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Australian circus legends Company 2 show off ahead of their appearance at Dublin Fringe 2015. Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

IRELAND

• Sinn Féin’s northern chairman was arrested in connection with the murder of Kevin McGuigan.
• Thousands of Junior Cert students received their results…
• … including a 15-year-old boy who was sleeping rough.
• The DUP has threatened to resign from Stormont if the Assembly isn’t suspended. [RTÉ News]
• A man died after his motorcycle hit a wall in Waterford.
• Berkeley survivor Aoife Beary returned home as investigators announced new tests on the collapsed balcony.
• Doctors were told they could administer lifesaving treatment to a girl refusing food and fluids.
• RTÉ broke even for the second year running.
• Kerry is getting a new mosque, but with one condition attached.
• The closure of Dublin department store Boyers was announced.
• It was proposed to stop vaccinating children against tuberculosis.

WORLD

People rest on their way at the border line between Serbia and Hungary near Roszke. Matthias Schrader / AP/Press Association Images Matthias Schrader / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

#MIGRANT CRISIS: The official plans for how Europe will deal with the refugee and migrant crisis were unveiled.

#SYRIA: Russia has said there is a “strange hysteria” over its actions in Syria. [The Guardian]

#HUNGARY: A journalist caught on video tripping a migrant was fired.

#UNITED STATES: A British Airways plane caught fire in Las Vegas.

#UNITED KINGDOM: Queen Elizabeth became the longest-reigning monarch. [BBC News]

INNOVATION

• Apple announced two new iPhones, a revamped Apple TV, and a giant iPad.
• WhatsApp released an urgent update.
• China announced plans to land a probe on the dark side of the moon. [IBT]

PARTING SHOT

Public holidays can be a little bit boring, as one group of friends on Monday during Labour Day in the United States. So they drove a flaming van into a lake. As you do. [Mashable]

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