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1. #STRIKE: The National Bus and Rail Union has hit out at the use of “scab labour” in the dispute between Luas drivers and operator Transdev.
2. #CHICAGO: Donald Trump was forced to cancel a rally after violence broke out between protesters and supporters.
3. #KILLARNEY: A fund has been set up to help cover the cost of bringing Karol Rozycki back to Poland for burial.
4. #RIP: Rock legend Keith Emerson has been found dead with a gunshot wound to the head, aged 71.
5. #COURTS: A Dublin man who is serving a 12-year sentence will not spend any extra time in prison for beating his heavily pregnant ex-girlfriend unconscious.
6. #BI-PATERNAL: Tests showed that two-year-old twins had different fathers after a husband became suspicious one of the children looked different.
7. #ONLY IN RUSSIA: The Russian Ministry of Defence wants to buy five dolphins for €22,000 and no, they don’t want to disclose why.
8. #HISTORIC: Pakistan has criminalised sexual assault against children, child pornography and trafficking for the first time.
9. #AMANDA TODD: The mother of a teenager who died tragically by suicide has spoken out about cyber-bullying.
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