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IRELAND

The aftermath of a significant blaze that swept through a vacant building in Ballyboden, Dublin last night RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• Journalist, author and feminist activist Nell McCafferty has died at the age of 80.
• The Mid-West Hospital Campaign Group has said it is “horrified” at the timeframe for HIQA’s inquiry into overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick.
• Electric Picnic tickets for next year have sold out after “hiccups” with the loyalty scheme on Ticketmaster were corrected.
• A 13-year old boy in Finglas, Dublin, remains without a school place just days before the new academic year, despite his case being raised multiple times in Dáil Éireann.
• An application has been made to the High Court for an injunction preventing a site in Coolock being used to house persons seeking international protection.
• A number of Green Party politicians have not held back today in voicing their disdain at a decision to defer taxing undeveloped land. 

INTERNATIONAL

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama embrace during the second night of the Democratic National Convention Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#YACHT Five bodies have been found in the wreck of a luxury yacht that sank in a storm off the coast of Sicily.

#IDF Israel has killed a senior commander from Fatah’s armed wing in a strike in Lebanon, leading to accusations from the Palestinian party that Israel is trying to “ignite a regional war”.

#US POLITICS At the Democratic Party Convention in Chicago, the Obamas took aim at Trump – using his own tactics.

PARTING SHOT

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People aged between 15 and 34 made up the bulk of the viewers of this year’s Rose of Tralee, comprising 60% of those who tuned in.

Pictured is Leitrim Rose Shauna Murtagh and presenter Kathryn Thomas, rowing neck and neck, as James Patrice watches with bated breath.