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EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.
1. #RIO: Police in Brazil completed their interview with two OCI officials last night, while a Brazilian judge is set to decide if two Olympic Council of Ireland officials will have their passports returned.
2. #AMATRICE: Another strong aftershock has rattled central Italy, causing some more damage to crumbled buildings.
3. #TURKEY: At least nine people have been killed in a car bomb attack on a police station.
4. #FALSE: Brazilian authorities have charged US swimming star Ryan Lochte with making a false statement about being robbed at gunpoint during the Olympics.
5. #BURKINI BAN: There is a high demand for the burkini from fair-skinned Irish women, according to the Australian inventor of the swimwear
6. #SILENT TEACHERS: There’s been an increase in the number of people donating their bodies to medical science in Ireland.
7. #CANADA: Three people were killed in an apparent crossbow attack in Toronto.
8. #OH BABY: A teenage pregnancy prevention programme meant to deter teenage pregnancies actually makes them more likely.
9. #HERE COMES THE SUN: It’s the last weekend of August – and the weather forecast is looking good.
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Disgrace that the OCI officials arrive at a police interview in their “Team Ireland” kit. They don’t represent the athletes or the people.
All we need now is Tickets Hickéy bearing the Irish flag as he leads Team Ireland’s jail birds from the Rio clink to the courthouse and the farce will be complete.
Respect your betters!…expect a patronising call from RTE Joe today…I’m a frail old man in my 70s you know, with a heart condition…now you interested in tickets or not…I’ll throw in an Irish tracksuit and a near new bathrobe
They looked like something out of Apres Match pathetic, three cheers for Bangu Pat he was always able to pivot not this time, will he wear the team Ireland kit too ? Where’s John ?
A few corporate tickets going for the Bangu musical societies of ‘My fair lady’…drop a line to Hickeys-tickets@bangu.br, Mallon will deliver to your cell
Will any of the actors families be entitled to an auld ticket?
oohh my heart…feeling a bit of a turn coming on
Let’s have a whiparound and buy Delaney a one-way ticket to Brazil.
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