The London Bridge attacker has been named as 28-year-old Usman Khan - a convicted terrorist released on licence.
Two people died and three others were injured yesterday when the knifeman began stabbing people at an event near London Bridge.
The suspect was shot dead by police after being confronted by members of the public on the bridge.
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Counting in the four by-elections gets underway at 9am this morning.
Voters in Dublin Fingal, Dublin Midwest, Cork North Central and Wexford had their say on who should be their new TDs yesterday, with low turnout reported across all of the constituencies.
The boxes are being opened at 9am, with results expected in the afternoon or evening.
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A manhunt is underway in the Netherlands, after three children were injured in a stabbing last night.
The attack happened in The Hague's main shopping street - an area busy for Black Friday.
Officers are searching for a man, aged between 45 and 50 - with police saying it's too early to say whether the attack was terror-related.
The victims were taken to hospital, and later discharged.
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A man in his 40s has died following a crash in Co Limerick.
It involved a lorry and a van and happened shortly after 1:30am on the M7 at junction 30 Rosbrien.
The driver of the truck was uninjured.
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The number of drug seizures at Ireland's four mail centres has increased by over 91% this year.
More than €3m worth of substances has been recovered by Revenue.
According to new Freedom of Information figures, there were 2,211 drug seizures in the first 10 months of this year in Portlaoise, Dublin, Athlone and Cork Mail centres.
