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• Mary Robinson warns hard border may disrupt peace process in NI
  Taoiseach earlier warned of return to voilence possible post-Brexit if custom posts erected
• DUP accused of dragging unionism ‘into the gutter’
  UUP chief says Northern politics ‘deeply broken’ with no return of devolution in sight
• Europe, Japan send spacecraft on treacherous trip to Mercury
  BepiColombo mission to examine closest planet to sun where temperatures pass 400 degrees
• ‘King of Tory Island’ Patsy Dan Rodgers dies aged 74
  Musician and painter embraced island life after being adopted from Dublin aged four
• Is Boston Police’s soft approach the answer to the Garda’s problems?
  Former commissioner of Boston Police emphasises need to humanise the force
• Seals and struggle: the changing fortunes of Ireland’s offshore islands
  It’s feared that the western islands could come to be peopled only in brighter months
• Eye on Nature: Your notes and queries for Ethna Viney
  A burying beetle, a poisonous thorn apple, and firebrats, which are relatives of silverfish
• Concession Road: Where the Border fuels business
  For just 6km, the road from Castleblayney to Dundalk dips into Northern Ireland