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- Trump says transgender service ban a military decision
US President Donald Trump's decision to ban transgender individuals from serving in the armed forces was a military decision, his Press Secretary has said. - Venezuela's Maduro hits out at 'insolent' US sanctions
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has branded US sanctions levelled at his regime as "illegal, insolent and unprecedented." - €2m radio telescope set for Birr switch on
A new €2 million radio telescope will be officially turned on at Birr Castle in Co Offaly later this morning. - Facebook's use of video ads see profits soar
Facebook's mobile advertising business grew by more than 50 percent in the second quarter, the company said in its earnings report, as the social network continued to establish itself as the venue of choice for an ever-growing array of online advertisers. - One dead, several hurt in US fair ground ride accident
One person was killed and five others critically injured at the Ohio State Fair when they were flung into air after their seats snapped off a ride that hoists and spins people, fire officials told local media. - Meath water treatment plant resumes production
The first stage of the repair on the burst water main supplying the Staleen Water Treatment Plant in Co Meath has been complete and the plant is back in production. - Finucane public inquiry bid can go to Supreme Court
The widow of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane has been granted permission to take her bid for a public inquiry into his death to the UK Supreme Court. - Royal Marine made bombs 'to be used to kill police'
A Royal Marine with links to dissident republicanism made 14 pipe bombs - four of which were deployed in Northern Ireland, a court heard. - US Senate rejects Obamacare repeal bid
Republicans in the US Senate fell short again in their effort to end Obamacare, rejecting a measure to repeal large portions of President Barack Obama's signature law that has provided health insurance to millions of Americans. - Frank Clarke nominated by Cabinet as chief justice
Supreme Court judge Frank Clarke has been nominated by the Cabinet as the next chief justice. - Report into Rio ticketing scandal due within 14 days
The Cabinet has agreed to publish retired Judge Carroll Moran's report into the Rio ticketing scandal last summer. - Unite crane drivers to resume controversial strike
Crane drivers belonging to the Unite trade union will resume strike action tomorrow in a dispute over pay, which is further complicated by a bitter inter-union row. - Bailey loses High Court ruling appeal on most grounds
Ian Bailey has lost on most grounds of his appeal against a failed High Court action over an alleged garda conspiracy against him. - Lusitania telegraph machine recovered from sea bed
Divers have recovered a telegraph machine from the wreck site of the Lusitania off the south coast. - Tribunal hears of complete failure at every level
The Disclosures Tribunal has heard there was a complete failure at every level in Tusla in following its own procedures in relation to the false allegation made against Sergeant Maurice McCabe. - Man held over bomb under PSNI officer's car is released
A man arrested by detectives investigating a bomb placed under a police officer's car in Northern Ireland has been released. - Court told Corbett died from blunt-force trauma
A medical examiner in North Carolina has told the trial of two people accused of the murder of a Limerick man that he determined the cause of death as blunt-force trauma. - Legislation approved to allow breweries sell on site
The Cabinet has given the green light to legislation that will allow craft breweries and distilleries to sell their products on site. - Trump launches fresh attack on Sessions
US President Donald Trump has intensified his assault on Attorney General Jeff Sessions in an apparent bid to force his one-time ally from office and regain influence over a Russia investigation eating away at the US administration. - Ohio carries out first execution after three-year delay
The US state of Ohio has executed its first death row inmate in three years, ending a stoppage brought about by a legal dispute that followed an unusually drawn-out lethal injection in 2014.
