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Morning top 5: Brexit delay granted; two minute silence in New Zealand; and Cookstown funerals

Brexit has been delayed in a bid to avoid a no deal exit. European leaders approved an extension ...
Jack Quann
Jack Quann

06.32 22 Mar 2019


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Morning top 5: Brexit delay gr...

Morning top 5: Brexit delay granted; two minute silence in New Zealand; and Cookstown funerals

Jack Quann
Jack Quann

06.32 22 Mar 2019


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Brexit has been delayed in a bid to avoid a no deal exit.

European leaders approved an extension - but the length of it will depend on votes in the House of Commons.

If MPs approve the withdrawal agreement next week, then Britain will leave the EU on May 22nd - if it is rejected, then April 12th becomes the key date.

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A two minute silence has been held in New Zealand to remember the victims of the terror attack at two mosques last week.

Fifty people died when a white supremacist opened fire on worshipers in Christchurch.

The Islamic call to prayer was broadcast across New Zealand today with people gathering in cities to pay their respects.

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The funerals of three teenagers who died outside a disco on St Patrick's Day will take place today.

The 16 and 17-year-olds lost their lives in a crush while queuing to get into the Greenvale Hotel in Cookstown, Co Tyrone.

The PSNI say investigations into the tragedy are ongoing.

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An alert has been issued for a rodent in Dublin's Royal Canal.

The Invasive Species Alert by Waterways Ireland is for a coypu.

They carry a number of diseases for humans and domestic animals - and can be up to one meter in length.

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The Irish Cancer Society is calling on people to support Daffodil Day today, to ensure Irish patients can benefit from new research.

Thousands of the organisation's volunteers will be shaking buckets across the country today to raise much needed funds.

Irish women could be the first in the world to trial potential new breast cancer treatment.


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