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IRELAND

Floral headpiece designed by Irish milliner Carol Kennelly inspired by the Dundrum Garden of Pure Imagination in the Dundrum Town Centre . Leon Farrell Leon Farrell

• Three men have been arrested after a 25-year-old man died following a stabbing incident in Co Clare early this morning.
• The body of a man with multiple stab wounds that was discovered in a ditch in north Dublin on Friday has been identified as Michal Kurek.
• The company installing Irish Water meters has racked up multimillion-euro profits.
• Speed tunnels in the Dublin Port Tunnel are catching an average of 250 drivers per month breaking the speed limit.
• Gardaí have appealed for witnesses after a man in his 20s was killed in a car crash in Co Mayo
• A man (45) has been arrested after the death of another 45-year-old man in Armagh this afternoon.
• Ireland’s approach to targeting and legislating for specific dog breeds has no scientific basis and may be making the situation here worse, a new study has claimed.
• Over €70,000 has been raised for an Irish student who is in a very serious condition after suffering from cardiac arrest while swimming in Maryland in the US this week.

INTERNATIONAL 

Russia's President Vladimir Putin Alexei Nikolsky Alexei Nikolsky

#UK: The search is continuing for two missing men after a boat sank in the English Channel, another man was rescued and one body has been recovered.

#FRANCE: A man carrying a knife has been arrested after he tried to force his way into the Eiffel Tower.

#RUSSIA: Vladimir Putin has attempted to cultivate a strongman persona with holiday adventure snaps shown on Russian TV.

#SPAIN: Jeremy Clarkson has been admitted to a Spanish hospital with pneumonia.

PARTING SHOT 

Yesterday Tyrone and Armagh faced off in the gaelic football quarter-final in Croke Park.
The highly anticipated Ulster derby ended with Tyrone throttling Armagh 3-17 to 0-8.

Earlier in the day, the owner of The Barber Shop in Omagh stuck up a sign outside to inform customers that he would be closing early to visit the pub and watch the match.

The Barber Shop The Barber Shop

Despite the inconvenience, he wasn’t making any apologies for it. [TheDailyEdge]

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