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IRELAND

Latvian singers with the Elve Choir company Inita Balcune and Iluta Samsonova from Dublin at event organised by the Temple Bar Company celebrating Ireland's diversity with live music and dance. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Brendan Kilduff, killed in a shooting earlier this week in Mayo, was laid to rest.
• Blockades by farmers at several more beef processing plants were stood down.
• Thunderstorms caused power outages in the east and southeast.
• Doctors warned that a shortage of consultants is leading to ‘burnout, stress, and emigration’
• Two teenagers were seriously injured in an accident involving fireworks.
• The failure of a top civil servant to appear before an Oireachtas committee was called ‘an affront to democracy’.
• Gardaí sought the public’s help in finding a man missing from Kilkenny.
• Another new hotel was granted planning permission in Dublin.

INTERNATIONAL

1,500 paratroopers from Great Britain, USA, the Netherlands and Poland drop onto Ginkel Heath near near Arnhem, Netherlands. as part of the WWII Operation Market Garden 75th anniversary commemorations. PA Images PA Images

#HONG KONG: Protests continued for the 16th weekend in a row.

#FRANCE: Dozens were arrested during Yellow Vest marches.

#THE GULF: As tensions continue to rise between Saudi Arabia and Iran, US President Donald Trump announced he would send more troops to the region.

#UNITED KINGDOM: An attempt to abolish the position of Labour party deputy leader was quickly scrapped after an outcry from party MPs – as well as former PM Tony Blair. [Sky News]

PARTING SHOT

The early internet is breaking. Meet the people trying to save it. [Quartz]