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IRELAND

Mare Kelly and Helen Fox enjoying the sun on Portmarnock beach earlier today RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• Many famous Dublin Bus routes could be scrapped as part of a ‘radical’ new plan by the NTA.
• 999 operators have secured a long sought-after pay increase.
• It’s best not to drink tea or coffee during the current spell of fine weather, says the HSE.
• An arrest has been made after the body of a man in his 60s was found at a house in Cork.
• A 17-year-old boy is in serious condition after an altercation at a Dublin house.
• The funeral of tragic Jastine Valdez took place in the Philippines.
• A man was jailed for five years for rape after being tracked down selling a phone on DoneDeal.
• A cyclist was knocked down in Dublin city centre.
• A drought warning is in place across Ireland until Friday.

WORLD

Thai rescuers walk inside the cave complex where 12 missing boys and their soccer coach were discovered safe earlier today Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center

#SAFE: A Thai football team that had been missing for nine days in a cave has been found ‘safe’.

#IDAHO: Nine people were stabbed t a three-year-old’s birthday party in the US state.

#BAY CITY ROLLERS: The Scottish group’s bass player and co-founder Alan Longmuir has died.

PARTING SHOT

Dublin Bus have made a truly heartwarming video about ‘proud dads’ from this year’s Pride.

I’m not crying, you’re crying.

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