A woman in her 40s and two men, aged in their 50s and teens, were arrested in connection with this seizure and all are currently detained in a Garda station in Cork.

The road is currently closed, and local diversions are in place.

The area has been sealed off by the gardaí to allow for a forensic examination of the scene in an effort to ascertain how the blaze occurred.

The army chaplain was attacked outside Renmore Barracks on Thursday night.

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During the course of this search, approximately 12kg Cannabis with an estimated street value of €240,000 was recovered.

The cigarettes, branded ‘Marlboro Gold’, were discovered on Thursday when Revenue officers stopped and searched an accompanied freight unit that had left a ferry arriving from Dunkirk, France.

The calls were made at an event to officially open Houben House, Ireland’s largest family homelessness hub which can accommodate up to 350 people.

The 17-year-old was killed in January 2020 - some of his remains were found in a burned out car in Trinity Terrace in Dublin.

He has two children, Blake and Blu, through a surrogate mother, but she is recognised on their birth certificate, and not him, he says.

A number of flags and banners were placed on the bonfire which was lit in Derry on Thursday night.

The victim, named as Fr Paul Murphy – who is aged in his 50s, was stabbed a number of times and is being treated for injuries that are serious but not life-threatening.

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Dr Niall Muldoon was speaking as he officially opened Houben House in Dublin, which houses 62 families.

The €71,613 bill covered the costs of 38 separate invoices, which included trips by heads of state and high-ranking officials from world organisations

A man in his 20s and a man aged in his 70s were seriously injured following collisions in Co Armagh and Co Tyrone.

The two incidents are being investigated as potentially linked, police said.

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Three people were brought to hospital for their injuries.

The man received a number of stab wounds during the incident which occurred at approximately 10.45pm on Thursday night.