LUNCHTIME BULLETIN: Gardaí find €80k of drugs in search for missing Trevor Deely; Kim Jong Un fires back at Trump

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IRELAND: Community National Schools will no longer hold communion preparation classes during the school day.

IRELAND: Up to €80,000 worth of drugs has been found at the Trevor Deely search site in Chapelizod in Dublin.

IRELAND: Senior gardaí say the falsifying of breath tests was unacceptable at all levels within the force.

WORLD: North Korea's riposte to Donald Trump had many native English speakers reaching for their dictionaries.

WORLD: Hundreds of pro-independence supporters in Catalonia are protesting outside a court to demand the release of regional officials arrested in a crackdown by Spanish authorities over a planned secession referendum.

BUSINESS: Results from the Quarterly National Household Survey for Q2 2017 show employment figures have increased while the number of people out of work fell since the same period last year.

SPORT: Ronan O'Gara today writes an obituary to Pat Geraghty, Ex-Munster and Leinster Rugby media official. "Geraghty had the trust of the entire Munster dressing room".

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ARTS: Culture Night takes place today, with a feast of free offerings all over the country. Ellie O’Byrne selects some of the highlights.

SHOWBIZ: You still have a chance to apply to take part in this year's Late Late Toy Show. The deadline to get applications in to be part of the cast has been extended by another seven days.

FEATURE: Health guru James Duigan preaches simplicity when it comes to turning your life around.