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Lunchtime Fix: 6 things you need to know

Catch up as you refuel.

WHAT’S THE STORY? 

1. A man was shot dead in Balbriggan this morning shortly after 9am.

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2. Gardaí arrested a man for smashing up O’Connell Street’s Flanagan’s Restaurant in Dublin city centre.

3. The Chairman of GSOC said there’s no evidence that those with direct responsibility for the bugging investigation leaked information. He also said he wasn’t going anywhere.

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4. Nowadays, apartment living isn’t top of everyone’s list, with just 114 apartment units getting planning permission in the second quarter of this year.

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5. Three women were abducted at gunpoint by masked men in a “tiger kidnapping” in Malahide in the early hours of this morning.

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6. You certainly have a clear-cut opinion on today’s poll. We asked: Do you support US-led airstrikes against the Islamic State group?

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