EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.
1. #LEAVING CERT: There’s been a big drop in the number of A1s awarded in this year’s exam. The results are out this morning.
2. #DISMISSED: Four care assistants have been dismissed from a Dublin nursing home following an investigation regarding the residents’ privacy.
3. #WEXFORD: The body of a woman in her early 50s has been discovered at a house at Clonard in Co Wexford.
4. #STUNNING: Waterford man Thomas Barr has reached the Olympics 400 metres hurdles final.
5. #CROSSHAVEN: A man has been rescued after falling overboard from a boat off the Cork coast.
6. #JEFF’S STORY: The story of a “worried little boy” who took his own life has been detailed in a new report by child agency Tusla.
7. #DISENCHANTMENT: One in five young Irish people are not in either education, employment, or training.
8. #CALIFORNIA: 82,000 people have been evacuated after a giant wildfire broke out in the south of the state.
9. #BRAY HEAD: Closer to home, a huge gorse fire broke out in Co Wicklow yesterday evening.
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