LUNCHTIME BULLETIN: Catch up on today's headlines

All the latest headlines this lunchtime.

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IRELAND: Crowds have gathered in cities all over Ireland in support of rape victims.

IRELAND: Stuart Olding's solicitor says everybody on social media following the Belfast rape case saw themselves as a reporter and social commentator.

IRELAND: Elisha Gault from Carrick-On-Suir in Co Tipperary was laid to rest today after she went missing on St. Patrick's Day.

IRELAND: The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has defended staff of the Government's Strategic Communications Unit (SCU).

BUSINESS: The Vintners’ Federation of Ireland (VFI) expects pubs to generate over €40m in Good Friday sales.

WORLD: A family of eight who gained attention in the US for an emotional photograph of an African-American boy hugging a white police officer at a 2014 protest were killed when their SUV plunged off a scenic California highway, authorities said.

SPORT: Bordeaux could welcome both Leinster and Munster on the same weekend next month depending on the results of this weekend's Champions Cup quarter-finals.

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FEATURES: The first cut is the deepest for heartbroken teens, writes Richard Hogan.

SHOWBIZ: Bob Geldof may not like Mondays, but the charity campaigner and former Boomtown Rats singer is a fan of Fridays and will appear on this week's Late Late Show.

VIRAL: A new video celebrating the viking legacy of Dublin and Waterford has been released by Tourism Ireland.