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1. #GANGLAND: Eddie Hutch Snr was laid to rest yesterday with papers reporting this morning his brother Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch flew out of the country after the funeral.
2. #LABOUR’S WAY OUT: Leaked results of the latest opinion poll put support for the Labour party at just 4%.
3. #WATER CHARGES: Organisers of a protest in Dublin today are calling for voters to protest like it’s 2014.
4. #TAX: Google moved €28.7 billion through Ireland as part of an international tax avoidance scheme, The Irish Times reports.
5. #HERE TO STAY: European leaders sealed a deal with David Cameron, giving the UK ‘special status’ in the EU.
6. #GALWAY: A man described as a “menace to society”, with 166 previous convictions, had his sentence reduced to give him a chance to reform himself.
7. #COLOMBIA: Doctors say an upsurge in a sometimes fatal paralysis condition may be linked to the Zika virus.
8. #RIP: Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco has did aged 84, BBC reports.
9. #OUT OF THE WATER: New shark detection buoys are being trialled off Australia’s Bondi beach in an attempt to avoid future attacks.
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