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IRELAND

Ireland's largest Anime Event Eirtakon, launches into its 12th year. Sasko Lazarov Sasko Lazarov

• Five people were found in a shipping container in Wexford on Sunday night.
• Anthony Foley will be laid to rest in Killaloe on Friday morning.
• It’s going to cost €123 million to keep Irish Water afloat due to water charges shortfall.
• JobBridge is closing to new applicants from Friday and is set to be replaced with a new programme
• Some 46 cars and significant amounts of cash, jewellery and watches were seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) in Dublin this morning.
• A Dublin teenager who took part in the “terrifying” assault of a boy who was stabbed a number of times has avoided jail.
• With most gardaí on strike for four days next month, policing will be left to senior officers and rookies.
• Over €4 million worth of drugs were seized during a routine search of a vehicle by customs officers on Sunday.
• Bray’s Ardmore Studios, where some of the world’s biggest films have been shot, has been put up for sale.

INTERNATIONAL

#US: President Barack Obama has issued a scathing rebuke to Donald Trump on the eve of the final election debate, blasting him for “whining” about “rigged” elections and warning that such accusations are irresponsible.

#ASSANGE: Wikileaks has accused the Ecuadorean embassy of cutting off internet access to Julian Assange under orders of the US government.

#LITTLE ROCK: A former Arkansas judge is accused of giving lighter sentences to defendants in exchange for nude photos and sexual acts.

INNOVATION

• It’s looking more and more likely that we’ll get a new Macbook Pro and Macbook Air this year. [Forbes]
• The ex-boss of Kerry Group is the new chairman of a chicken-manure tech company. [Fora]

PARTING SHOT

A sound kayaker in Tipperary saved this puppy after she fell in the River Suir. [DailyEdge]

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