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1. #TICKETS Minister Shane Ross has asked for access to the Olympic Council of Ireland’s commercial contracts with official ticket vendors over the recent ticket sale issues, says the Sunday Independent. Authorised Irish ticket reseller Pro 10 Sports Management wants an apology from the Rio Olympic Games organisers for seizing its tickets, says RTÉ.
2. #FOUND Five boys who absconded from the Oberstown detention centre have all been apprehended. They escaped yesterday evening and were said to have been armed with bats and golf clubs.
3. #NEW YORK An imam and his assistant have been gunned down near a mosque in New York. The incident happened just before 2pm local time yesterday.
4. #BACK HOME Convicted drug smuggler Michaella McCollum has arrived back in Ireland after flying from Peru on Friday. She was released on parole in March.
5. #FIRST 100 DAYS The Irish government made a raft of promises in its Programme for Government – but how much of them has it delivered? We take a look.
6. #RACISM Great British Bake-Off winner Nadiya Hussain has said she has suffered racist abuse, and has been “pushed and jabbed”.
7. #BREXIT Secret documents show that there were government fears that Brexit could deliver a negative shock to the construction sector in Ireland, according to the Sunday Business Post.
8. #PHILIPPINES Protests have been taking place in Manila over plans to honour the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos with a state burial. One protester said the country would be “the laughing-stock of the entire planet”.
9. #MINIMUM WAGE Plans for the minimum wage increase might be in jeopardy, according to Freedom of Information documents printed in today’s Sunday Times. It details correspondence between Minister Mary Mitchell O’COnnor and the Low Pay Commission on the issue.
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