BULLETIN: Brian Rattigan gets nine years for fatal stabbing of former friend; Alex Salmond arrested

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IRELAND: Dublin criminal Brian Rattigan, who admitted killing his former friend and wrote a letter of apology to his mother asking for forgiveness, has been jailed for nine years at the Central Criminal Court for manslaughter.

IRELAND: A High Court action taken by a woman with cervical cancer who died last week has been settled.

IRELAND: Fianna Fáil and the North's SDLP have announced a partnership. The two parties will work together as Fianna Fáil considers running candidates in the North.

IRELAND: The Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has said that reports of 600 officers will be moved to the border are "entirely incorrect".

WORLD: Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has been arrested and charged by police.

WORLD: European judges have ruled in favour of Amanda Knox’s appeal over her remaining conviction in relation to the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in 2007.

BUSINESS: The vast majority of small and medium businesses have no experience of dealing with customs and Brexit is going to cause huge problems for them says the CEO of the Irish Small Medium Enterprises association (ISME).

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SPORT: The FAI have insisted they play no favourites when it comes to the selection process for its elite Uefa Pro Licence coaching course, whose participants this year include such household names as Robbie Keane, Damien Duff, and Jim McGuinness.

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SHOWBIZ: Our very own and favourite musical sensation Hozier leads this week's Late Late line-up along with fitness fanatic Joe Wicks, and some well-known Dancing with the Stars faces.

CULTURE: Helen O’Callaghan talks to filmmaker Nicholas Ryan-Purcell about his new documentary and growing up with Asperger’s syndrome.

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