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IRELAND

Jessica Jones (5) with Cartoonette, World Champion Living statue from Portugal who will be taking part in Ireland's biggest free summer festival, Laya Healthcare's City Spectacular Marc O'Sullivan Marc O'Sullivan

• An 18-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Louth teenager Cameron Reilly.
• Disgraced former politician Ivor Callely has been given an eight-month suspended sentence after admitting he “flipped” and repeatedly ransacked a GP’s waiting room in a “bizarre” and “sustained” harassment campaign.
• The controversial drink driving legislation that has been delayed in the Dáil for over a year has passed all stages in the Dáil.
• Former residents and families of residents of the Mother and Baby home in Tuam want a full forensic excavation of the site and DNA analysis, a report has said.
• A judicial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the suicide of a sergeant at a Donegal garda station in 2015 has found mistakes were made and some policies in relation to Gsoc investigations are inadequate.
• New documents reveal how officials questioned if telling those affected by the adoption scandal would “do more harm than good”.
• Gardaí are warning for construction equipment to be secured after a second burglary in Limerick where a vehicle and construction tools were stolen.

INTERNATIONAL

A trapped young footballer is seen in the cave in Chiang Rai, Thailand Xinhua News Agency / PA Images Xinhua News Agency / PA Images / PA Images

#THAILAND: The 12 Thai boys trapped in a cave are not yet ready to make the complex dive out, the commander of the rescue mission said early today, although forecast heavy rains could speed up their extraction attempt.

#CHESHIRE: Police have said the healthcare worker arrested on suspicion of the murder of eight babies at a hospital has been bailed pending further enquiries.

#US: Trump has just begun what is being described as the largest trade war ever with China.

PARTING SHOT 

An advertising campaign for highlighter pens by Stabilo Boss is gaining online traction and widespread praise.

‘Highlight the Remarkable’ aims to highlight women who were influential in a world event and who were overlooked, forgotten about or just written out of history altogether.

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It includes women women who made huge contributions to society but whose work was never acknowledged like Lise Meitner and Rosalind Franklin.

Lise Meitner’s male partner was awarded the Nobel Prize instead of her. The same thing happened to Rosalind Franklin whose research towards understanding the structure of DNA was never acknowledged at the time and only came to light much, much later. [TheDailyEdge]

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