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Evening top 5: Nóra Quoirin's family says they "must remain hopeful"; UK-based Ryanair pilots to strike

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21.52 7 Aug 2019


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Nóra Quoirin's family says they "must remain hopeful" as search continues

The family of missing schoolgirl Nóra Quoirin says they "must remain hopeful" and will do everything they can to bring her home.

The 15-year-old disappeared on Sunday after arriving at a resort near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia with her family.

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She is the daughter of an Irish-French couple who live in London. Her family have said they believe she has been abducted.

Malaysian police searching for Nóra are analysing fingerprints found at the cottage where she was staying.

Formal apology over CervicalCheck scandal likely during next Dáil term, Harris says

Formal apology over CervicalCheck scandal likely during next Dáil term File photo of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD and Minister for Health Simon Harris TD. Photo: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

The Taoiseach will issue an apology to the women impacted by the CervicalCheck programme failures in the next Dáil term, the Health Minister has said.

Leo Varadkar and Simon Harris met with members of the 221+ patient support group earlier, where a number of issues regarding the national screening programme were discussed.

Patient representatives Lorraine Walsh and Stephen Teap attended today's meeting.

"We have no choice" - UK-based Ryanair pilots vote for strike action

Ryanair pilots based in the UK have voted to stage a series of strikes in a pay dispute with the airline.

The British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) says a 48-hour strike will take place on 22nd-23rd August, and a 72-hour strike on 2nd-4th September.

BALPA claims years of refusing to deal with unions has left a Ryanair management "that apparently doesn’t understand how to work with unions".

Canadian police 'confident' they've found bodies of two teenage murder suspects

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Canadian police believe they have found the bodies of two teenage boys who were suspects in three murders.

A manhunt has been underway in recent weeks after a two people - Lucas Fowler, from Australia, and his US girlfriend Chynna Deese of Charlotte, North Carolina - were found shot dead on a highway in British Columbia.

They were discovered days before the body of 64-year-old lecturer Leonard Dyck was found in the same province.

Officers have spent weeks covering thousands of kilometres in their search for two suspects - 19-year-old Kam McLeod and 18-year-old Bryer Schmegelsky.

Tributes paid to Navan teenager who died on family holiday in Lanzarote

The Irish boy who died in Lanzarote yesterday has been named locally as 15-year-old Mikey Leddy.

The Navan teenager died in hospital after falling from a wall in the early hours of Monday morning.

It happened in the town of Puerto del Carmen, where he was staying with family.

Navan councillor Padraig Fitzsimons has described him as a lovely guy who will be missed by all his friends and family.

Main image: Nóra Quoirin, picture via Lucie Blackman Trust

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