Not enough is being done to save elephants that get caught up in conflicts with Indian villages, conservationists have warned today.

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Two huge wildfires burned into neighbourhoods near Los Angeles last night, forcing frantic evacuations, destroying homes and causing at least two deaths.

Full-back Bryn Cunningham will make his 100th Magner's League appearance against Leinster at Ravenhill on Saturday evening (Kick-off 7.35pm.).

Patrick Curran shot 1-8 as Dungarvan enjoyed a convincing win against Passage at Fraher Field last night (1-16 to 2-8).

“Let the festival continue” was how the French reacted to Ireland’s win over Italy on Wednesday. And so say all of us.

Jim Gavin maintains Dublin followed the GAA’s anti-doping protocols when their two tested players missed out on the Laochra event after last month’s Division 1 final.

This picture from the Irish Examiner photographic archive relates to a camogie game reported in the Cork Examiner on March 25, 1916.

The inquiry into Alexander Litvinenko’s death found there were “powerful motives” for organisations and individuals within the Russian state to take action against him.

A mother who had fostered a child for more than 10 years was falsely accused by the HSE of facilitating his access to pornography in the family home, an investigation by the Irish Examiner has learned.

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Catch up on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com this morning.

Pet Shop Boys at the BGE Theatre, Dublin - 4/5

James McClean and Martin O’Neill have escaped with nothing worse than a slap on the wrist from Fifa for the critical comments they made about the match referee after the 1-1 draw with Austria in the World Cup qualifier at the Aviva in June.

Garda whistleblowers made 11 protected disclosures last year, and there were more complaints of bullying within the force in 2017 than in the previous two years combined, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

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Chernobyl crusaders Adi Roche and Ali Hewson are taking several core donors who helped sustain their charity during the recession on a fact-finding mission to the nuclear disaster-affected region today.

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