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- Nine counties see warning extended until Monday morning
Met Éireann has extended a wind warning for the nine counties which are currently covered by the Status Orange notice, saying that strong winds are now expected to persist until Monday morning. - Abandoned cargo ship runs aground on Cork coast
An 80-metre cargo ship, which had been abandoned and adrift in the Atlantic for more than a year, has run aground near Ballycotton in east Cork. - Greens to invite parties to policy talks
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has said his party would stay out of a coalition government if it did not match its policy objectives. - Forty infected US citizens among Japan ship evacuees
More than 40 Americans on a quarantined cruise ship in Japan have been infected with the deadly coronavirus, a senior US health official has said. - 'We'll rip each other apart' - French warning on Brexit
France has warned Britain to expect a bitter battle in Brexit trade talks with the EU, saying the two sides would "rip each other apart". - Laura Whitmore: 'Caroline had a passion for life'
Speaking on her BBC Five Live radio show this morning, Laura Whitmore told her listeners that she wanted to talk about the death of her friend Caroline Flack and "give her the respect that she deserves and that she didn't always get". - Love Island axes Sunday show after Caroline Flack death
Sunday night's episode of Love Island was cancelled following the death of former presenter Caroline Flack. - NI bakery strike to hit pancake production
Workers have picketed at the gates of one of Northern Ireland's largest bakeries during strike action intended to disrupt Pancake Tuesday. - Assembly favours changes to 'women in the home' clause
A majority of members of the Citizens' Assembly on gender equality have recommended that the 'women in the home' clause be made gender neutral, and to acknowledge the important role of other carers in the home. - The tactics of the post-election talks
One week on since voters cast their ballots, Fiachra Ó Cionnaith examines the post-general election talks tactics. - Hope springs amid the grief in Drogheda
Northeast Correspondent Sinéad Hussey says that any resolution to the Drogheda feud will come too late for Keane Mulready-Woods and his grieving family. - Boil water notice issued for Cork's Whitegate
Irish Water and Cork County Council have issued a Boil Water Notice for the area supplied by the Whitegate Regional Public Water Supply. - The short reign of Citizen Smith
RTÉ's Northern Editor Tommie Gorman looks back on Julian Smith's time in office as Northern Ireland Secretary, which lasted just 204 days. - Rocket attack hits near US embassy in Baghdad
Multiple rockets hit near the US embassy in Iraq's capital early today, the latest in a flurry of attacks against US assets in the country. - Caroline Flack's boyfriend 'heartbroken' by her death
Lewis Burton, the boyfriend of Caroline Flack, has shared an emotional tribute to the TV star following her death. - Tributes paid to 'diamond' Caroline Flack
Tributes have been paid to the broadcaster Caroline Flack, whose death has been announced at the age of 40. - Love Islanders mourn loss of 'special' Caroline Flack
Former contestants on ITV's Love Island have shared an outpouring of love for Caroline Flack, who passed away on Saturday. - Shortall: Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil coalition is not change
The co-leader of the Social Democrats Róisín Shortall has said a Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael coalition government does not sound like change. - Labour 'central' to public policy formulation - Howlin
Brendan Howlin has addressed the future of Labour as the race to replace him begins, saying the party under a new leader will be central to the formulation of public policy in the decades to come. - One charged, four in custody following drug seizures
A Lithuanian national has been charged in connection with a €289,000 drugs seizure following his appearance at a Special Sitting of Sligo District Court this evening.
