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1. #CRITICAL: A young boy is in a critical condition in hospital after he fell from a sixth floor hotel balcony.

2. #RIP: The Deer Hunter director Michael Cimino has died, aged 77.

3. #INTERVIEW: In an exclusive interview with TheJournal.ie singer and senator Frances Black has spoken about her problems with alcohol and her future political plans.

4. #BOMBING: Associated Press if reporting that 83 people have been killed in two bombings in Baghdad.

5. #CHARITY: The Irish Mail on Sunday is reporting that the St John of God charity group paid up to €2 million in top ups to 14 executives which did not appear in any public accounts.

6. #CONSOLE: Interim CEO David Hall has taken possession of the assets of the Console charity.

7. #REFUSAL: Over 39,000 new applications for medical cards have been rejected by the HSE in the last year, according to figures released to TD Bernard Durkan.

8. #BANGLADESH: A government minister has said that the hostage attack in which 20 people were killed was not orchestrated by Islamic State, according to AFP.

9. #EXHAUSTED: Psychiatric nurses in Tallaght have said that they are ‘exhausted and frustrated’ by staff shortages after they began industrial action this week.