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Wednesday 18 July 2018

High hopes: Kenny Jacobs. Picture: Bloomberg

Pilot strike to hit 4,000 passengers as Ryanair axes flights

Up to 4,000 Ryanair customers face travel chaos when their flights are grounded during a second strike by pilots on Friday.

Two photos of Keel Weir in Achill Island, Co Mayo, showing the normal water level and, pictured, the low level in the current drought. The fish pass for salmon is completely dry.

Irish News

River levels at 'record lows' amid search for new sources of water

Irish Water is seeking new sources of drinking water for at-risk communities as river levels reach record lows.

How worst drought in a century led to water restrictions

The three men had been fishing near Malin Head when the tragedy happened
Photo: Joe Boland

Irish News

Latest 'They were in the water for hours' - two men dead and one hospitalised after boat capsized off Donegal coast

A MAN in his 60s and a 16-year-old boy have died after their fishing boat capsized.

DUP MP Ian Paisley Jr Picture: Liam McBurney

Politics

Breaking Ian Paisley Jr facing 30 days House of Commons ban after failing to register €112K hospitality from Sri Lankan holiday

DUP MP Ian Paisley is set to be suspended from the House of Commons for 30 days for his failure to register the hospitality he received on a trip to Sri Lanka.

Irish News

Man in his 60s and teenager die after boat capsizes at start of fishing trip

A man in his 60s and a 16-year-old boy have died after their fishing boat capsized.

Courts

Drug dealer sues CAB 'for cutting short career of Cheltenham winner'

A convicted drug dealer has accused the Criminal Assets Bureau of cutting short the career of his part-owned Cheltenham-winning horse.

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Technology

Facebook 'leaves graphic content online in order to make money'

Facebook will be called before an Oireachtas committee after it emerged that moderators in Dublin were instructed not to remove extreme, abusive or graphic content from the platform even when it violated the company's guidelines.

Personal Finance

Policyholders here paying for bailout of collapsed firms in Britain, Malta

Insurance policyholders in this country are paying for claims associated with the collapsed insurer...

Politics

Former GAA president O'Neill tees up Áras run

Former president of the GAA Liam O'Neill is the latest potential challenger to President Michael D Higgins, the Irish Independent can reveal.

Irish News

Virgin says sorry for marketing letter addressed to 'pants wearer'

Virgin Media has apologised "to anyone offended" by an ad campaign which saw letters addressed to the "pants wearer" rather than householder.

Politics

TDs to file report on 'unfair learner drivers bill'

Rural TDs who opposed strict new road traffic laws are expected to submit a report on the effects of the legislation on rural learner drivers to the Department of Transport.