EVERY MORNING,TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.
1. #ZIKA: The World Health Organisation has rejected a call to move or postpone the Olympics over fears it could spark a Zika epidemic.
2. #WATER: A large section of Dublin’s northside will face water disruption today.
3. #PEACEMAKER: The Irish Daily Star reports that crime boss George “The Penguin” Mitchell will act as a peacemaker in the ongoing Hutch-Kinahan feud.
4. #RIGHT HOOK: George Hook has been cleared by the BAI of fuelling anti-Islamic speech.
5. #CLOSED: The Irish Times reports that a bone-density scanning facility has closed – with a 20-year waiting list.
6. #VULTURE FUNDS: Calls have been made for legislation to stop Ulster Bank selling 900 mortgages to a so-called “vulture fund”.
7. #INSURANCE: Customers have been warned that a ruling over the collapse of Setanta Insurance could mean more expensive premiums.
8. #REFUSED: A man accused of assaulting gardaí has been refused compassionate leave to attend his son’s First Communion.
9. #NEW YORK: A man has died after a vintage plane crashed into the Hudson River in New York.
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