Support for Labour has increased in the latest political opinion poll.

Tomorrow’s poll for the Sunday Independent shows support up two points to 8 - with Sinn Féin support falling by the same amount.

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A baby girl with serious head injuries is fighting for her life in a Dublin hospital today.

The child is the suspected victim of an assault.

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Connacht rugby star Mils Muliaina has been released on bail in the UK, after he was arrested last night in connection with an alleged sexual assault.

The 34 year-old former All Black, is suspected of being involved in an incident in Cardiff last month.

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Prayers will be said at Easter Vigils around the country tonight for the victims of the attack on a university in Kenya that left 148 people dead.

The Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin, said he "cannot celebrate the light of Christ tonight without thinking of those students in Kenya who were singled out one by one to be killed - precisely because of their Christian identity."

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A viable grenade has been made safe in Dublin this evening.

The Army Bomb Disposal Team was called to the Phoenix Park at around half 3, after the object was discovered by members of the public.

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