BULLETIN: Victims of Donegal crash named; Gardaí to check cars with new handheld devices

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IRELAND: Victims of Donegal crash named; Woman (20s) remains in critical condition.

IRELAND: An 84-year-old postmaster in Co Cork fighting to keep his post office open has turned down a severance package from An Post.

IRELAND: Garda HQ is planning to introduce “widescale” deployment next year of handheld devices to enable gardaí on the roadside to check if a driver is disqualified.

IRELAND: A €500 cut in student fees has been proposed by Sinn Féin who want third level contribution charges completely phased out in the coming years.

WORLD: Barcelona police are treating a knife attack on officers at a city police station as a terrorist incident.

VIEWS: Alexander Dubcek’s reforms in Czechoslovakia in 1968 were ultimately adopted by the USSR, but he would have been disappointed by the outcome, writes Geoffrey Roberts.

SPORT: Burnley are mourning the loss of their “greatest ever player” after announcing the death of Jimmy McIlroy at the age of 86.

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VIRAL: Tears as young boy says goodbye to slaughter-bound lamb he reared.

SHOWBIZ: Vogue Williams shows off baby bump in first pics from her wedding day.

LIFESTYLE: Deodorant to odour-free underwear: How our ancestors dealt with body odour.