LAST UPDATE | 7 Oct 2019

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1. #WEXFORD: A post-mortem examination is set to take place today on the bodies of two men who died after a light aircraft crashed in Co Wexford yesterday evening. 

2. #EXTINCTION REBELLION: Environmental activists planning to bring disruption to 60 cities around the world, will begin a week-long protest today. 

3. #BREXIT: Boris Johnson will attempt to save his Brexit plan this week after his French counterpart warned that the EU would decide within days whether an agreement would be possible.

4. #INDEX: Consumer sentiment has dropped to its lowest level in almost six years ahead of the looming Brexit deadline of 31 October. 

5. #IBEC: State aid worth €1.5 billion over the next three years will be needed to stabilise the economy and protect jobs if the UK crashes out of the European Union without a deal at the end of the month, Ibec has warned. 

6. #SEIZURE: Gardaí in Dublin have seized approximately €175,000 in cash as well as cocaine and cannabis with an estimated street value of €100,000.

7. #JULY PROVISION: The government is to consider changes to an extended education scheme for children with severe learning disabilities or autism spectrum disorders

8. #COMMITTEE: A committee to examine period poverty is to be set up and will aim to deal with the issue in greater detail.  

9. #FORECAST: Today will start showery with highest temperatures of 14 to 16 degrees and moderate to fresh, gusty southwest winds.

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