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A 24-year-old man arrested in connection with the discovery of heroin in Dublin has been released from questioning.
The drugs were found during planned searches at seven premises in Dublin city centre this morning by gardai investigating organised crime gangs.
The National Ploughing Championships will now go ahead on Friday to make up for today’s cancellation.
The event in Screggan, Co Offaly had to be called off for today because of the bad weather.
Tents and hoarding at the site have been damaged because of the high winds.
A new plan is being proposed for tackling homelessness in rural Ireland.
The Peter McVerry Trust, which operates Kildare homeless services, has identified 8 measures to help the more than a thousand homeless people in rural areas.
Doctors have called for a 24 hour helpline for women who need abortions when new laws come in.
They say there needs to be appropriate aftercare for women who get abortions in Ireland when the new law comes in.
Storm Ali has claimed a second life.
A man in his 20s has been killed after he was hit by a falling tree near Slieve Gullion Forest Park in south Armagh at around lunchtime.
Another man - who's in his 40s is in a serious condition at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
A Limerick councillor's appeared in court charged with threatening, insulting and abusive behaviour towards Gardai.
62-year-old John Loftus from St John's Avenue on Mulgrave Street is facing three public order charges, which allegedly took place in May this year.
The number of people sleeping on the streets of Dublin has reached its highest level so far this year.
Teams from Inner City Helping Homeless are calling for more emergency beds to be made available, after they counted 179 rough sleepers last night.
Donald Tusk says that the UK's latest Brexit proposals on the Irish border and economic cooperation need to be reworked.
The European Council President did add that today's talks in Austria showed that there's more hope but less time.
Exhibitors have been allowed back on site to assess the damage at the National Ploughing Championships.
The event in Screggan, Co Offaly had to be called off for the day because of the bad weather.
Tents and hoarding at the site have been damaged because of the high winds.
Ireland needs to increase the amount of plastic it recycles by 80 per cent in the next twelve years.
That's the aim of a new campaign from the Repak recycling group, which says we need to meet strict EU targets by 2030.
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