BULLETIN: Bus driver nine times over alcohol limit arrested; Cork nursing home in breach of 14 regulations

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IRELAND: Bus driver arrested for being nine times over alcohol limit.

IRELAND: HIQA finds Cork nursing home in breach of 14 regulations.

IRELAND: 12 people who were arrested as part of a garda investigation into the alleged sexual exploitation of children have been released.

IRELAND: Proposal for 'granny flat grant' to be put forward.

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WORLD: Update: 'Dancing Queen' Theresa May tells conference Conservatives are 'for everyone who is willing to work hard' tells conference Conservatives are 'for everyone who is willing to work hard'.

BUSINESS: Fáilte Ireland's Tourism Barometer shows rise in business, but also worries about Brexit.

ANALYSIS: The belief that Britain should have stood up to Hitler rather than appeasing him in 1938 was invoked a number of times in the following decades, writes Geoffrey Roberts.

SPORT: ‘I don’t want anybody to make the same mistakes that I did’: Brian Lenihan opens up about his mental health struggles.

SPORT: Anthony Maher retires from Kerry football 'with a heavy heart and incredible memories'.

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EXAMVIRAL: Krispy Kreme closes drive-thru at night after complaints from locals over noise.

FEATURES: Higherland Dan: The American living in West Cork sanctuary for almost 50 years.

CULTURE: Author Charles Brandt on Scorsese, De Niro and his friendship with mafia hitman Frank 'The Irishman' Sheeran.

SHOWBIZ: Graham Norton: ‘We all have dark times’.