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1. #MURDER INVESTIGATION: Gardaí have reportedly found human remains in the Kenneth O’Brien murder probe.

2. #FLOODING: Spot flooding is likely in some areas as bands of heavy rain sweep across the country over the next 48 hours.

3. #FACEBOOK: The tech giant is building a new data centre in Meath. Here’s what it will look like.

4. #EQUALITY TRIBUNAL: A teacher has been awarded a sum of over €65,000 in compensation after her school hired a man who sexually harassed her.

5. #ASSAULT: Police in Northern Ireland have appealed for information following an assault by a gang in Antrim yesterday.

6. #ORGAN DONATION: Alex Ryan, the teenager who died after taking N-bomb in Cork has donated several organs, reports the Irish Examiner.

7. #CHANGE OF PLAN: Fine Gael will favour increasing public spending over cutting taxes if re-elected, according to the Irish Times.

8. #WALES: Sky News reports that the Welsh Refugee Council has warned that the practice of making asylum seekers wear red wristbands echoes the Star of David badge the Nazi regime made Jewish people wear.

9. #BEHIND BARS: We’ve taken a look at the story behind one of Ireland’s longest-serving prisoners, Jimmy Evans.

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