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1. #HALAWA: A delegation from the Oireachtas led by Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl will arrive in Egypt today to meet with Ibrahim Halawa and the Egyptian government.

2. #NEIGHBOURS: Former Environment Minister Phil Hogan says Ireland needs to cut its ties with Britain in the wake of Brexit.

3. #GREAT IRISH SELL OFF: A person whose mortgage loans had been sold to a vulture fund in 2015 described how, “One day, out of the blue, we got a letter from the bank to say that our loans had been sold to a vulture fund and that they could no longer deal with us.”

4. #FREEZING: Arctic conditions could bring hail, sleet and snow from the middle of this week with Met Eireann warning it will turn bitterly cold from Wednesday.

5. #MIAMI AIR: Shannonwatch has called on Transport Minister Shane Ross to explain why a plane operating on behalf of the US military was permitted to fly from Shannon Airport to Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey.

6. #PARIS: French police have arrested 16 people this morning over the robbery of US reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Paris last year.

7. #ACROSS THE WATER: On average 10 Irish children per month were adopted by American citizens in the early-to-mid 1950s, here’s how Ireland’s institutions allowed those adoptions.

8. #NOT SO FLASHY: Corporate gifts are no longer about champagne – firms are now demanding tokens that will last according to the founder and chief executive of Lonergan Corporate Gifts.

9. #MEAN STREEPS: Meryl Streep is winning praise for her takedown of Donald Trump at last night’s Golden Globes.