Brexit: 1,000 new customs and veterinary inspectors to be hired Speaking at a special Cabinet meeting in Derrynane House, Co Kerry, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the British government will be expected to honour its ‘cast iron guarantee’ of the so-called backstop arrangement. Photograph: PA

Taoiseach says EU reassured him no physical checks needed on Border if no deal on Brexit

Minister for Education Richard Bruton and Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy make their way back from Derrynane beach in Kerry following a Cabinet meeting in Derrynane House. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire Miriam Lord Ministers bolt for beach after being held captive in Kerry
Rent caps for purpose-built student accommodation to be introduced Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said about 3,000 new “bedspaces” for students have been built in the last two years, with a further 7,000 currently under construction. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Move sought by FF and SF comes after increases of as much as 15% in some areas

Water restrictions: State’s emergency planners meet as ‘very little rain forecast’ Options open to Irish Water, should the crisis continue, include extending restrictions beyond the current Level Two measure in place. Photograph: Frank Miller

Northern Ireland Water lifts a national hosepipe ban that has been in place since June

Third Ryanair pilots’ strike likely on Tuesday Ryanair pilots picket outside Dublin Airport last week. Ryanair met trade union representatives on Wednesday in an effort to break the deadlock that threatens pilot strikes at the airline on Friday

Both the airline and trade union accept that Friday’s stoppage will go ahead

Naughten set for Facebook meeting over violent material Facebook has been criticised for the way content moderators based in Dublin approached offensive and violent material. Photograph: Reuters

Minister for Communications to hold talks with social network over ‘Dispatches’ exposé

Galway International Arts Festival off to a flying, tumbling, crashing, roaring start Galway International Arts Festival: Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon loomed over Shop Street. Photograph: Andrew Downes/xposure

Highlights so far? David Mach, Enda Walsh, Sonya Kelly and Museum of the Moon

Anthony Bourdain’s final interview: ‘The most oppressive chefs were abused children’ Bourdain died on June 8th, 2018. Photograph: Ian West/PA Wire

Chef and TV presenter imagines Weinstein dying ‘knowing that no one will help him’

Boris Johnson demands hard Brexit in fiery resignation speech A video grab shows Britain’s former foreign secretary Boris Johnson delivering a speech in the House of Commons in London. Photograph: Parliamentary Recording Unit/AFP/Getty Images
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Former foreign secretary urges Theresa May to abandon ‘miserable’ Chequers plan

Trump forced to clarify position on Russian meddling a second time Asked by reporters ahead of a cabinet meeting in the White House if he believed Russia was still targeting the US, President Donald Trump replied: “No.” Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images
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President’s remarks appear to undercut findings of US intelligence services

On your bike: ‘We’re already thinking of our next adventure together as a family’ Mimi Murray cycling the Waterford Greenway with her husband Brian and two sons Zac (5) and Jacob (18 months).
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Sweden calls for help as Arctic Circle hit by wildfires Forest fires burn near Ljusdal, Sweden, on Tuesday. Photograph: Maja Suslin/ AFP/TT News Agency
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Tens of thousands warned to remain inside and close windows and vents to avoid smoke inhalation

Donegal drownings: two male victims named locally A man looks out to sea at Port Ronan close to Malin Head, in Co Donegal where two people died after a fishing boat sank on Tuesday. Photograph: Margaret McLaughlin

RNLI says men were in the water for ‘three to four’ hours before they were rescued

Google fined €4.3bn by EU over Android software market abuse Android is the operating system used in more than 80 per cent of the world’s smartphones and is vital to the group’s future revenues as more users rely on mobile gadgets for search services

Massive penalty lined up for abuse of dominant position in mobile operating systems

Galway creche temporarily closed after outbreak of Ecoli The HSE said, Vtec, a bug found in ill children in a Galway creche, can spread through contact with infected animals, contaminated soil, water or certain foods.

Seven children identified with bug, two have been hospitalised

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