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IRELAND

The funeral of Dr Edward Daly takes place at St Eugene's Cathedral in Derry. Lorcan Doherty / Press Eye / PA Wire/Press Association Images Lorcan Doherty / Press Eye / PA Wire/Press Association Images / Press Eye / PA Wire/Press Association Images

• Pat Hickey, the president of the Olympic Council of Ireland, came under increasing pressure about a scandal involving Irish Olympic tickets.
• Pope Francis sent a special message of condolence as Bishop Edward Daly was laid to rest in Derry.
• A file was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions after a woman claimed she was falsely imprisoned in a house near Blanchardstown.
• Irish welterweight Steven Donnelly progressed to the quarter-finals of the Rio Olympics with a split decision victory over Tuvshinbat Byamba of Mongolia.
• A High Court judge granted temporary injunctions compelling former winners of RTÉ’s Ireland’s Fittest Family to hand over possession of their Co Cork farm to bank-appointed receivers.
• AIB mobile banking services are back up and running after technical problems.
• Sinn Féin argued that Ireland needs to open a passport office in Belfast after the Brexit vote.
• Police launched an attempted murder investigation after a viable pipe bomb was found in North Belfast.

WORLD

China's Li Gen drives to the basket ahead of Venezuela's Gregory Echenique, left, and Gregory Vargas, right, during a basketball game at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Charlie Neibergall / AP/Press Association Images Charlie Neibergall / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

#ALEPPO: Hospital workers said at least four people died from suspected chlorine gas poisoning in Aleppo and dozens more were injured.

#CHINA: An explosion at a power station in China killed at least 21 people and injured five more.

#SYRIA: An English schoolgirl who travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State was reportedly killed in an airstrike.

#UK: Police in London are investigating allegations that a young tennis player was poisoned while competing at this year’s Wimbledon competition.

#LONDON: A man was jailed for four years and eight months for child sex offences after meeting his victim via an online dating app.

INNOVATION

• Android apps can be used to track your whereabouts without you knowing.
• Snapchat was forced to take down its ‘racist yellow face’ filter.

PARTING SHOT

Everyone made the same Father Ted joke after seeing this Olympian’s name … introducing Stephen Feck (via DailyEdge.ie).

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