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IRELAND

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• Over 53,000 homes and businesses face power outages with ‘significant numbers’ likely to be without supply overnight, as Storm Ashley sweeps across the country.
• Justice Minister Helen McEntee has been announced as the Fine Gael’s new Deputy Leader following the shock departure of Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys last night.
• A number of flights into Dublin Airport have been cancelled or diverted as a result Storm Ashley, with gusts of 130kmph hitting the country.
• Taoiseach Simon Harris has said that he expects the general election will take place in 2024, following months of insistence that the government will run full term.
• Gardaí are investigating after a male pedestrian (20s) was seriously injured in a hit and run in Clondalkin, Co Dublin today.
• Mary Lou McDonald has come under increased pressureover …