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1. #NORTH KOREA: The country has said that it has detonated its first hydrogen bomb. 

2. #FLOODS: A status yellow weather alert has been issued for Ireland this afternoon and evening. 

3. #MIGRANT CRISIS: Yesterday saw the drowning of 34 people off the coast of Turkey, with seven children among the dead.

4. #PROPERTY TAX: People whose homes have been flooded will be able to claim relief from property tax, Michael Noonan has revealed. 

5. #STRIKE: Staff at St James’s Hospital in Dublin could be set to strike over the introduction of car parking charges.

6. #ATTACK: The Irish Independent is reporting this morning that the chief suspect in the murder of 21-year-old Lorcan O’Reilly was hospitalised after being attacked on New Year’s Day.

7. #CRASHES: More airline deaths were caused last year by deliberate acts than accidental crashes. 

8. #ANGELA MERKEL: The German Chancellor’s office has been sealed off after a suspicious package was discovered. 

9. #FREE VOTE: UK PM David Cameron has given his cabinet a free vote on the EU referendum.