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Students from St. Patrick’s National School in Dalkey celebrate leaving 6th class by have a dip in Coliemore Harbour. John Fahy John Fahy

IRISH

• Gardaí are treating the death of a woman in Wicklow as murder.
• Aer Lingus agreed to pay €191 million into its employee pension fund.
• A woman remained in a critical condition following a crash in Cork in which an eight-year-old died.
• Figures revealed that 40% more children were waiting over five months for some hospital procedures. [RTÉ News]
• Two men were arrested over alleged sexual assaults in Cork.
• Ministers said they will meet to discuss Jimmy Saville’s visits to Irish institutions.
• It emerged that EirGrid are identifying an underground route for Grid Link.
• The GAA accepted a deal aimed at ending a dispute over Garth Brooks gigs in Croke Park.
• More than €6m worth of drugs wereseized in Drogheda and Donnybrook.
• Greyhound staff took part in strike action.

WORLD

An woman wades through the floodwaters in Gauhati, India. Several people were killed due to electrocution and landslides triggered by incessant rains in the northeastern state of Assam, according to local reports. AP Photo / Anupam Nath AP Photo / Anupam Nath / Anupam Nath

#EUROPE: Jean-Claude Junker was nominated the new president of the EU Commission, but the UK’s Prime Minister believes he’s the wrong person for the job.

#IRAQ: The United States said it was flying “a few” drones over Baghdad. [BBC News]

#SYRIA: Ireland will take in 220 refugees over the next two years.

#UKRAINE: Russia isn’t best pleased with an EU trade pact the country, along with Moldova and Georgia,  signed.

INNOVATION

• Indie music labels asked the European Commission to intervene in a dispute with YouTube over terms of service.
• A survey showed that almost half of British children and teens believe online content should be free. [The Guardian]
• Russia abandoned the launch of its first new space rocket design since the Soviet era. [Reuters]
• A new mammal was discovered, and it kinda looks like a tiny elephant. [LiveScience]

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