
Here are the main headlines of the evening from Independent.ie.
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Garda investigation underway into attack that left Kerry minor player with broken nose and fractured jaw hours after win over Cork
For Dublin GAA star Nicole Owens, who has become a mental health advocate after speaking about her struggles with anxiety, coming to terms with her own sexuality was hugely healing.
A motorcyclist has died following an accident in the Strand Road area of Tralee on Tuesday afternoon.
Existing social welfare legislation will be amended to include the payment, however senior Government sources said the amount of the fine and whether a fraudster will face prison time has yet to be decided.
One accused, a pizza chef, is alleged to have mistakenly called to an off-duty garda's home and threatened him, while in a separate case, an alleged victim was repeatedly stabbed by another suspect over a supposed debt.
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has praised English footballer Jake Daniels for tackling homophobia “head on”. Yesterday, the Blackpool forward became the UK's first currently active male professional footballer to come out as gay.
A pet food firm that had argued it should not be liable for VAT on a meat-based pet food product as it is fit for human consumption has lost its claim.