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Evening top 5: Full recount to take place in Ireland South; three women die following Limerick crash

Full recount to proceed in Ireland South A full recount of votes in the Ireland South European co...
Stephen McNeice
Stephen McNeice

21.53 30 May 2019


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Evening top 5: Full recount to take place in Ireland South; three women die following Limerick crash

Stephen McNeice
Stephen McNeice

21.53 30 May 2019


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Full recount to proceed in Ireland South

A full recount of votes in the Ireland South European constituency is set to go ahead next Tuesday.

The announcement followed a recheck of votes, which was completed earlier on Thursday.

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One extra vote was found for Sinn Féin's Liadh Ni Riada.

Ms Ní Riada requested the recount as she was poised to miss out on the final seat to the Green Party's Grace O'Sullivan by just over 300 votes.

Three women in their 70s die following crash in Co Limerick

limerick crash File photo, RollingNews.ie

Three women in their 70s have died following a crash in Co Limerick this evening.

It happened on the N69 just outside Loughill village (on the Listowel side) at around 6:30pm.

Two cars were involved in the crash.

Permanent TSB fined €21m for tracker mortgage breaches

Irish bank Permanent TSB has been reprimanded and fined €21m by the Central Bank for regulatory breaches affecting tracker mortgage customers.

The charge is in respect of "serious failings" to 2,007 tracker mortgage customer accounts which were impacted between August 2004 and October 2018.

In addition to the reprimand and fine, PTSB also has to pay €54.3m redress and compensation to its impacted customer accounts to date.

Corbyn and Varadkar pledge to stay in touch about Brexit and Northern Ireland

corbyn 30/05/2019 Taoiseach welcomes Jeremy Corbyn MP to Government Buildings. Credit: @merrionstreet / Government Press Office

Jeremy Corbyn says he had a "great discussion" with Leo Varadkar about Brexit and Northern Ireland during their meeting in Dublin today.

The Taoiseach and UK Labour leader met for an hour and a half at Government Buildings.

Mr Corbyn also met with President Michael D Higgins earlier today.

Maria Bailey officially withdraws case against Dublin hotel

Fine Gael TD Maria Bailey has officially withdrawn her case against a Dublin hotel.

Ms Bailey brought a personal injury claim against the Dean Hotel. after she claimed she fell from a swing in the hotel's restaurant in 2015.

Fine Gael announced on Wednesday it was undertaking an internal review into the civil case taken by the Dún Laoghaire TD.

Main image: Counting at the Ireland South European elections count centre at Nemo Rangers GAA Club in Co Cork. Picture by: Michelle Devane/PA Wire/PA Images

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