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August 16: Today’s top stories in 60 seconds


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16th Aug 2022
August 16: Today’s top stories in 60 seconds

Your speedy summary of today's must-read stories.

Killarney death

Gardaí are treating the death of pensioner and mother-of-four Miriam Burns as suspicious. A post-mortem is due to be carried out after her body was discovered in Killarney when emergency services were alerted.
Independent

Floods

Drivers have been asked to take caution today after heavy rainfall has left a number of roads closed due to flooding in several areas, with the south-east of the country worst affected.
Irish Examiner

US Election

Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s former lawyer, is a target of a criminal investigation in Georgia into possible interference in the 2020 presidential election.
New York Times

A$AP Rocky charged

US rapper A$AP Rocky has been charged over an alleged shooting last year. He faces two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office said.
TMZ

National forecast

Today will be mostly dry apart from isolated light showers. A good deal of cloud overall, especially in parts of the north and east, though more sunny spells will develop through the day. Highest temperatures of 15 to 20 degrees, mildest in the south, in moderate to fresh north to northeast winds, strong on exposed coasts.
Met Éireann