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1. #REJECTED: Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan has said that she never regarded garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe as malicious.

2. #BEDSIDE: The mother of Cork gun victim Ciara Sheehan has released a photo of her 21-year-old daughter injured in her hospital bed.

3. #BLUE WAVE: Middle-ranking gardaí will march on the Dáil today in a demonstration to demand their pay be restored to pre-recession levels.

4. #ENTOURAGE: St. Patrick’s Day Washington flights for the Taoiseach, his wife and others cost just over €37,000.

5. #OLD TRAFFORD: The head of a security firm has accepted “full responsibility” for accidentally leaving behind a dummy bomb Man Utd’s home ground.

6. #DISRUPTION: Strikes being taken by French transport workers could impact on football fans travelling to attend next month’s European Football Championships.

7. #ON TRACK: Five months after it was closed due to flooding, the Limerick to Ennis railway line is expected to reopen this afternoon.

8. #RECIPEGATE: More than 11,000 archived recipes will be removed from the BBC website as part of government-led restructuring.

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