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IRELAND

Iconic Offices Coworking Community embraces 'Bring Your Dog To Work Day' as part of a new campaign by Dogs Trust to make Ireland more dog-friendly. Bríd O'Donovan Bríd O'Donovan

• The State sold around 28.75% of its shares in AIB for €3.4 billion
• A taxi passenger was killed and a driver injured following a collision in Dublin
• A judge accused RTE’s Joe Duffy “and all the great panjandrums of the media” of attacking the courts for not sentencing people
• Crowds gathered outside Waterford University Hospital this evening, demanding a cath lab for the region after the death of a 40-year-old man
• A man in his 30s was arrested last night following a standoff with armed officers outside a house in Finglas, north Dublin
• A former commander with the Loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force pleaded guilty to 200 serious offences, including five murders
• The Port Tunnel‘s new speed cameras are catching an average of 50 speeding vehicles a day, according to gardaí.

The comments have been closed as one of the stories relates to an ongoing case.

WORLD

Members of the London Fire Brigade pay their respects to the community and their colleagues around the now burnt out shell of the Grenfell Tower. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

#LONDON: The Grenfell Tower fire was started by a faulty fridge-freezer, it was revealed, and another London tower block was evacuated due to fire safety concerns.

#OTTO WARMBIER: North Korea said it is the “biggest victim” in the death of an American student was detained for over a year there and died days after being released.

#BILL COSBY: The actor is planning “town hall” meetings to talk to people about his experiences with the US courts, a week after his sex assault trial ended with a hung jury.

#LINCOLN: Johnny Depp has sparked controversy with a joke about assassinating US President Donald Trump, despite saying he wasn’t “insinuating anything”.

PARTING SHOT

The Curse or ‘Klątwa’ is a Polish play which examines the relationship between their State and Catholic Church -and it’s been under investigation since it premiered, the Guardian reports.

The producers of the play, which is extremely popular and has been sold out since February, are being investigated by state prosecutors over allegations they are inciting the audience to murder.

But Croatian director Oliver Frljić said the state-led backlash has simply proved The Curse’s point: “It is not just what’s going on on stage, it’s what happens in a broader social context.

It would be great if the protesters could understand that they too are part of this performance.

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