BULLETIN: Activists spend second night in vacant Dublin property; Mountjoy prison officers slashed by inmate

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IRELAND: Ryanair will go to a Dutch court later to try to stop pilots in The Netherlands joining 24-hour strike action alongside colleagues in four other countries tomorrow.

IRELAND: Activists have spent a second night occupying a vacant property in Dublin in protest at the homelessness crisis.

IRELAND: Cyclists are being offered free pastries in a coffee shop today and Leap Card city fares have been cut to €1 as Cork’s main street goes car-free this afternoon.

IRELAND: Two prison officers were slashed with a makeshift blade yesterday, one across his forehead, in an attack carried out by an inmate with a “track record” of assaulting jail staff.

WORLD: Three young football players and their coach, who were rescued with other teammates after almost three weeks in a flooded cave, have been granted Thai citizenship.

SPORT: Tipperary manager Liam Cahill heaped enormous credit on his charges for the manner in which they stormed back from their Munster final humiliation against Cork to defeat Galway in last night’s All-Ireland U21 semi-final.

SPECIAL REPORT: Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan talks to Political Correspondent Juno McEnroe ahead of the publication of a report by the Commission on the Future of Policing.

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LIFESTYLE: Snow Patrol singer Gary Lightbody tells Laura Harding how winning his battle with booze has been so important to getting the band back on track.

SHOWBIZ: Ruby Rose fought back tears as she discussed her upcoming role as Batwoman, the first openly gay superhero to headline a TV series.

FEATURE: A builder, a lawyer and a detective talk with Rita de Brún about the conmen who call door-to-door.