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IRELAND

Leo Varadkar announced today that JobBridge is to be scrapped Sasko Lazarov Sasko Lazarov

• Controversial internship scheme JobBridge is to be officially scrapped.
• Former minister Pat Carey is to sue the gardaí and others over an allegations leak last November.
• Rory McIlroy won his first ever Irish Open.
• There has been a surge in the number of young people coming out as gay since Ireland’s same-sex marriage referendum.
• Dublin City Council has paid out more than €18 million on consultants since 2013.
• The introduction of a European ruling “could close Mondello Park” according to an Irish MEP.
• A 16-year-old boy has been arrested following the murder of a man in Derry.
• Dublin Fire Brigade had a busy day of it chasing traffic accidents around Dublin.
• An Irish documentary about fishing and oil is making people angry.
• The average waiting time to process a carer’s allowance claim in Ireland is 21 weeks.
• One lucky Lotto winner woke up this morning €5.5 million richer.

WORLD

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#EGYPTAIR: Leaked flight data has shed light on the chaotic final moments of the doomed Egyptian jetliner MS804.

#MEGADETH: The influential trash-metal group’s former drummer Nick Menza has died onstage.

#JAPAN: Pop star Mayu Tomita remains in critical condition after being stabbed repeatedly by a fan in a frenzied attack.

INNOVATION

• Apple is to ditch an update that has been killing people’s iPads. [Business Insider]
• Introducing: the lifesaving ‘band aid’ for cracked smartphones [Engadget]

PARTING SHOT

Spare a thought for poor David Cameron. All he wanted was to try to convince the British public that a Brexit is a bad idea. Cue savage mockery.

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Still though. How much is a pint of milk then David?

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