A Dublin criminal has been shot dead in Spain.
34-year-old Gary Hutch was gunned down in an apartment complex near Marbella at half past eleven yesterday morning.
It's reported his attacker wore a balaclava and escaped in a car which was later found abandoned.
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A police operation targeting child abusers in Northern Ireland claims to have protected 32 children from harm, by making 25 arrests.
Detectives working with the UK's National Crime Agency have charged four people.
They expect more prosecutions once seized computers are checked.
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Volkswagen's expected to reveal later which models are among the 11 million involved in a global emissions-rigging scandal.
The company's expected to fire three top executives and announce a replacement for its CEO who's already quit.
Germany believes VW has manipulated tests in Europe as well as the USA.
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Saudi Arabian officials say they expect the number of victims of yesterday's mass crushing at Mecca to rise.
The country's king has ordered a review of safety at the pilgrimage site, where at least 719 people died when two crowds collided.
It's the worst disaster to strike the Hajj pilgrimage for 25 years.
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Some staff at St. Vincent's Hospital Emergency Department in Dublin are to ballot on industrial action.
INMO members say they're concerned over patient safety and overcrowding in the department, and they may vote for strike action.
They claim hospital management is refusing to report the extent of patients who are treated on trolleys.
