- Under this government there's been a cat-astrophic failure to deliver on housing. That's the view of Labour Leader Ivana Bacik who addressed last night's Labour Party conference in Cork.
- Support for two of the three coalition parties has dropped in the latest opinion poll. Fianna Fail is down 2 points to 15 percent, while the Greens are down 1 point to 3 percent.
- Clean up operations have begun in southern US states where a powerful tornado's killed at least 23 people. Severe storms have hit Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee - injuring dozens.
- Two people have died after a shooting in northern Germany. Police say it happened in the port city of Hamburg.
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