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WATCH: Trump and Irish PM disagree on what’s best for Ireland under Brexit

Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May and Ireland's President Michael D. Higgins attend the funeral service for murdered journalist Lyra McKee at St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Photo by Brian Lawless/Pool via Reuters

UK and Irish leaders attend funeral of journalist Lyra McKee

McKee's death caused wide shock in Northern Ireland still shaken by tremors from decades of violence known as the "Troubles."…

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August 25, 2018 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Saturday, August 25, Pope Francis acknowledges the Church’s failure to address clergy abuse in his address in Dublin, and scientists study what the world’s oceans looked like before plastic and chemical pollution. Also, looking at potential…

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In Ireland, Pope acknowledges Church’s failure to address abuse

The first papal visit to Ireland in almost 40 years was marked by protests over the sexual abuse of children by clergy. In his address to the deeply Catholic country, Pope Francis acknowledged that Church authorities failed to “adequately address…

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U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ireland's Prime Minister, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1D6C23A9B0

WATCH: Trump delivers remarks at annual shamrock ceremony

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar will participate in the Shamrock Bowl ceremony, in which he presents Trump with a bowl of Ireland's famous greens. Watch live here.

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