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IRELAND

Back in 2013, Ciaran O'Keeffe a daily commuter on the Maynooth line started to notice a gorgeous girl at Coolmine Station, Geraldine McCauley with her earphones on hiding behind the newspaper while travelling into town on the train. Ciaran plucked up the courage to talk to Geraldine leaving the station one evening and Commuter Cupid struck! today Geraldine and Ciaran travelled on the 07.06 hrs rail service from Coolmine to Docklands for the final time before their wedding next week. Geraldine was surprised when she was greeted with bubbly, flowers and was serenaded by tenor Simon Morgan and of course Ciaran.

• The number of attacks on gardaí rose
• Those involved in the Jobstown protest held a press conference
• Berkeley survivor Clodagh Cogley returned to Dublin
• A cancer sufferer spoke about how she might be made homeless
• Gravestones were damaged in a Dublin cemetery
• A fisherman was swept into the sea in Kerry
• Two people were arrested in connection with the murder of an ex-IRA man
• An asylum seeker who got 575 points in her Leaving Cert has been told to accept her college offer

INTERNATIONAL

Migrants on the Greek island of Kos look at a cruise ship brought in to speed up the registration of asylum seekers. Associated Press Associated Press

#NO REGRETS: Greece has approved a third bailout, something Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says he does not regret.

#SINKHOLE: A 40-foot deep sinkhole opened up in Manchester, England.

#KOS: A giant cruise ship has been brought to the Greek island of Kos to speed up the processing of asylum seekers, but they will not be allowed live on the ship.

INNOVATION

• How do you get Chrome running faster? Follow this Q-Tip.
• This laser is 400,000 times more powerful than a laser pointer [Geek]

PARTING SHOT

It’s Amy Schumer, Judd Apatow and Glen Hansard singing The Auld Triangle with a newly-married couple. Standard.

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