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1. #ARREST: TD Paul Murphy has been arrested in connection with the incident which saw Tánaiste Joan Burton trapped in her car in Tallaght in November.
2. #TAXES: 350 clients of the British bank HSBC with links to Ireland have been included in a cache of documents that show tax dodging at one of its subsidiaries.
3. #JOBS: A dairy expansion in Cavan is expected to create 240 jobs.
4. #PRESENT TIME: The list of gifts given to the Taoiseach in 2014 has been released. And it wasn’t a bumper year for Enda Kenny.
5. #THE GAMBLERS: Online gambling will soon be taxed as laws that have taken four years to draft near completion.
6. #NOT GOING UP: Construction growth has stalled, new figures show. The Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index hit its weakest level for a year in January.
7. #AWARDS: British singer Sam Smith was the big winner at the Grammys, taking home four awards, while Irish-born Aphex Twin took home Best Dance/Electronic Album. At the BAFTAs, Boyhood won best picture.
8. #EGYPT: Football matches have been cancelled in Egypt as up to 22 people died in a crush at a match in Cairo.
9. #BODY: Gardaí are investigating after a man was found dead in Cork.
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