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1. #COULD BE YOU: The cost of the Lotto is due to increase, with the price of of two lines rising from €3 to €4. There will also be more numbers in the selection grid, making it harder to win the jackpot.

2. #PROTECTION: The HSE ‘failed’ some children by allowing them to stay in care centres that should have been closed, RTÉ News reports. The allegation is made in a new report by the Ombudsman for Children.

3. #THE TRUMP: Billionaire businessman Donald Trump came out swinging overnight at the first Republican Presidential primary debate in Cleveland, attracting both boos and cheers from the crowd.

4. #DEBRIS: France has said it will launch new air, land and sea searches from Reunion today in hopes of finding more wreckage from MH370. It follows Malaysia confirming a wing part found on the island is from the ill-fated flight.

5. #MORE MONEY: The Irish Independent reports that drivers and homeowners will have to splash out more on their insurance as premiums are expected to continue rising. Many are already up 20% compared to last year.

6. #DRUG ABUSE: Almost 600 newborns have been registered as drug addicts since 2008 in Ireland, according to figures seen by the Irish Mirror. The infants can experience seizures, sleeplessness, and vomiting, after being exposed to drugs like heroin when in the womb.

7. #KNOCKED OUT: Formula One driver Jenson Button and his wife were reportedly gassed by burglars who ransacked their home. The Sun reports two ‘experienced criminals pumped’ an anaesthetic gas into the property.

8. #MAYO: A man received leg injuries yesterday after he was struck by the propeller of an out-of-control boat in Clew Bay yesterday evening.

9. #TIME’S UP: North Korea is creating it own time zone, according to state media, with clocks due to be put back by half an hour. This time zone was used before Japan colonised the peninsula in the 1910.