MORNING BULLETIN: Cork City retains Local Property Tax rate; Second rock slide hits Yosemite's El Capitan in two days

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MORNING BULLETIN: Cork City retains Local Property Tax rate; Second rock slide hits Yosemite's El Capitan in two days

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IRELAND: The deaths of two Irish people were yesterday being investigated in Dubai.

IRELAND: There has been a double tragedy in Limerick with the deaths of a university student and school teacher in separate incidents.

IRELAND: Residents in Cork City will see no change in their property tax payments next year.

WORLD: A massive new rock fall has hit Yosemite National Park, cracking with a thundering roar off the El Capitan rock formation, injuring one person and sending huge plumes of white dust surging through the valley floor below.

ANALYSIS: Yesterday’s hearing at the Public Accounts Committee should set off alarm bells for anybody interested in policing, writes Michael Clifford.

BUSINESS: Up to 10 more customers of Permanent TSB have lost their homes on top of the 22 already known from the fallout of the tracker mortgage scandal, while KBC Ireland had said it has still not contacted many customers wrongly put on more expensive loans.

SPORT: Promoting today’s National Fitness Day, Philly McMahon yesterday gave a typically frank interview on Dublin’s All-Ireland SFC triumph, criticism of Jim Gavin, and cynicism in Gaelic football

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FEATURES: The charity Irish Heart launches an awareness campaign this weekend to encourage people to check their pulse as a means of detecting irregular heart rate, writes Áilín Quinlan

VIRAL: An Irish comedian has brilliantly skewered the recent Garda breathalyzer scandal in a short video sketch.

SHOWBIZ: Holly Willoughby has admitted being “scared” of her This Morning co-host Phillip Schofield when she first met him years ago.

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