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66 people have now died after a fuel pipe explosion in Mexico.
A further 76 are injured, according to the governor of the central province of Hidalgo.
Locals had gathered to collect fuel from the leaking pipe when it caught fire and blew up last night.
A woman has died after a house fire in County Galway.
The alarm was raised at around 7 o'clock last night.
Gardaí and Fire Services attended at the scene at Tullyvoheen in Clifden yesterday evening and brought the blaze under control a short time later.
The National Transport Authority says it's "actively considering" a 24-hour Dublin Bus service to the airport and on other major city routes.
But it says no final decision had been made yet.
The Tanaiste's re-iterated the government's commitment to the entire Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, including the backstop.
Simon Coveney says it is needed to ensure an open border, and that the Good Friday Agreement is protected.
2018 was a mixed year for house prices across the country.
That's according to the Irish Independent, which has published its annual list of property prices.
Houses prices in North Kildare now average at €334,000, up 5% from last year.
Drugs worth around a half a million euro have been seized in Dublin.
It follows the search of a house in Drimnagh late last night.
Heroin and cocaine, along with cannabis resin and herb were discovered.
A 37-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman were arrested.
Three men who killed five people by blowing up a shop in England have been jailed for life.
They tried to scam an insurance company by setting the store in Leicester alight with several litres of petrol.
Donald Trump is meeting a senior North Korean official in the White House.
The president and Kim Yong Chol and discussing removing nuclear weapons in the country.
Earlier, he met US secretary of state Mike Pompeo in Washington.
A friend of the man who died on a street in Belfast city centre overnight says he came to the north from Dublin seeking a better life.
A support worker found the body of a man, believed to be in his 30s, in high street at around 8.30 this morning.
Recent coverage of meat consumption is making farmers feel like "villains".
That's according to Fianna Fail's Environment Spokesperson, following yesterday's Lancet Medical Journal report on the link between meat and dairy and climate change.
An Post has issued two stamps to commemorate the centenary of the first public meeting of Dáil Éireann.
One of the stamps features a painting of the first Dáil by Thomas Ryan which hangs at the entrance to the Dáil chamber in Leinster House.
A 39 year old man, whose gun jammed when he tried to shoot his ex-girlfriend, has been jailed for 8 years.
Gerard Mooney from Dublin but with a previous address in Castlerea in Roscommon was on bail when he pointed the gun in his former partner’s face.
Fáilte Ireland will provide 5 million euro to combat challenges totourism post-Brexit, and electric car giant Tesla is to cut 3-thousand jobs due to falling sales figures.
Here's KFM's Simon Doyle:
Cannabis thought to be worth €360,000 has been seized in Waterford.
450 plants were found growing in a building at Riverstown Business Park in Tramore earlier today.
A man in his forties arrested at the scene is being held at Tramore Garda Station.
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