MORNING BULLETIN: Gardaí confirm Jastine Valdez was strangled to death; Author Philip Roth dies aged 85

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MORNING BULLETIN: Gardaí confirm Jastine Valdez was strangled to death; Author Philip Roth dies aged 85

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IRELAND: Jastine Valdez was manually strangled to death a short time after being abducted by her suspected killer, Mark Hennessy.

IRELAND: Gardaí are continuing their investigation into the murder of Ana Kriegal in County Dublin. DNA evidence is being studied as well as CCTV footage from a residence close to the farmhouse where the teenager's body was discovered.

IRELAND: A former Naval Service ship, auctioned off to a private broker, has ended up in Libya under control of a man who has been described as his country’s most potent warlord.

IRELAND: The graves of a number of families — including two gardaí — have been vandalised after a car was driven into a cemetery in Skerries in north Co Dublin.

WORLD: An Australian archbishop has said he will stand aside but does not intend to resign after becoming the most senior Roman Catholic cleric in the world to be convicted of covering up child sex abuse.

WORLD: Prize-winning novelist Philip Roth has died at the age of 85.

BUSINESS: Ikea said it still has no “confirmed” plans at the moment to open a second store in the Republic, although an opening in Cork remains on the cards.

VIEWS: With 72 hours to polling day, huge numbers of people a have yet to make up their mind as how to vote. Today, the Irish Examiner is seeking to answer most, if not all, of the questions which have arisen in recent weeks and which remain unresolved in the minds of voters.

SPORT: The Cork football team to face Tipperary in Saturday’s Munster SFC semi-final contains two championship debutants.

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CULTURE: In advance of his Cork concert, Hauschka tells Ed Power about his quest for uniqueness and his work on the soundtrack for Patrick Melrose.

SHOWBIZ: Will Smith looks set to perform the official World Cup song.

VIRAL: From the romantic to the ridiculous, here are some of the funniest things people hide from their partners.

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