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IRELAND

• Dublin Bus said services will end at 9pm tomorrow.
• Gardaí appealed for information about the murder of Philip Finnegan.
• Pat Hickey will invoke his right to silence in his interview with Rio police
• A female cyclist died in a road collision in Dublin
• A champion Irish rower is in critical condition after a freak fall at the World University Championships
• A four-year-old girl in Dublin has had to undergo tests after being pricked by a used syringe
• Water protester Derek Byrne was fined €300 for calling President Higgins a ‘midget parasite’
• There were criticisms of a decision to pull funding for cycling projects in Dublin.
• The Artane Band said it won’t be changing its name.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a town hall in VirginiaSource: Evan Vucci/PA

WORLD

#THE RACE: Hillary Clinton is leading in some traditionally Republican strongholds according to the latest poll.

#JIHADISTS: A radical UK cleric was jailed for encouraging support of Islamic State terrorists.

#LONDON: Black Lives matter protesters were arrested after locking themselves together on a runway.

#PARIS: The city's first refugee camp will open next month.

#AUSTRALIA: A kitesurfer died after being attacked by a shark.

INNOVATION

• Samsungis taking steps to solve its exploding battery issue, a day before Apple's big event
• An asteroid has been named after Freddie Mercury to mark what would have been his 70th birthday. [NY Times]

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