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1. #FACEBOOK: A number of people in Ireland are being monitored as they use Facebook to attempt to radicalise others.
2. #DRUG SEIZURE: A man is due in court today in connection with a massive drug seizure in Meath.
3. #PILL: The morning after pill is available to all medical card holders from today.
4. #JOBSTOWN: TD Paul Murphy, who was this week found not guilty of falsely imprisoning Joan Burton has written of his “relief, gratitude, anger and sadness” that accompanied the verdict.
5. #CAUGHT IN A HAP: A housing assistance payment is “trapping families in emergency accommodation”, a TD has claimed.
6. #NEW YORK: The man who shot dead a doctor and wounded six others at a New York hospital has been named as an ex-employee.
7. #NORTHERN IRELAND: British PM Theresa May has spoken to leaders of the DUP and Sinn Féin as talks to form a Northern Assembly continue.
8. #24 IN 24: An Irishman is running 24 marathons in 24 days, aiming to raise €100,000 for Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland.
9. #LIONS: Lions legend Sir Ian McGeechan has been taken to hospital after collapsing in the Sky Sports studio ahead of the team’s game against New Zealand.
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