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Seema Banu with her 11-year-old daughter Asfira Syed and six-year-old son Faizan Syed

Sufi Masood, the cousin of Seema Banu, with Seema's father Abdul Ghaffar and her mother Qurishid-un-nisa

Seema Banu's family speak of grief and disbelief

The coffins bearing the two men were taken by hearse to St Bridget's Cemetery for burial

Cork mourners gather 'to make sense of the senseless'

Schools seen as 'safe' places in more ways than one

Shelves of toys, Christmas gifts and Halloween decorations blocked off in More 4 Less in Swords (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

Frustration for customers over 'non-essential' retail

ASTI teachers voted in favour of action on a number of issues earlier this week

More progress needed to avoid industrial action - ASTI

Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan, speaking at a Covid-19 press briefing this evening (pic: Rollingnews.ie)

Six more Covid deaths, 772 new cases and R 'close to 1'

System associated with Storm Aiden to pass over Ireland

Orange warnings as Storm Aiden to bring strong winds

Minister for Children Roderic O'Gorman

Commission submits mother-and-baby home report

A full harvest moon seen over Old Northumberland in England earlier this month

Rare 'Blue Moon' visible for Halloween

A patient arrives at a ICU for Covid-19 cases, in the San Filippo Neri hospital in Rome, Italy

Italy daily virus cases top 31,000 in new record

Regional

Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich successfully appealed Kerry County Council's decision to refuse permission for a dwelling house in Baile na bPoc in the west Kerry Gaeltacht

Kerry musician granted permission to build home on farm

Ewe looking at me?

Ewe looking at me? All things sheep for Galway

Pallets seized by Mountjoy gardaí as part of Operation Tombola, which aims to tackle fireworks and bonfires around Halloween (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

Dublin sees big increase in illegal bonfires

One of the four firearms seized in Finglas

Four firearms and cocaine seized in Dublin

Aisling Burke hosts Paintclub Live

Paintclub - painting a picture of success online

Four people were arrested over the seizure

4 arrested after cocaine, cash seized in Louth

A study of dolphins in the area began in 1993 (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

'Faint glimmer of hope' that Fungie may be alive

US Election

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People queue to vote at a shopping centre on the first day of in-person voting on 17 October in Las Vegas, Nevada

US Election: What is voter suppression?

US Election 2020

Donald Trump favours large rallies in spite of the coronavirus pandemic

Trump v Biden: Final push in election campaign

US Election 2020

A man waits in line to vote in the Midtown neighbourhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Early ballots take on new significance for US voters

An absolute majority of at least 270 electoral college votes is needed to win the presidency

US Election: What is the Electoral College?

US Election 2020

Donald Trump promised to bring industries like steel and coal back to Pennsylvania

Can Donald Trump win the 'rust belt' once again?

US Election 2020

A swing overlooking a lake in the swing state of Ohio

US Election: What are swing states?

US Election 2020

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, some US states have been looking at alternative methods for voters to cast their ballots

You've Got Mail: A look at the US postal voting system

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The reef is about 6km from the edge of the Great Barrier Reef (file pic)

Huge new healthy coral reef found off Australia

While the costumes might not scare our four legged friends, the sound of fireworks certainly can

Tips to keep your pets safe at Halloween

Send us your spooky Halloween pictures

Ice loss from the west Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets is accelerating

Ice loss to add 0.4C to global temperatures - study

White-winged vampire bats - not socially distancing - in the wild in Colombia

Study finds vampire bats socially distance when sick

Matt Damon: "I know these last months have been brutal but you're incredibly brave to keep going in there to get your treatments and I just want to say I think you guys are amazing keep it up."

Matt Damon shares special message for Temple Street

Katrín Jakobsdóttir was taking part in the interview with the Washington Post when the interview struck

Icelandic PM keeps cool during earthquake interruption

Readers share their alternative Halloween plans

A study has found that only one in four men aged between 45 and 54 meet the World Health Organization's recommended 150 minutes of exercise per week

Campaign to encourage older men to exercise regularly

The featured works aim to capture how people are feeling during the pandemic and to help foster solidarity and build resilience

Digital gallery launched as arts move online

Two weeks of spiralling protests in Nigeria

The draft text lists "steak", "sausage", "escalope", "burger" and "hamburger" as examples of banned words

Farmers seeking 'veggieburger' label ban in Europe

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Garda appeal following deaths of mother and two children in Dublin

Garda appeal following deaths of mother and two children in Dublin

France raises security alert after Nice knife attack

80 million Americans cast early presidential ballots

Group of Dublin swimmers bare all for a calendar to raise pollution awareness