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1. #STRIKE: Luas drivers begin another weekend of industrial action today, with drivers saying they are being unfairly portrayed.
2. #INVESTIGATION: The Health and Safety Authority is due to carry out an investigation after a 45-year-old man died in a workplace accident at a quarry in Wexford.
3. #MIGRATION CRISIS: Ireland has taken in just one Syrian family as part of the State’s latest pledge under the EU relocation programme.
4. #TURKEY: Meanwhile, the Greek parliament has approved legislation which would allow migrants to return to Turkey of their own accord.
5. #MISSING: Gardaí in Galway are seeking assistance from the public in tracing the whereabouts of 21-year-old Ben Garrett.
6. #TERRORISM: US President Barack Obama urged world leaders to do more to prevent a nuclear attack by Islamic State “madmen”.
7. #RIP: Sherlock Holmes actor Douglas Wilmer has died aged 96.
8. #IT’S THE LAW: Here’s everything you need to know about the new dog microchipping rules.
9. #RISING NOW: A memorial to all who died in the 1916 Rising will be unveiled tomorrow – despite objections of relatives of those who fought.
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