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1. #CHILCOT REPORT After seven years of waiting, the Chilcot Report into the Iraq war is to be published today. It will shed light on the actions of the then-Prime Minister Tony Blair which led to the UK invading Iraq.

2. #CHARITIES The Tánaiste and Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald have signed a commencement order for part four of the Charities Act 2009, which will mean that the charities regulator can carry out statutory investigations of charities, RTÉ reports.

3. #DUBLIN A man is in a critical condition after being shot multiple times in Lusk yesterday afternoon. Gardaí are investigating the shooting of the man, who was named as Christopher Maguire.

4. #BAGHDAD The death toll from the weekend’s blast has risen to 250. Iraq’s interior minister resigned as authorities sought to contain the fallout from the bombing, which has led to widespread anger.

5. #BLADE RUNNER Oscar Pistorius is to be sentenced today for the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The athlete could face up to 15 years in prison.

6. #COURTS A woman has gone on trial charged with murdering her colleague in Wicklow by driving him into a deep harbour, knowing he couldn’t swim.

7. #CONSOLE The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement has begun a criminal investigation into the activities of Console, the Irish Times reports. Yesterday, an order was granted to freeze all assets of the former Console CEO Paul Kelly and his wife Patricia Kelly.

8. #IN LIMBO The Australian election vote counting still hasn’t come to an end – at last count, the current Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s coalition seemed certain to emerge as a frontrunner.

9. #GOING DOWN The Pound has been taking a battering post-Brexit - it’s now slumped to a fresh 31-year low against the dollar today.

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