The Briefing - Your Monday morning news catch up

Welcome to your Monday morning briefing. Let us ensure you’re up to speed on what’s happening and are prepared for the day ahead.

BRIEFING TOP STORY

BALIFFS TO CHASE LEINSTER HOUSE BAR TABS 

Private debt collectors are to be employed on an “ongoing basis” to chase up unpaid Dáil bar tabs running into tens of thousands of euro.

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IRISH NEWS

WARNING OVER FLOOD WATER SWIMMING RISK

A senior fire officer who has seen a rise in ‘disaster tourism’ has issued a stark warning about the dangers of swimming in flood waters.

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STUDENT BEAT WORLD CLASS SECURITY TO STEAL FROM VERT

A student managed to bypass a world-class till security system and steal thousands of euro from an animal hospital.

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WORLD NEWS

HAMAS ABDUCT AN ISRAELI SOLDIER

The armed wing of the Palestinian Hamas group claimed it had kidnapped an Israeli soldier last night, prompting celebrations in the streets of Gaza City.

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ROCKFORD FILES GARNER DIES AGED 86

Actor James Garner, best known for his television roles as the wisecracking frontier gambler on Maverick and as an ex-con turned private eye on The Rockford Files, has died at age 86, police said early yesterday.

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SPORT

RORY AIMS TO JOIN LEGENDS BY WINNING GREEN JACKET

Rory McIlroy found a different way to win a Major yesterday as he ground out a two-shot Open victory at Royal Liverpool that gave him the third leg of a career grand slam.

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MEATH'S BURKE BITTEN ON FINGER

Dublin last night refused to comment on Mick O’Dowd’s allegation that one of their players bit Mickey Burke.

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BUSINESS

CORRIB GAS EXPECTED TO FLOW BY MID 2015

The coming on stream of the long delayed €3.4 billion Corrib gas project has moved a step closer with tests confirming that all five Corrib wells are now ready to flow.

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VIEWPOINTS

STEPPING INTO THE UNKNOWN

The Central American crisis is another spanner in the works for the 11m illegal immigrants in the US, including some 55,000 of whom are Irish, hoping for a path to citizenship.

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SHOWBIZ

BEY AND JAY LOOKING FOR A WAY TO SPLIT WITHOUT DIVORCING

Beyonce and Jay Z are planning to split.

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TOP FEATURES

ABOUT TO GET HAMMERED BY THE ENGLISH?

A Wetherspoon’s pub has opened in Dublin as the Brits attempt to take us on at what we do best.

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MOST READ RIGHT NOW ...

JESSICA TAKES BEAUTY CROWN

Looking good is hard work but well worth the effort, says newly crowned Miss Ireland, Jessica Hayes from Douglas, Cork.

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