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Morning top 5: Hong Kong protests continue; murder inquiry in Mayo; and poll blow for Fine Gael

Thousands of people are on the streets in Hong Kong demanding their leader leaves office. On Satu...
Jack Quann
Jack Quann

08.18 16 Jun 2019


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Morning top 5: Hong Kong prote...

Morning top 5: Hong Kong protests continue; murder inquiry in Mayo; and poll blow for Fine Gael

Jack Quann
Jack Quann

08.18 16 Jun 2019


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Thousands of people are on the streets in Hong Kong demanding their leader leaves office.

On Saturday, the region's chief executive Carrie Lam indefinitely delayed the extradition bill that could lead to people being sent to mainland China.

Her dramatic retreat followed the most violent protests in decades.

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Gardaí have launched a murder investigation into the death of woman in Co Mayo.

She was discovered at a house in the Kilbree area of Westport on Friday.

A man in his 40s arrested in connection with the investigation remains in custody.

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There is a blow for Fine Gael in the latest Sunday Times/Behaviour & Attitudes opinion poll.

It shows the popularity of the party has dropped by five points to 23%.

Fianna Fáil is riding high with no change on 28%, Sinn Féin's on 12, down seven, the Greens are up 6 to 11% while Labour has risen by one point to 5%.

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In the UK, Esther McVey says she is backing Boris Johnson to be the next Conservative Party leader - after she was eliminated from the race to replace Theresa May.

Mr Johnson is widely seen as the frontrunner, after comfortably leading the first round of voting on Thursday.

Mrs McVey was one of three candidates knocked out of the contest.

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One man has been arrested after people in the English town of Newquay were terrorised by a suspect wearing a mask and carrying a knife.

Officers say they had a number of calls about the "Friday 13th type incident" in the early hours of this morning.

A 45-year-old man was detained by armed police.


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