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11 August 2022

• Man drowns in River Barrow in Carlow
  Father-of-one pulled from water but died at scene in Graiguecullen
• Told his race was run after cancer diagnosis, Sean Moran (78) is getting back up on the horse
  Retired engineer is taking part in a showing event at the Dublin Horse Show in the RDS to raise funds for the Irish Cancer Society
• TUI to ballot members on industrial action next month unless pay deal is improved
  All three teachers’ unions set to vote after proposed 5% salary hike over two years rejected as ‘not credible’
• New 30% tax rate would be ‘inequitable’ if lower-earners not offered reliefs, Varadkar says
  Budgetary papers outline how up to two million people could see their take-home pay boosted
• Ireland’s highest August temperature in over 25 years recorded in Co Carlow
  Period of hot, sunny weather forecast until Sunday with conditions set to revert back to being ‘closer to average’ on Monday
• King Puck ‘resting in the shade’ after being removed from perch as temperatures rise
  Puck Fair’s wild goat is taken down from 50ft stand in Killorglin, Co Kerry, after vet’s decision
• Dublin Zoo announces birth of baby okapi
  Endangered animal is the second such calf to be born in Ireland
• Garda (40) charged with harassing two female colleagues
  The garda, Michael Mannion of Renvyle, made no reply when charged, court told