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IRISH

Dancers from Butterflies and Bones at Féile Fáilte, a day-long celebration of dance on Banna Strand, Co Kerry. Clare Keogh Clare Keogh

• Gardaí have begun preparing a site in Dublin ahead of a planned search in connection with the disappearance of Patrick Lawlor in 2004.
• David Hall, the former interim CEO of Console, has said the Charities Regulatory Authority needs more power.
• Firefighters had to deal with a blaze at Belcamp College in Dublin, the second fire in as many days.
• Some 122 passengers had to stay in Frankfurt overnight after an Aer Lingus flight to Dublin was delayed due to a thunderstorm.
• Some 50,000 people turned out to watch the first day of the Bray Air Display, according to the event’s organisers.
• There was a giant water slide in Dublin city centre, and some famous faces had a go on it.

WORLD

A woman lights a candle beside a sign painted in the colours of the German flag at the Olympia shopping centre in Munich, where nine people were shot dead. The sign reads: 'Why?' Jens Meyer / AP/Press Association Images Jens Meyer / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

#MUNICH: Police in Germany said David Ali Sonboly, the teenager who killed nine people at a shopping centre in Munich yesterday, was was a “shy video game fan” with “obvious links” to Anders Breivik.

#AFGHANISTAN: At least 80 people were killed and over 230 wounded in Kabul when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed clothing among a large crowd of demonstrators.

#FRANCE: At least 15 people were injured, including two critically, after a bus carrying Welsh teenagers crashed in France.

#MALAYSIA: The pilot who flew missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which is believed to have gone off route and crashed in the Indian Ocean, conducted a simulation of a similar path just weeks prior, New York magazine has reported.

INNOVATION

• Here are some of the immersive experiences fans are having at San Diego Comic Con [Geek.com]
• The gardaí warned people to not use Pokémon Go while driving, which is solid advice.

PARTING SHOT

Cork Pride Festival kicks off tomorrow, and city hall has lit up to honour the occasion.

Jamie O'Sullivan / Instagram Jamie O'Sullivan / Instagram / Instagram

Cork Pride told DailyEdge.ie that Cork City Council has been “very supportive” of the fesitval.

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