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IRELAND

Sasko Lazarov Performers rehearsing for 'Butterflies and Bones', a dance performance from the Casement Project. Sasko Lazarov

• Disgraced former cyclist Lance Armstrong has pulled out of his speaking engagement at Dublin’s RDS tomorrow due to “legal reasons”.
• Nine months after an inquiry was to be set up into allegations of abuse involving a woman with intellectual disabilities at a foster home in the south east - there is still no inquiry.
• The family of the late Anthony Foley has urged mourners to turn out early to say goodbye to the Munster icon tomorrow.
• A woman in her 70s has been killed by cattle on a farm in Derry.
• Almost one in every four Irish adults smokes – and the numbers aren’t falling.
• The average cost of a funeral is €4,062 but costs vary greatly in different parts of the country, this is how much funerals cost in different parts of Ireland.
• Radio presenter Chris Barry spoke about dodging a heart attack three hours before boarding a plane thanks to his quick-thinking doctor.
• A lucky Cork family has scooped €500,000 in the Euromillions draw

INTERNATIONAL 

Richard Drew Karena Virginia has accused Donald Trump of inappropriate sexual conduct. Richard Drew

#US: After refusing to say if he would respect a Hillary Clinton victory in November, Donald Trump now says he will accept if he wins.

#UK: Britain is to pardon thousands of people convicted of homosexuality

#SWEDEN: Charity criticises Facebook after it deemed a breast cancer awareness video “offensive”.

INNOVATION 

• We’ve just been given a little look at Nintendo’s brand new console.
• Here’s how a Dublin server sparked Microsoft’s three-year row with the US.

PARTING SHOT 

These 22 gorgeous Instagrams prove you just can’t beat Ireland in the autumn.

[DailyEdge.ie]

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