LUNCHTIME BULLETIN: Fine Gael shies away from water charge refunds

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IRELAND: Fine Gael has not committed to a system of refunds in a draft report from the Oireachtas water committee.

IRELAND: A prominent journalist has pleaded guilty to six sexual offences against a girl under the age of 17

IRELAND: Elderly and vulnerable people whose homes are in poor condition can get a “new deep retrofit” free of charge to improve them.

WORLD: British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing a second Brexit defeat in the House of Lords today.

WORLD: The chairman of the US Senate Armed Services Committee has said President Donald Trump needs to give more information to the American people and Congress about his wiretapping accusations against predecessor Barack Obama.

BUSINESS: University College Cork president Patrick O’Shea used the inaugural Cork University Business School conference to announce plans to build a business school in Cork City centre that will be one of the biggest in the country.

SPORT: We asked Michael Moynihan to write about the crisis in Cork GAA. When he calmed down he pointed out that he’s already done so. Quite a few times, actually, but he said he’d give it another go.

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FEATURES: Bill Linanne meets Louise McGuane who has given up the world of multinationals to start her own whiskey bonding company.

VIRAL: Tanya Hennessy is coming for you, difficult make-up tutorials.

SHOWBIZ: La La Land will be hitting the Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin on September 28, 2017.