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1. #JO COX: A man will appear in court later today charged with the murder of the British Labour MP.

2. #DUBLIN: A backseat passenger in a stolen car recorded a high-speed garda chase on Snapchat, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

3. #FLAG ON THE PLAY: The deadline has passed and Ireland’s €56 million American football game between Boston College and Georgia Tech in September is still unsanctioned.

4. #ISSUE: Martin O’Neill says the pitch could be “a problem” for today’s Ireland-Belgium match, with the surface appearing to be heavily cut up.

5. #BIN CHARGES: Local government minister Simon Coveney has warned waste companies he will not tolerate a hike in bin charges.

6. #OLYMPICS: The world athletics governing body has maintained its doping ban on all Russian athletes in Rio next month.

7. #COURT: A judge has criticised the state for not charging a man with dangerous driving after he was caught speeding at 172 km/hr.

8. #HOSPITAL BOMBING: An Australian doctor has spoken in Dublin of how her colleagues died “painfully, slowly” in the wake of the Kunduz hospital bombing in Afghanistan last year.

9. #SIGNS OF WITHDRAWAL: Provisions for medically-supervised injection centres aren’t included in the proposed new drug laws that were brought to government this week.