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1. #INSURANCE: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was told in the Dáil that it took Europe to take action on skyrocketing insurance hikes.

2. #UTTER RUBBISH: Green Party leader Eamon Ryan then raised a stink in the Dáil when he presented a bag of his plastic household waste to make a point about recycling.

3. #DOWN TOOLS: Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has published emergency legislation to close a planning permission “blunder”.

4. #NORTHERN IRELAND: The DUP has accused the Irish government of trying to stick its nose in Stormont talks.

5. #MH17: The Netherlands has vowed to prosecute anyone suspected of shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

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