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1. #COURT: Irishman Kevin Mallon will appear before a Brazilian court today in connection with allegations of ticket touting at the Olympic games in Rio.

2. #BOMB: There were no casualties this morning in Brussels after an explosion at a crime laboratory in the city.

3. #LAX: Reports of a gunman opening fire that turned out to be false caused panicked evacuations at Los Angeles International Airport.

4. #BACK TO SCHOOL: Nine new Educate Together schools are opening this week, four primary schools and five secondary schools.

5. #DERRYBEG: A small community in the heart of the Donegal Gaeltacht is attempting to claim a former AIB bank building to use for local facilities.

6. #CARRICK-ON-SHANNON: More than 150 new jobs are on the way at Leitrim-based medical devices company Vistamed.

7. #FAMILY COURT: A child in foster care has “serious anxiety” and worries about his mother’s welfare, the family court heard.

8. #WELCOME HOME: Irish Olympic silver medallists Paul and Gary O’Donovan will be given a homecoming in their native Skibbereen today.

9. #SUNSHINE: The weather forecast for the last days of August is very nice indeed.

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