Ministers will today sign off on a joint bid for Ireland and the UK to host Euro 2028.
UEFA's deadline for formal bids is tomorrow with Government sources confident the pitch will be successful.
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Two men were remanded in custody yesterday evening after they were charged with a mugging where a 93-year-old woman was knocked and dragged along the ground and robbed after she collected her pension.
Damian Fitzgerald from Inniscarra Road, Fairhill in Cork and Damian Long of no fixed abode but formerly of Ardbhaile, Mayfield in Cork were both charged by Gardai with robbery of the pensioner on Wellington Road on the north side of the city.
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A cull will begin today on a flock of over 3,000 turkeys at the centre of an avian-flu outbreak.
The birds, on a commercial farm in Co. Monaghan, were confirmed to have the virus at the weekend after officials from the Department of Agriculture were called in.
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The ongoing war in Ukraine is set to dominate the G20 Summit which has gotten underway in Indonesia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin isn't there, he's sent his Foreign Minister instead.
It's thought the fallout from the conflict will be the main area of discussion, as global food and energy prices continue to rise.
