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1. #FLAC REPORT: The annual report of the Free Legal Advice Centres has detailed the case of an abusive husband who was let back into the family home as his wife couldn’t afford a €130 legal aid fee.
2. #HEPATITIS: Hundreds of sufferers of the disease are set to lose out on vital drugs due to funding issues, the Irish Times reports.
3. #HUGE FALL: Drink driving convictions in Ireland fell to a massive extent over the past 10 years.
4. #PAYOUTS: €4.4 million was paid out to the staff of TDs and Senators who either retired or lost their seat at the last election.
5. #SYDNEY: A terror plot to bring down an Australian plane may have involved a ‘bomb disguised as a meat mincer’.
6. #PUTIN: The Russian president says that more than 750 US diplomatic staff will have to leave Russia in response to fresh US sanctions being imposed on Moscow.
7. #IT COULD HAPPEN: Micheál Martin has told the Irish Examiner that he will not rule out a future Fianna Fáil – Fine Gael coalition.
8. #GOOD DEED: Irish architects have raised €124,000 for the homeless through free consultations.
9. #ANGELINA JOLIE: The actress has denied that Cambodian children were exploited during the making of her new film.
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