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1. #GRAND COALITION?: The fallout will continue this morning from the historic offer made last night by Fine Gael to their old sparring partners Fianna Fáil to form a government. Fianna Fáil is set to meet this morning for internal discussion of the offer.
2. #999 STRIKE: Another 12-hour strike is planned for today by employees of the 999 call centres run by BT Conduit, who say they want to be paid a living wage.
3. #HOAX CALLS: About five people a week make a fake distress call to Dublin Fire Brigade.
4. #CHARLIE SHEEN: The troubled actor is under investigation for allegedly threatening his ex-fiancée.
5. #HILLSBOROUGH: The jury at the inquests into British football’s worst ever stadium disaster, in which 96 people died in 1989, has been sent out to consider its verdict the BBC reports.
6. #NETHERLANDS: Dutch voters have voted to send out a strong anti-EU message to the world.
7. #KESHA: The singer’s sexual assault claims against producer Dr Luke have been dismissed.
8. #EXECUTION: A man convicted of killing and mutilating a 12-year-old boy and then drinking his blood has been executed in Texas.
9. #CYSTIC FIBROSIS: Kelsey Nolan is a 19-year-old with a simple, but huge, wish in life – to be able to breathe.
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