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Wednesday 15 May 2024 Dublin: 18°C
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Rescue workers wheel Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, to a hospital in the town of Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia.

Wednesday 15 May

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Assassination Attempt

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico in life-threatening condition after being shot multiple times

Tents along the Grand Canal in Dublin (file photo)
Grand Canal

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Multi-million Government contract

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