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1. #SHOOTING: The Continuity IRA has claimed responsibility for Friday’s shooting in the Regency Hotel in Dublin. 

2. #MAIREAD MORAN: A Kilkenny man who stabbed a shop worker to death has been found not guilty of her murder by way of insanity. 

3. #UNCLAIMED: The National Lottery has issued an appeal for someone with a €3 Quick Pick ticket that was bought in November to come forward and claim a €300,000 prize. 

4. #STORM IMOGEN: Severe weather across the country has left thousands of homes without power.  

5. #ELECTION 2016: Controversy has arisen after a Young Fine Gael member tweeted an altered picture of Mary Lou McDonald on the beach. 

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