MORNING BULLETIN: Nationwide hosepipe ban in force as drought continues; Former Thai Navy Seal diver dies in cave rescue effort

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IRELAND: A nationwide hosepipe ban comes into force this morning. Irish Water says supplies remain dangerously low and it could take months for levels in rivers and lakes to return to normal.

IRELAND: Regularly switching energy providers could save consumers more than €1,400 over a four-year period.

IRELAND: An 18-year-old man is due to appear in court this morning in connection with the murder of Cameron Reilly in County Louth.

WORLD: A Thai navy diver working as part of the effort to rescue a dozen boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded cave has died from a lack of oxygen.

BUSINESS: A leading mortgage broker welcomed a Central Bank move that forces lenders to put aside more capital, but warned it could also herald more stringent mortgage lending controls, making it even tougher for first-time borrowers to buy a home.

SPORT: Kieran Trippier rejected suggestions that England have resorted to dark arts at the World Cup, saying their streetwise approach is nothing different to what opponents have had to deal with for years.

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SHOWBIZ: Chrissy Teigen called US president Donald Trump a “dipshit” after he mocked the #MeToo movement and offered to give a rival politician a DNA test while ridiculing her claims of Native American ancestry.

FEATURE: New Yorker Phil Rosenthal presents a travel show with a difference on Netflix, ‘Somebody Feed Phil’. He’s just filmed an episode here.

VIRAL: Crows are mysterious creatures, but it appears they lose some of their intrigue when they adopt a northern UK accent. North Yorkshire, to be exact.