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IRELAND

• Commuters faced further disruption in today’s bus strike. 
• Newly qualified teachers will now starton €31,800 a year
• A motorcyclist in Wexford was killed in a collision with two cars
• Three Dublin men were charged with membership of the IRA
• Police in Tyrone are searching farmland near the area a missing girl was last seen in 1994
• A European study found Ireland is the most welcoming country for Syrian refugees
• Designer puppies were rescued from a horsebox and van at Dublin Port.

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WORLD

#NEW YORK: A police officer from Dublin was attacked with a meat cleaver, suffering a serious facial injury.

#BIRTHER MOVEMENT: Donald Trump finally admitted Barack Obama was born in the US.

#OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM: The UK apologised for the drowning of an Iraqi boy who was forced into a canal by British soldiers.

#BEN NEEDHAM: The missing toddler’s mother has been told her son may have been killed in a Greek digger accident.

#ITALY: A woman died by suicide after a video of her having sex went viral.

INNOVATION

• Google Street View kindly protected this cow’s identity.
• Apple fans queued for days to get their hands on the new iPhone 7.

PARTING SHOT

In its latest podcast, The Guardian looks at how Turkey’s ruler became more popular than ever.

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