EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you start your day.
1. #BALLYMUN: The intended target of yesterday’s double murder was told by gardaí that his life was under threat.
2. #CLOCKING UP: The garda overtime bill has increased to €60.5 million for the first six months of this year.
3. #FOUR YEARS AND COUNTING: Today marks four years since Ibrahim Halawa was arrested in Cairo, Egypt.
4. #GONE PHISHING: Revenue has warned the public of a new phishing scam involving fraudulent emails and texts purporting to come from the Revenue Commissioners.
5. #SPENDING: Irish consumer confidence has hit its highest level since the recession.
6. #CLAMPED: Motorists have shared their complaints in relation to over-zealous clampers in Dublin city centre.
7. #SEOUL SEARCHING: South Korea’s president has said he will do all in his power to prevent war in the region.
8. #CHARLOTTESVILLE: Law lecturer Larry Donnelly on how the events in Virginia over the weekend are not representative of the 60 million who voted for Trump.
9. #LOSERS: White House strategist Steve Bannon has labelled white supremacists as “losers”.
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