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1. #THE GREATEST: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali has died, aged 74.
2. #STAGGER: Pedestrians have been warned by the Road Safety Authority not to “stagger” home this weekend in order to avoid being hit by a vehicle.
3. #TURKEY: An Irish man has been reportedly stabbed to death in Turkey, according to local media reports.
4. #BUILDING: A number of building sites have been closed in Wicklow over fears that they might be contaminated with asbestos, according to the Irish Times.
5. #RESERVOIR: The ESB has issued a warning to people not to swim in reservoirs .
6. #TRAVEL: A number of transport providers have issued a number of warnings for the bank holiday weekend – including disruption to Irish Rail routes and a number of cancelled Bus Éireann services.
7. #RISING: The River Seine in Paris is rising to record levels due to heavy rainfall, The Guardian reports.
8. #BACK AND FORTH: A war of words has erupted between presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump – with the former saying Trump wanted to be America’s “dictator”, according to AFP.
9. #BIG DATA: Ryanair’s head of technology John Hurley has said that he thinks Big Data is ‘wank’.
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