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news wrap

Today's top stories in 6 seconds

All the day’s news so far? You’ll find it here.

WHAT’S THE STORY?

1. #GREECE: The beleaguered country has secured a new bailout deal.

2. #ROAD DEATHS: Two men have been killed in separate road collisions in Donegal and Limerick.

3. #EIRCODE: Ireland’s new (and controversial) postcode system was launched.

4. #FRANCE: Police are hunting armed men who tried to hold up a Primark store.

5. #DEFAMATION: Children’s Minister James Reilly has won a defamation action against Associated Newspapers after the Irish Mail on Sunday alleged links between Reilly and a developer.

6. #AH FLIUCH: You might have been drenched on the way to work this morning but it will clear away in some areas later, leaving merely cloudy weather.