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GOOD MORNING. Here’s all the news to know as you start your day.

1. Lebanon explosions

In a second wave of device explosions in as many days, 20 people have died and more than 450 were wounded yesterday in Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon.  

The Japanese firm Icom has said that it had stopped producing the model of radios reportedly used in recent blasts in Lebanon around 10 years ago.

2. Russian ship

A sanctioned ship accused of breaching international sanctions against Russia has been spotted off the Galway coast.

The US has accused the ship of flouting sanctions imposed on Russian oil and gas which has been imposed since the invasion of Ukraine. 

3. Veterinary training

Two new veterinary schoolsare to be created at the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) and South East Technological University (SETU) after many years of frustration that the veterinary course at University College Dublin …