BULLETIN: Drew Harris’ Garda budget €30m in the red; Trump warns Assad and Russia over Syria's Idlib

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IRELAND: Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has been handed a budgetary nightmare with the organisation more than €30m in the red and Garda HQ warning that “corrective action” must be taken “immediately”.

IRELAND: A visit to Doonbeg by US president Donald Trump would present different security challenges to those raised by the visit of then president George W Bush to Dromoland Castle in 2004, according to the head of the Clare Garda Division.

IRELAND: Social Justice Ireland is calling for stronger Government action on housing, healthcare, education, rural development and other social issues.

WORLD: Donald Trump has warned Syrian president Bashar Assad and his allies against a “reckless attack” on Idlib province.

VIEWS: Criticism of its ‘apartheid-like’ Palestinian policy is shouted down as anti-Semitism by Israel’s right-wing government and by the Jewish lobby in the US.

SPORT: Páraic Fanning could be named as the new Waterford senior hurling manager later this week, although influential figures have not yet given up of Mattie Kenny taking the reins.

SPORT: American football quarterback Colin Kaepernick, one of the first NFL players to kneel during the national anthem to protest against racial injustice, has a new deal with Nike.

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SHOWBIZ: Steve Irwin’s daughter paid tribute to the Australian wildlife expert on the 12th anniversary of his death.

FEATURE: Ahead of the European Junior Surf Life Saving Championships in Clare, next week, some of the Irish competitors talk to Arlene Harris.

CULTURE: As Radie Peat and Katie Kim join forces for Cork's newest festival, they discuss the folk revival with Ellie O'Byrne.