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1. #GANGLAND: Michael Keogh, the Kinahan cartel member who was shot dead in Dublin yesterday, was suspected of being involved in the burning out of homes belonging to innocent Hutch family members.

2. #MULLINGAR: The Midland Regional Hospital has apologised to a new mother for a ‘series of errors’ after she gave birth.

3. #PAC: The evidence given by civil servants of An Garda Siochana to the Public Accounts Committee yesterday has been likened to “an episode of Father Ted”.

4. #PHILIPPINES: Military airstrikes aimed at Islamist militants instead killed 10 troops and injured seven others, the country’s defence secretary has said.

5. #AMBULANCE: Doctors in Galway have criticised the lack of ambulance services in An Cheathrú Rua (Carraroe) after an elderly man had to wait for an ambulance on the side of the road for 57 minutes.

6. #LIMERICK: A man stabbed his brother-in-law while visiting his ill father in hospital, a court has heard.

7. #BILDERBERG: Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary will be among the political and business leaders attending the secretive Bilderberg meeting in the US.

8. #EXAMS: The State Examinations Commission has issued an urgent appeal to teachers to apply to mark the Leaving and Junior Certificate examinations, which begin on Wednesday.

9. #CLINTON: Hillary Clinton has said the Russians were ‘guided’ by Donald Trump’s team to sabotage her US presidential election campaign.

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