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

Two of the 12 rescued members of the Wild Boar soccer team depart from the Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital in Chiang Rai province, Thailand.l Photograph: Chaichan Chaimun/EPA Thai cave boys Survivors applauded at first public appearance after ordeal
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

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

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

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

Huge statue of topless Jeff Goldblum appears in London Big Jeff: The statue Goldblum at Potters Field, London. Photograph: John Phillips/Getty Images

The new statue depicts the actor in character as Jurassic Park’s scientist

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Generation Wealth review: Documentarian Lauren Greenfield is the David Attenborough of the super-rich

Trump claims Russia is no longer targeting the US US president Donald Trump speaks about his meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin ahead of a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Wednesday. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images
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Remarks appear to undercut findings of president’s own intelligence services

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

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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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

Woman struck by iron bars from trailer while out walking sues Frances O Driscoll told the High Court that after the accident she missed ‘walking, dancing and swimming’. Photograph: Collins Courts

Frances O’Driscoll left with irreversible brain damage, High Court told

‘My mother has one set of rules for family, and one set for me’ A first adult step would be to invite your mother to a discussion of living arrangements where you offer shared responsibility for the household

I hope to be able to move out in the distant future, but how do I survive until then?

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