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IRELAND: Theresa May’s Brexit plans have been dealt a blow as her Democratic Unionist Party allies hit out at fears that a deal could impose barriers between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

IRELAND: A man who admitted possession of a firearm and being part of a conspiracy to murder a Dublin man has been jailed by the Special Criminal Court for 11 years.

IRELAND:A book of condolence has opened in Churchtown, Co. Dublin following the murder of a local man in South Africa yesterday.

WORLD: One person has died and two are in hospital after a man went on a knife rampage before being shot on a busy shopping street in Australia.

BUSINESS: Tourism Ireland has taken over a corner of one of the busiest passenger transport hubs in the western hemisphere.

SPORT: Declan Rice admits he is struggling to make a decision about his international future.

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FEATURES: Due to breakthroughs in reproductive medicine, more and more Irish women are having babies in their 50s

SHOWBIZ: Victoria Beckham has pointed out she was “never actually asked” to join the Spice Girls comeback, her ex-bandmate Mel C has said.

VIRAL: The DSPCA is searching for the owners of a kitten who managed to hitch a ride from Dublin to Offaly.