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IRELAND

Dylan McCarthy and Conor Curtis, both from Clane in County Kildare, take advantage of the Grand Canal at Digby's Bridge, to cool off in what may be the hottest day of the year yet Eamonn Farrell Eamonn Farrell

• Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he will not rescind US President Donald Trump’s invitation to visit Ireland.
• A 13-year-old girl has been airlifted to hospital after she got into difficulty while swimming this evening.
• The abortion committee met for the first time and elected Senator Catherine Noone as chairperson.
• After the arrest of an Irishman in Boston on alleged immigration offences, Irish citizens living in the States are becoming increasingly concerned.
• The Jobstown trial has heard that gardaí made “unwise and inappropriate” decisions at a water charges protest during which the former Tánaiste Joan Burton was allegedly falsely imprisoned.
• Airbnb is being criticised for its ‘adverse effect’ on the rental market in Dublin.
• Every week, the average Irish household spends €845. Here’s where the money goes.
• The green light has been given for the demolition of both Apollo House and Hawkins House as part of a new €50 million development for Dublin city centre.
• Tributes are being paid to an 18-year-old Limerick man who died during his Leaving Cert exams.
• Tributes are also being paid to a ‘much loved’ school principal who was killed while cycling following a collision with car yesterday morning.

INTERNATIONAL 

Philip Toscano-Heighton Philip Toscano-Heighton

#REACTION: UK Prime Minister Theresa May has apologised for the official State response to the Grenfell Tower fire believed to have killed 79 people, saying it was “just not good enough”.

#GARE CENTRALE: Belgian security forces have identified a man who set off an explosion at a Brussels train station before he was shot and killed.

#DUP: A letter DUP leader Arlene Foster wrote to the Scottish government asking that gay couples from Northern Ireland not be allowed to convert their civil partnerships into same-sex marriages in Scotland has been released.

PARTING SHOT

Justin Bieber is in Ireland for his gig in the RDS tonight. A huge crowd flocked to Bushy Park yesterday evening when he showed up there to play basketball, before that he sampled the finest nachos that Maynooth had to offer.

Right now he’s currently turning the traffic unit of the gardaí to beliebers.

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