Gardaí were alerted to a shooting incident at Assolas near Kanturk, Co Cork, at about 6.30am on Monday, which left Diarmaid O’Sullivan (23, left), his father Tadhg O’Sullivan (59) and another son, Mark (26, right) dead at the family farm. Suspected murder-suicide shooting in Cork leaves father and two sons dead
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Amy Coney Barrett sworn in as member of US supreme court Supreme Court justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks during her swearing-in ceremony at the White House in Washington, on Monday. Photograph: Oliver Contreras/The New York Times
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