worth half a million euro. Meanwhile, it has proved to be a very merry Christmas for some National Lottery winners, but for one ticket holder, the clock is ticking as to whether they see out the year €500,000 the richer.

BUSINESS: Tesco has apologised after customers complained the turkey they bought for their Christmas dinner was "rotten" or "gone off".

WORLD: Motorists in the UK have been warned of dangerous conditions on the roads and air travellers of potential disruption as snow and ice hit large swathes of the country.

SPORT: In the same way that Ireland has always relied on a strong core of Munster players — forwards, in particular — Munster has always been at its belligerent best with a core of influential Limerick forwards on board, writes Donal Lenihan.

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ARTS: Netflix continued to make inroads, but the traditional channels also offered some excellent viewing in 2017.

FEATURE: Avid reader and now brand new author Andrea Mara ponders how social media has made modern authors accessible to their fans.

SHOWBIZ: Vin Diesel has beaten his Fast And Furious co-star Dwayne Johnson to be named this year’s top-grossing actor.

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