MORNING BULLETIN: First-time buyers need €50k deposit; Student passes away after swimming accident in US

Catch up on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com this morning.

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IRELAND: Police in County Armagh have launched a murder inquiryollowing the death of a 45-year-old man at a property in Lurgan.

IRELAND: Gardaí are appealing for information following the murder of a 32-year-old man in a suspected knife attack in Dublin last week.

IRELAND: Motorists are being reminded that they may be over the legal limit  this morning if they have been drinking last night.

IRELAND: The average first-time buyer now has a deposit of almost €50,000.

WORLD: Renowned former war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte is resigning from the UN's Syria panel, saying in five years it has had no success at all.

BUSINESS: The recent release of new economic growth measures has again prompted a debate on regional — from which we can generally read urban versus rural — development in Ireland.

SPORT: We’ll get to the game itself, a claustrophobic grapple to put you in mind of a crocodile trying to drown a water buffalo, but there’s only one starting point for discussing yesterday’sAll-Ireland SHC semi-final writes  Michael Moynihan.

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FEATURES: Stand-up seemed a great way to spend an evening but it wasn’t quite as easy as Roisin Burke thought it was going to be

SHOWBIZ: Chris Pratt and Anna Faris have announced they are separating after eight years of marriage.

VIRAL: While vegan and vegetarian food is definitely becoming more widely available in a lot of places, in some  asking for a plate of food without any meat is still a bit alien.