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Friday 17 May 2024 Dublin: 12°C
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Poll: Are you going to one of Bruce Springsteen's gigs?
File photo of man checking a banknote in a counterfeit detector.

Friday 17 May

Today's Top Stories

counterfeit cash

Calls for social media giants to 'come down on top of' accounts advertising fake euro notes

File image of Talbot Street memorial to the victims of the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings
The Troubles

President Higgins to lead memorial events on 50th anniversary of Dublin and Monaghan bombings

Pro-Israeli demonstrators in front of the ICJ this morning ahead of day two of the hearing on the situation in Rafah.
The Hague

Israel tells International Court of Justice that Gaza conflict is 'tragic' but not a genocide

rouen

French police kill man attempting to set fire to synagogue

Bathers and swimmers at the Forty Foot in Dublin yesterday
Weather

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