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IRELAND
International arrest warrants have been issued for a string of executives of the sports hospitality firm embroiled in the Irish Olympic ticket touting scandal after Brazilian police dramatically claimed the crisis stretches back a decade.
Age Action says it is difficult to see how the Fair Deal scheme can be extended to include home care.
A major search operation is underway in West Cork for a missing fisherman. The alarm was raised at 7.30pm yesterday evening when the man in his 60s failed to return to port in Schull from a fishing trip.
A motorcyclist has died in Co Meath after his bike collided with a cow. The man was killed on the Navan to Athboy Road at around 10pm last night.
A pregnant mother of six is ‘couch-surfing’ with two of her children after being evicted from her own mother’s home in Limerick.
Talks aimed at averting a national rail strike get underway today. Siptu and the National Bus and Rail Union are attending discussions with Irish Rail at the Workplace Relations Commission.
Students are being warned to always look for standards when buying electrical goods - particularly the CE Mark symbol.
WORLD
Police arrested and charged a man with murder over the fatal shootings of an imam and his friend as they left a New York City mosque over the weekend.
RIO OLYMPICS
Torrential rain caused delays and confusion to the evening athletics programme at the Rio Olympics yesterday.
The reign of Queen Katie is over. The crown she has occupied for a dozen years, shaken twice by defeats this year, was finally toppled by a Finnish mother of two fed up with always losing to her.
Sports Minister Shane Ross has called on senior International Olympic Committee members to intervene in Ireland’s black market ticket scandal after hitting a “brick wall” in his attempts to get answers from officials in this country.
SPORT
Kevin O’Donovan’s blueprint for change is expected to be discussed at this evening’s meeting of the Cork County Board.
Pádraic Maher has fired the first shots ahead of next month’s All-Ireland hurling final by claiming Tipperary will not and have never feared Kilkenny.
BUSINESS
An Irish company is aiming to eliminate a $10bn (€8.93bn) problem in aquaculture and remove harmful antibiotics from the food chain with its pioneering vaccination technology.
Speculators are the most bearish on the pound since records began as they await data that will give the clearest picture yet of the effects of Britain’s decision to leave the EU.
ANALYSIS
While thousands of Leaving Cert students will be celebrating their results this week, many of those who wish to go on to third-level education face an overcrowded housing market, reports
LIFESTYLE
Lighting, heating and entertainment systems are just the start of it as shows how to connect up your home to ‘the internet of things’.
VIRAL
A bus driver in Yulin, China is been praised for his fast actions during a heavy flood, last Saturday.
Whether you like your rum light, dark, spiced or on fire, get planning your next alcoholic adventure around these wonderful watering holes.
TECHNOW
: If you cheat a Pokemon Go, you could get banned for life.
: Lights Out is in Irish cinemas this week, and the word is that it's absolutely terrifying.
: It sounds like we're just a few short weeks away from the full reveal of the next suite of iPhones from Apple, and that's going to kick off a sales storm some time in September.
SHOWBIZ
America’s National Football League (NFL) has denied Adele was given a “formal offer” to perform at the Super Bowl after she claimed she turned down the chance to sing at the event.
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Prices are up 50% in Dublin since 2010 because the system is flawed, says
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