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File Photo Stephen Donnelly TD is leaving the Social Democrats. RollingNews.ie TDs Stephen Donnelly, Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall at Leinster House. RollingNews.ie

IRELAND

Stephen Donnelly announced he was leaving the Social Democrats.
A school reversed its decision to deny a place to a Traveller child
An investigation found a crisis pregnancy agency was giving abortion misinformation to women
A man and a woman died in separate road crashes in Tipperary and Louth
Pat Hickey will meet with Rio police tomorrow
Thousands of Dublin homes and businesses were affected by a power cut
A staff member in a disabled care home was accused of verbal and psychological abuse
A survey revealed the cleanest and most littered areas of Ireland.

Spain Wildfire Associated Press An aircraft drops water as Spanish firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire in Benitachel village, near Valencia. Associated Press

WORLD

#SPAIN: Hundreds of people were evacuated from a popular resort due to a wildfire.

#OUCH: The President of the Philippines called Obama a ‘son of a whore’.

#SCOTLAND: A man pleaded guilty to murdering 15-year-old Paige Doherty.

#THE JUNGLE: Farmers and truckers blockaded Calais in protest at the migrant camp.

INNOVATION

A new Facebook tool will allow users to help someone they feel is at risk of suicide
The missing comet lander Philae has been spotted at last

PATING SHOT

People can’t stop talking about this toilet flusher for kids that featured on last night’s Dragon’s Den.

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