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IRELAND
Sports Minister has said he is stunned by the Olympic Council of Ireland's (OCI) refusal to answer questions about the alleged illegal sale of tickets for the Rio games.
The Government's housing agency is to start buying homes to use for social housing. Around 1,000 private properties will be assessed for suitability over the next two years.
Siptu is warning that industrial action at Dublin bus could take place within the next two weeks.
A Cork man who was trolled and abused online because of his weight is now being inundated by people wanting to know how he turned his life around and lost eight stone.
WORLD
Catholic pilgrims from around the world, many sick or disabled, converged on a shrine in the French town of Lourdes on Monday under exceptional security following recent extremist attacks.
A South African woman who kidnapped a newborn baby nearly two decades ago from a hospital and raised the girl as her own has been sentenced to 10 years in jail.
RIO OLYMPICS
Here's a full recap on how Team Ireland got on on Day 9 of the Rio Olympic Games.
It’s a huge day for the women on Team Ireland, with four of them in contention for medals this afternoon. Boxing, dressage, sailing and athletics are the potential medal events - and there is also diving and badminton later on tonight.
Irish boxing coach John Conlan last night criticised boxer Michael O’Reilly for “embarrassing” and bringing “a terrible thing” to Irish boxing.
Last Friday, Joseph Schooling, 21, from Singapore, won Olympic gold in the 100m butterfly event, beating Michael Phelps himself. University of Texas student, Sabryna Salazar, was watching the race and the name Joseph Schooling rang a bell. Sabrina had matched with him on the dating app back in April and after a brief conversation, ignored him.
SPORT
The football world has been shocked this morning by the tragic death of former striker Dalian Atkinson. The 48-year-old, who made 85 appearances in four seasons with Aston Villa, was Tasered by UK police in the early hours of the morning.
BUSINESS
UK employers are more cautious about hiring new staff following the vote to the leave EU, a survey suggests.
The number of high street shoppers in the North increased by 0.5% last month, retailers said. This was the second time in three months footfall has risen and reversed a year-long trend of falling numbers.
LIFESTYLE
The 25th anniversary of Nirvana’s famous gig in Cork provides the perfect excuse to remember the city’s vibrant youth culture in that era, writes Des O’Driscoll
ANALYSIS
With a decreasing number of white, lesser-educated and older voters, the US’s Republican Party could pay a long-term price for the candidacy of Donald Trump, argues
A study from Brunel University in London shows what you post on social media correlates with your personality traits.
VIRAL
Health and wellness is so “cool” right now, that sometimes we feel like it’s gone too far. Spending hundreds of pounds for a week’s membership at a deluxe gym? Ludicrous. Eating only raw foods? Outrageous. We’re all for being fit and healthy, but let’s not take the mickey. We’ve picked out the top six health trends that we can’t bring ourselves to get on board with. Sometimes you just can’t believe the hype.
A bus driver in Yulin, China is been praised for his fast actions during a heavy flood, last Saturday.
TECHNOW
: No Man's Sky is out on PC, which means that it just got a whole lot easier to dive into the game files and reveal plenty of other previously hidden details.
: Suicide Squad had a pretty interesting time getting to the big screen and arrived amid a hail of negative reviews, but it seems audiences are flocking to the DC supervillain mashup.
: Facebook is eager to increase its ad revenue on desktop, but determined ad blockers stand in the way. Adblock Plus unveiled a workaround to counter Facebook's new ads and its plans to restrict software that blocks ads.
SHOWBIZ
Convicted drug smuggler Michaella McCollum enjoyed a welcome home party this weekend – and people aren’t too happy about it. The high-profile drug mule landed back in Dublin on Saturday after finally travelling home from Lima, Peru, where she was on parole after serving half of her sentence in prison.
Dara O’Briain has admitted he won’t be forcing his children to identify as Irish. The Robot Wars host explained that while they have Irish blood his children are British through and through.
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THOUGH Government and local authorities had been aware of the knotweed problem for years, they ignored it until quite recently. That’s the view of Liam Flynn, who has been fighting knotweed for years, and who has seen it spread massively in the last three to four years.
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