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1. #TAX EVASION A serving civil servant has given the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee an “extensive dossier” containing information on senior politicians avoiding tax, according to the Irish Times.

2. #JOB FAIRY 600 new jobs have been announced in Kildare, Longford and Dublin.

3. #SURROGACY The Supreme Court is expected to decide this morning on the rights of a genetic mother of twins whose sister gave birth to them as a surrogate.

4. #HEARTBROKEN The family of Jolanta Lubiene and her daughter Enrika have spoken out about their heartbreak. Yesterday, Aurimas Andruska was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of their murders in June 2013.

5. #SEÁN DUNNE The Irish property developer is set to go ahead with his attempt to be declared bankrupt in the United States.

6. #AC/DC: The charge of “attempting to procure murder” against AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has been dropped due to lack of evidence.

7. #CANNIBAL ATTACK Residents in a South Wales village are in shock after a woman was murdered in an alleged cannibal attack. [SKY News]

8. #BRUSSELS Police in Belgium have used tear gas and water cannons on anti-austerity protesters in Brussels. [BBC]

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    Ross
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    Nov 7th 2014, 8:12 AM

    Will a single tax dodging politician serve even a day in Mountjoy? Will the stroppy civil servant who wrote the report be fired?

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    Nov 7th 2014, 8:28 AM

    Shocked (not) someone in government isn’t paying their taxes, name and shame these people

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    Nov 7th 2014, 8:54 AM

    How do you know the civil servant is stroppy? Might have been someone with an actual conscience doing what they thought was right.

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    Mute Mike O Neill
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    Nov 7th 2014, 8:15 AM

    What about protests in Brussels. Haven’t seen it reported on any Irish media source yet.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29944648

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    Nov 7th 2014, 8:17 AM

    My bad, was in the IT.

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    Nov 7th 2014, 8:18 AM

    That is relevant to my interests.

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    Nov 7th 2014, 9:29 AM

    1. Is ambitious. You talk of evasion and avoidance.
    Which is it? Or both?.
    One is legal and the other is not.

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    Nov 7th 2014, 8:22 AM
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    Mute Eoin Padraig Walsh
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    Nov 7th 2014, 10:30 AM

    Please be Burton and Enda :)

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