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IRELAND

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar lands on Inis Meáin for a visit to Colaiste Naomh Eoin to mark its establishment as a single entity school. PA Images PA Images

• Ryanair pilots in Ireland have voted in favour of a deal with the airline
• A tender worth almost €1bn for prefabricated factory-built homes as part of Dublin City Council’s efforts to clear its social housing waiting list has been issued
• A referendum on removing the ‘women in the home’ reference from the Irish Constitution is to be delayed
• A Fine Gael Minister has said the confidence-and-supply deal should be renewed, calling talk of an election “childish”
• Here are snippets from the new book about Leo Varadkar’s journey to becoming Taoiseach
• The summer of 2018 is one of the hottest and driest on record.

WORLD

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#SALISBURY POISONING: UK police believe they have identified two Russian men responsible for using a nerve agent in Salisbury in March.

#LOS ANGELES: Prosecutors say they will not file sexual assault charges in cases against actors Kevin Spacey, Steven Seagal, and Anthony Anderson.

PARTING SHOT

A day after Amazon became a one trillion dollar company, we thought this tweet was a necessary bit of fun.

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