A Buddhist hall in western Japan known for housing an “eternal flame” burning for more than 1,000 years has been destroyed in a fire. The Reikado Hall on Miyajima Island, part of the Daishoin Temple, was engulfed in flames before being extinguished the following day. #VMNews

There are growing concerns over safety in Dublin city centre after a man died following an assault near Grafton Street in the early hours of yesterday morning. Gardaí are also continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding a separate fatal incident in Islandbridge at the weekend. #VMNews

Gorse fires around Bray Head in Co Wicklow are continuing to smoulder and reignite following a large fire on the summit yesterday. Fire crews are attending the scene as damping down operations continue. The public is being advised to avoid the area and not put themselves in danger. More on #VMNews

New figures from An Garda Síochána show a 10% increase in domestic violence incidents, with almost 18,000 reports made so far this year. The figures were released at the launch of 'Go Purple Day', where Gardaí warned many victims are living in fear and isolation within their own homes. #VMNews

Holidaymakers travelling through Dublin Airport this summer are set for faster queues, with new eGates now allowing passengers from the EU, UK and Switzerland to clear immigration electronically. #VMNews

Children are waiting an average of 27 months for an autism assessment in Ireland - despite the legal target being six. A new national protocol promises a faster, standardised system, but families warn diagnoses mean little without school places and therapies to match. #VMNews

Alarm is growing over an Ebola outbreak in Central Africa after the World Health Organization declared an “emergency of international concern”. Reports say a number of American citizens have been exposed, with suspected cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo & Uganda. #VMNews

A live frog has been found sealed inside a bag of lettuce bought at a Woolworths supermarket in the remote Western Australian town of Esperance. The roomates who discovered the small green frog released him near a local dam “with his little snack of lettuce." #VMNews

The Media Minister says there can be no further “drip, drip, drip” of disclosures about financial affairs at RTÉ, calling for “total disclosure” ahead of a meeting with the broadcaster’s director general and an Oireachtas appearance tomorrow. #VMNews

🗣️ “We all know the parts of Ireland where those one-off houses have defaced the landscape,” says John Lee of the Irish Daily Mail. He was reacting to plans to make it easier to build one-off rural homes. #TonightVMTV 📺 Watch the full discussion on our YouTube Channel.

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The numbers don’t lie. Americans feel the pain of Trump’s horrible economy. Instead of helping families keep up with rising costs, he’s dragging the country into billion-dollar wars of choice overseas.

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Cutting health insurance for 300,000 Americans to fund a 200 billion dollar war in Iran is a moral failure. This budget is a ransom note written in the public’s blood. People over profits. #FundHealthcareNotWar

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