MORNING BULLETIN: Voters take to the polls to have their say on #8thRef

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By Irish Examiner digital staff

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IRELAND: People are urged to bring their polling card and photographic IDs with them to polling stations today if they want to be guaranteed the chance to vote in the historic Eighth Amendment referendum.

IRELAND: A licensing agreement on the €12m Government funding pledged to the stalled Cork event centre expires next year, it has emerged.

IRELAND: The “legal extortion” of crippling insurance premiums is threatening the existence of Ireland’s social fabric, including farmers’ marts, festivals and community celebrations, GAA clubs, and even children’s charities.

ANALYSIS: Implementing sentencing guidelines is long overdue and, if properly implemented, could have a serious impact on the administration of justice, says Michael Clifford.

WORLD: North Korea has said it is still willing to sit down for talks with the United States “at any time, at any format” after President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled his planned summit with Kim Jong Un.

SPORT: There is just one rule Seán Óg Ó hAilpín applies to Cork-Tipperary matches: Worry about the wounded.

SPORT: Joey Carbery is unquestionably the spark that Munster fans are craving. He would be a good fit for them and they would offer him stability, writes Ronan O'Gara in his weekly column.

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HEALTH: Why don’t we treat sleep as importantly as exercise and diet? Getting enough is essential, writes Áilín Quinlan.

FEATURES: This week, in Ask Audrey's column: Two things you can't escape - Liverpool fans and the whiff of despair in Carrigaline.

CULTURE: David Puttnam is at Fastnet Film Festival today to mark 25 years since ‘War of the Buttons’ was made. He tells Esther McCarthy about his fond memories of the West Cork movie.