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NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.
IRELAND
- 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
#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.
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PARTING SHOT
These 22 gorgeous Instagrams prove you just can’t beat Ireland in the autumn.

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