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The Irish Times - News

23 February 2020

• High risk of flooding along river Shannon as rainfall warning issued
  Weather warning expected to lead to flooding threats in several counties
• Sinn Féin to hold public meetings around country to rally support for government efforts
  Meetings aim to rally public support for Sinn Féin’s efforts to get into government
• Gardaí wish to speak to taxi driver after girl dies in Cork car crash
  Investigators believe that taxi driver may have information that can help them
• When the RIC opened fire on a crowd in Ennis during the Clare grain riots
  In 1842, constables were deployed to protect grain stores from a ‘mob’ intent on ‘plunder’
• Viable device left in Armagh residential area could have been ‘devastating’
  Security alert sparked following report of suspicious object in Newtownabbey
• War of Independence files on IRA policing of spies goes on display
  ‘Association with the enemy... cannot be allowed to continue with impunity’
• Lithuanian man given until midnight on Saturday to leave Ireland
  Viktoras Andriejevas faced seven years in jail after pleading guilty to number of offences
• Efforts ongoing to prevent pollution from MV Alta wreck
  Marine contractor is continuing with preparations to airlift off barrels of machine oil