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EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five biggest stories of the day.
1. #ISLAMIC STATE: Lisa Smith was refused bail after being charged with an offence under terror legislation.
2. #FAI: Three announced that it will not renew its sponsorship of the Football Association of Ireland from next year.
3. #FINE GAEL: The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was accused of putting his party before the public interest by sanctioning Dara Murphy’s absenteeism in the Dáil.
4. #FLIGHTS: Some Aer Lingus and Ryanair flights out of Ireland have been cancelled due to national strike in France tomorrow.
5. #RED DEER: Copper deficiency was revealed as the likely cause of a distressing condition among Red deer in Killarney National Park.
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It seems to be kicking off in the Ukraine. Fighting seems to have broken out in an area called Donbass.
@The Bolt: Strangely it seems that Ukraine is attacking Donbass, not Russia attacking Ukraine. Confused
@The Bolt: might be disguised Russians
@Peter Willekens:
Actually they’re Martians
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