EVERY MORNING TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.
1. #THAILAND: A series of bombs at tourist resorts last night which killed four people and injured more than 30 have been blamed on “local sabotage” by police.
2. #NEEDLE DISPOSAL: As many as 6,000 drug needles are being found in one Dublin city-centre park each year.
3. #DOUBLING DOWN: Donald Trump has insisted that he was very serious when he suggested that Barack Obama is the founder of Isis.
4. #CANADA: A man shot dead after detonating an explosive in Ontario had links to a global terrorism network.
5. #INSURANCE: Car insurance premiums in Ireland have risen almost 40% in the year to July.
6. #OLYMPICS: All eyes will be on the Irish rowers Gary and Paul O’Donovan in Rio today as they get set to compete in an Olympic final.
7. #RIO: A police officer acting as security at the Olympics has been shot and killed after becoming lost near a slum in Rio de Janeiro.
8. #SPENCER DOCK: A 21,000 square metre Dublin office block has been sold for €242 million.
9. #SHAAAARRRK: A 400-year-old Greenland shark has been found to be the world’s oldest vertebrate.
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