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1. #TALLAGHT: Gardaí are searching for a man in Tallaght who is believed to be armed, following a “series of incidents”.

2. #TRACKER SCANDAL: Ahead of Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe meeting bank executives today, here is a timeline of the tracker mortgage scandal which has seen a number of people lose their homes.

3. #STORM DAMAGE: Two men died in separate accidents in Cork and Wicklow over the weekend while repairing storm damage.

4. #SWITZERLAND: A teenager with an axe injured several people in a rampage in Switzerland before being shot and arrested. Police said the incident is not related to terrorism.

5. #GALWAY: Catherine Corless, whose research led to the discovery of human remains in sewage chambers at a Tuam mother and baby home, has called for a full investigation into a former Sisters of Mercy orphanage in Galway.

6. #HOSTAGE SITUATION: Witnesses to a hostage situation in a bowling alley in England have described the moments the gunman entered the building.

7. #FUNDING: The Irish government should apply for a new EU funding scheme which aims to protect public spaces from terror attacks, according to a Fine Gael MEP.

8. #SEXUAL HARASSMENT: Writer and director James Toback, who received an Oscar nomination for writing Bugsy, has been accused of sexual harassment by 38 women in a report published in the Los Angeles Times.

9. #JAPAN: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has stormed to a landslide victory in a snap election, promising to “deal firmly” with North Korea.

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