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1. #WET EIREANN: A fresh weather warning has come into effect – and further spells of heavy rain are expected in the coming days.
2. #DEFENCE FORCES: Members of the Defence Forces have been drafted in to assist with flood defence efforts in Co Clare.
3. #PARIS ATTACKS: A police source says that the third bomber at Paris’s Bataclan music hall has been identified.
4. #NORTH CAROLINA: The US widow of the late Jason Corbett has failed to appeal the decision not to grant her custody of his children.
5. #BERKELEY: Some witnesses of the Berkeley balcony collapse are to sue over emotional injuries, according to RTÉ.
6. #TIS THE SEASON: Gardaí are encouraging people to drink responsibly over the Christmas season in a bid to reduce the number of assaults that will take place.
7. #ACCIDENTS: A new report estimates that more than 11,200 three-year-olds in Ireland have had an accident or injury that required hospital treatment or admission.
8. #ASYLUM: The European Court of Human Rights has found that Swiss authorities were right to not recognise the marriage of a 14-year-old girl.
9. #CHRISTMAS: ‘Britain’s loneliest schoolboy’ is going to get a load of Christmas cards.
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