NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round up of today’s news.

IRELAND

Emily Aoibheann from one of Ireland's most dynamic aerial performance companies, Dying Breeds rehearsing in St Anthony`s Hall Church Clontarf from their new show Object Piggy. Emily helped launch the 21st edition of Tiger Dublin Fringe which runs for two week city-wide from September 7th -20th, for further info on the festival go to www.fringefest.com.

• Irish Water can’t be kept off-balance sheet, Eurostat says
• A man avoided jail after savagely killing his dog
• Apartments in Dublin are going to get smaller
• A “freak accident” left a man at a Luas stop bloodied
• An Afghan man appeared in court having been found wandering a motorway
• A man found three classic stolen paintings in a bush in Wicklow
• The State has conceded that the Beit paintings should not have been allowed be exported
• An elderly woman died when her car hit a truck in Wexford
• Uber announced it will create 300 jobs in Limerick

INTERNATIONAL

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#CECIL: An American dentist is wanted after allegedly killing a protected lion named Cecil.

#TRUMP: Donald Trump fired back after a story was published which highlighted decades-old comments the businessman’s ex-wife made where she used the word “rape” to describe one of their sexual encounters.

#BARCELONA: Two people were injured in a gun attack on Barcelona’s main street.

INNOVATION

• Windows 10 is coming. Here’s what you need to know about it. 
• Scientists are urging governments to stop building AI weapons.

PARTING SHOT

Why would the FBI have an extensive file on the man who ran against Richard Nixon in 1972? Vice obtained the file on George McGovern and it is fascinating reading.

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