Britain's new Brexit Secretary has warned the UK will only pay its £39bn EU divorce bill if the bloc agrees the framework for a future trade deal. Meanwhile, Leo Varadkar is set to travel to a number of European capitals this week to discuss the ongoing Brexit negotiations with his European counterparts.

In Canada, two people including the gunman are dead and 13 wounded in Toronto after a shooting in the busy Greektown neighbourhood.

The Indo reports profits after tax at Ryanair have fallen 20% year-on-year to €319m in the three months to 30 June. This comment piece in the Examiner looks at the airline's position on trade unions dating from the 2011 Aer Lingus strike to now. In other aviation news, Aer Lingus is being sued by a passenger who alleges that he suffered "disabling injuries" after being hit with a bottle of rum during a transatlantic flight.

In politics, US president Donald Trump threatened Iranian president Hassan Rouhani in a late night tweet. While closer to home, more than one hundred politicians from across Ireland and the UK have signed a letter urging the British and Irish governments to act to reform the laws surrounding abortion in Northern Ireland.

Plans by some ambulance personnel to stage industrial action this week have been withdrawn after the HSE threatened to take legal action.

Good news for Athlone locals as the discount chain Mr. Price is set to create 200 new jobs there with the opening of a central warehouse base. 

And finally, today's Zen goes out to Amy Winehouse who passed away seven years ago. Here's Back to Black.