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1. #CARRICKMINES: The funerals of three adults and two children who died in the fire at a south Dublin halting site were held today.

2. LEFT THE STAGE?: A report by the British intelligence services has found that the Provisional IRA still exists but is not recruiting and is not involved in “targeting or conducting terrorist attacks”.

3. #DATA: The High Court ruled has that the Data Protection Commissioner should look at suspending the transfer of Facebook users’ data from Europe to the US.

4. #SIN NIGHTCLUB: A woman whose knee “popped out” after slipping on a nightclub dancefloor in Temble Bar in Dublin has been awarded €17,500.

5. #CONSENT: A debate about sexual consent classes has raged online after one English student has claimed that he didn’t need them.

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