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1. #GARDA: A former member of An Garda Síochána is being investigated for allegedly leaking information to criminals, TheJournal.ie has learned.

2. #STABBING: A murder investigation has been launched after the discovery of a man’s body in north Dublin yesterday.

3. #JASON CORBETT: Thomas Martens, one of the defendants accused of the second-degree murder of Jason Corbett, has testified that he hit Corbett multiple times with an aluminum bat because he felt the Irishman was going to kill his daughter.

4.#CLIMATE CHANGE: The US has announced it will still take part in international climate change negotiations in order to protect its interests, despite its planned withdrawal from the Paris accord on global warming.

5. #INSPECTION: A nursing home has been told to change a bedroom that had four residents in it, despite being told in 2015 it could only hold three.

6. #TRAFFIC: Major traffic disruptions are expected in Dublin city today due to work on the Luas Cross City development.

7. #CHARLIE GARD: A clinician who treated Charlie Gard, the terminally ill British baby who died last week, has said his short life became a soap opera fuelled by interventions from US President Donald Trump and Pope Francis.

8. #LITTER: A Dublin city councillor has called for “civic respect” after piles of rubbish were dumped in a Dublin park.

9. #GAZE: The Gaze Film Festival is celebrating 25 years of sharing movies, documentaries, and short films about the gay community.

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