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State of emergency in Baltimore as police clash with protestersBaltimore firefighters fight fires in Baltimore overnight. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard to address the violence. Photograph: Jim Bourg/Reuters
‘In the Coen Brothers’ The Hudsucker Proxy, Tim Robbins plays a guy who works in the mail room of a big corporation. He keeps trying to get the men in suits to look at his great new design idea. When they finally agree to see it, it is a piece of paper with nothing on it except a large O.’ Above, Robbins and Paul Newman in a scene from The Hudsucker Proxy. Photograph: Warner Brothers/Getty ImagesFINTAN O'TOOLEEndless circle of scandals and investigations ends in big fat O
Nepal earthquake: ‘Frustration’ at government’s responseAn Indian woman cries as she waits to take a flight back to her country after at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal April 28th, 2015. Photograph: Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar
Mourners gather to pay respects to Karen Buckley Karen Buckley’s brothers carry her coffin. Photograph: Provision
Spring statement outlines €2bn in tax cuts over three years Minister for Finance Michael Noonan: The new plan assumes more than €600 million will be available for tax concessions in each of the next three years
Judge to oversee conflicts of interest in Siteserv reviewMichael Noonan said to address potential conflicts of interest “I am directing the appointment of retired High Court Judge Mr Justice Iarfhlaith O’Neill (pictured) to monitor any actual or perceived conflicts of interests”. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
More teachers got paid on strike days than were absentGerry Quinn, TUI president, and Philip Irwin, Asti president with teachers at Newpark Comprehensive, Co Dublin, on a picket in January. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times
President berates EU over record on refugee crisis
Only 88 benefitted from mortgage-to-rent schemeThe initiative allows mortgage holders to surrender their homes to a not-for-profit housing association, which then rents it to the original owners
Health insurance Q&A: All about Lifetime Community Rating The deadline for new customers to sign up to avoid the extra payment levy is midnight on Thursday. Photograph: Lynne Cameron/PA Wire
Government Dirt incentive for first-time buyers not a great help
Nick Clegg: ‘Moral obligation’ to talk to largest partyLiberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg at a nursery: ‘I have a moral and, I think, a democratic obligation to listen to and to speak to, if they choose to talk to the Liberal Democrats, the party that has got the greatest mandate first, even if they haven’t won outright.‘ Photograph: Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett
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Punchestown: Russell return may be key to Mallowney success Davy Russell guides Mallowney to victory in the Handicap Steeplechase at Punchestown last year. Mallowney is joint-top rated on 162. Photograph: Inpho
Irish will vote Yes, says likely US president contenderFormer mayor of Baltimore and governor of Maryland Martin O Malley, who is speaking at a number of engagements in Ireland today and tomorrow. Photograph: David Sleator

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