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1. #INQUEST: An inquest in Cavan has heard harrowing details of how the Hawe family were killed by their husband and father Alan Hawe before he took his own life in 2016.

2. #RYANAIR: The airline will meet with union representatives for the first time ever today, after previously announcing it would break with its longstanding policy and officially recognise pilot unions.

3. #HOMELESSNESS: Simon Communities helped over 11,000 people last year – a 33% increase – according to figures in its latest annual report.

4. #MISSING: Police in London have appealed for information on the whereabouts of two young children who went missing after reportedly being left home alone.

5. #ENNIS: A conman who stole almost €19,000 from a ‘vulnerable’ woman he met on a dating site has paid back a “significant sum“, a court has been told.

6. #WASHINGTON: At least three people have been confirmed dead after a train derailed in Washington state in the US.

7. #MAINTENANCE: Fianna Fáil plans to introduce a Bill to clamp down on absent parents getting away with not paying maintenance after the child turns seven years old.

8. #LOS ANGELES: Former Glee actor Mark Salling has pleaded guilty to possession of images of child sexual abuse.

9. #WANNACRY: The US has has officially accused North Korea of carrying out the massive WannaCry cyberattack that infected some 300,000 computers in 150 countries earlier this year.

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