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1. #ELECTION: Counting will get underway in the Northern Ireland elections this morning as a possible return to direct rule looms.
2. #CLOUDS: A weather advisory has been issued by Met Éireann, with forecasters warning that the cold and unsettled weather will continue over the weekend.
3. #ATTACK: An Irish nun has been injured in an attack in the Philippines.
4. #SUPERBUGS: Epidemics of conditions such as tuberculosis (TB) and pneumonia could strike Ireland and become untreatable as antibiotic resistance continues to increase.
5. #PRIVATE EMAIL: US Vice President Mike Pence used a private email account for matters of public business as governor of Indiana, according to US media.
6. #NIGHTCLUB: A man who threw a glass bottle into the smoking area outside a nightclub, injuring an innocent bystander, after he wasn’t allowed in, has avoided jail.
7. #FORMER LANDFILL: Toxic waste is leaking into the Irish Sea at an old landfill site in Bray, Co Wicklow.
8. #REACH OUT: A new garda helpline set up to make reporting child sex abuse claims easier has the potential to stop predators attacking more children.
9. #SECURITY: Bodyguards have been hired to protect the two accountants blamed for the best picture gaffe at the Oscars.
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