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1. #INVESTIGATION: A brother of Garda Commissioner Noirín O’Sullivan is at the centre of a Garda inquiry into drugs being found in a HSE ambulance.
2. #PRICEY: The Sunday Independent reports that ministers’ aides in the new government are costing €5 million per year.
3. #BAD TIMING: The release by Wikileaks of a number of emails from senior Democrat staff appearing to disparage Bernie Sanders has come at an awkward time for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
4. #LEGAL HIGH: A new Bill tabled at Dáil Éireann calls for the legalisation of cannabis for medicinal use.
5. #ANIMAL WELFARE: The government has no plans to ban the use of animals in circuses.
6. #DOPING: The International Olympic Committee will meet today to decide whether or not to ban Russia from next month’s olympics in the wake of revelations regarding a state-sponsored doping programme.
7. #SOLO RUN: The Sunday Times reports that Social Protection minister Leo Varadkar has been criticised by several Cabinet colleagues for announcing a plan to link welfare rates to inflation.
8. #INTERVIEW: Galway man Ivan Fahy, who works as an androgynous model, is challenging assumptions about gender here.
9. #EATING DISORDERS: Girls make up the vast majority of young people seeking psychiatric help for eating disorders in Ireland according to new figures.
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