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[07:00] Watch: Dublin shops push back against street drinking

Small businesses say outdoor drinking on a street in Dublin city centre is getting out of hand.

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#Dublin



[07:00] Teen scientists win space competition founded by NASA

A team of teen scientists from Dublin and Clare has won a prestigious space design competition founded by NASA and administered by the US's National Space Society.

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#Dublin #Clare #NASA #US #NationalSpaceSociety



[07:21] Tariff pause brings little relief amid recession risk

A week of turmoil following Donald Trump's tariffs showed little sign of easing this morning, with markets again tumbling and foreign leaders trying to work out how to respond to a dismantling of the world trade order.

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#DonaldTrump's #thismorning








[05:34] Numbers seeking asylum in Ireland fell for third month

The number of people applying for international protection in Ireland fell for a third consecutive month in March.

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#Ireland #athirdconsecutivemonth #March



#OtD 10 Apr 1919 Emiliano Zapata, peasant leader during the Mexican Revolution, was murdered by forces of the "revolutionary" Carranza government. He was lured to a meeting by a fake defector and assassinated. We have reproduced this iconic photo: shop.workingclasshistory.com/c…
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[05:21] Helicopter crashes in New York, killing all six aboard

A tourist helicopter plummeted upside down into New York City's Hudson River killing all six people on board, including a Spanish family with three children and the pilot, Mayor Eric Adams said.

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#NewYorkCity's #HudsonRiver #six #Spanish #three #EricAdams






The Difference Between Municipal Fire Trucks and Airport Fire Trucks

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[04:21] Dominicans start burying 220 victims of nightclub fire

Grief-stricken Dominicans began holding funerals for loved ones who were among at least 220 people killed in a nightclub rooftop collapse, even as dozens remained unaccounted for.

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#Dominicans #atleast220 #dozens








[06:01] Death toll in Dominican nightclub tragedy nears 200

A devastating roof collapse at a popular nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic has claimed at least 184 lives, authorities said, as the search for survivors turned increasingly grim.

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#theDominicanRepublic #atleast184




[05:16] Trump u-turns on tariffs, turns trade war heat on China

US President Donald Trump's stunning decision to pause the hefty duties he had just imposed on dozens of countries sent battered global stock markets surging on Thursday even as he ratcheted up a trade war with the world's No 2 economy China.

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#US #DonaldTrump #dozens #Thursday #China








[07:25] Tariff reprieve just a pause on a rollercoaster ride

It's been a week-ling rollercoaster since Donald Trump's "reciprocal tariffs" were announced, but every rollercoaster has a pause before shooting off again and this wild ride far from over, writes Sean Whelan.

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#DonaldTrump's #SeanWhelan








[10:18] Bird enthusiasts flock to take part in annual survey

Hundreds of bird enthusiasts will take to the Irish countryside over the next two months to count all the birds they can see and hear.

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#Hundreds #Irish #thenexttwomonths