LUNCHTIME BULLETIN: Hiqa inspection finds major non-compliances in Dublin nursing home; FTSE 100 crashes as global markets plunge

Here are all the latest headlines this lunchtime.

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IRELAND: An unannounced Hiqa inspection has found major non-compliances in Dublin nursing home.

IRELAND: The brother of a newlywed soldier killed in the IRA's Hyde Park bombing has been granted legal aid to sue one of the alleged bombers.

IRELAND: Two people have been arrested after an 11-week-old puppy beaten to death with hammer and put in microwave in Armagh.

IRELAND: The Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT) has received €570,000 in funding to develop a smart brain monitoring system for newborns who may have brain damage.

WORLD: Three English backpackers have been saved from rising floodwaters in Australia after their campervan was submerged in a crocodile warning area.

BUSINESS: London's top-flight index has joined global markets by crashing into the red over fears that rising inflation could force central banks to hike interest rates.

SPORT: Liverpool's U23s midfielder Adam Lallana was sent off after a violent response to being fouled after 62 minutes.

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VIRAL: One of London’s slimmest houses –  a trim 7ft 7in wide - will still set you back a cool £1 million.

FEATURES: If an offer is too good to be true then it really is.

SHOWBIZ: Quentin Tarantino has described Uma Thurman’s car crash on the set of Kill Bill as “the biggest regret of my life”.