BULLETIN: Olding insists he told the truth to police; Government approves referendum bill on 8th Amendment

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BULLETIN: Olding insists he told the truth to police; Government approves referendum bill on 8th Amendment

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IRELAND: Ulster and Irish rugby player Stuart Olding has insisted he told the truth when police questioned him about rape allegations.

IRELAND: The government has signed off on the referendum bill to allow a vote on the 8th Amendment.

IRELAND: The husband of missing woman Tina Satchwell has said that his wife was suffering from undiagnosed depression when she disappeared.

IRELAND: Justin McAleese, the son of former President Mary McAleese, has said he thinks people will find it hard to stomach that she was "silenced and banned" from speaking at a conference about women in the Vatican.

VIEWS: On International Women's Day, we must not forget that in the world’s poorest communities, poverty, hunger, domestic violence, and discrimination remain endemic obstacles to gender parity, says Bobbi Gray.

WORLD: An easyJet flight was struck by lightning as it flew from Edinburgh to London Stansted.

SPORT: Seamus Coleman has been chosen for the Republic of Ireland squad for the first time since he broke his leg in a World Cup qualifier against Wales last year.

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VIRAL: On International Women’s Day, Laura Bates, founder of Everyday Sexism, talks about how to respond to sexual harassment.

SHOWBIZ: The Cranberries have announced they are going to finish re-making their debut album, following the death of Dolores O'Riordan.

LIFESTYLE: As we celebrate International Women’s Day, the suffrage newspaper the ‘Irish Citizen’ still holds many lessons today, writes Professor Louise Ryan.

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