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1. #CASTRO: As the world continues to react to the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, President Michael D Higgins has been criticised for praising the dictator.

2. #CREWE ALEXANDRA: British football club Crewe Alexandra is to launch an independent review into how it dealt with historical child abuse allegations.

3. #GARDAÍ: Garda reserve numbers dropped 35% since 2014, here’s how many reserves are in each division.

4. #SUNDAY INTERVIEW: Bosco spoke to us about RTÉ’s decision to no longer produce any programming for young people in-house.

5. #HACKING: Taoiseach Enda Kenny and six other Cabinet members have had private email and password details compromised by international cyber criminals, the Sunday Independent is reporting.

6. #ST JOHN OF GOD: The charity was on the brink of collapse and considered defaulting on Revenue payments in the summer, according to the Irish Mail on Sunday.

7. #LIMERICK: A man has been arrested after gardaí seized cannabis and cocaine with a street value of €250,000 in Limerick city.

8. #HEALTH: The Sunday Business Post is reporting that the HSE will reject the use of Cystic fibrosis drug Orkambi. The HSE has been in talks with the drug’s manufacturer in a bid to reduce the life-changing medicine’s €160,000 per patient per year cost.

9. #DRIVING: Motorists disqualified from driving in other European Union countries will not be disqualified from driving in Ireland following a repeal of Section 2 of the Road Traffic Bill.

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