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The 9 at 9 Here are the nine things you need to know as you start your Sunday…

Here are the nine things you need to know as you start your Sunday…

1 #SHOOTING: Four people were injured, one of them critically, in a gun attack outside a pub on the Old Cabra Road in Dublin last night.

2. #BUDGET: A number of papers this morning are reporting that a new levy on banks is being planned for Tuesday’s budget which is intended to raise up to €200 million for the Government.

3. #FINE GAEL: In a speech at his party’s national conference last night, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said that Ireland will exit the EU-IMF bailout on Sunday, 15 December. He also committed to widening the franchise for Seanad elections to all university graduates.

4. #GILLIGAN: This week’s release of convicted drugs boss John Gilligan features prominently in a number of Sunday papers with The Sunday Times saying gardaí estimate that he has €19 million stashed in overseas accounts.

5. #NAVY: The Irish naval service detained a French registered vessel 120 nautical miles of the Clare coast last night for breaches of fishing regulations. A Spanish vessel had earlier been detained off Cork.

6. #SAVITA: The Sunday Business Post is reporting that health watchdog Hiqa has asked to HSE for regular updates on its progress in implementing its report into the death of Savita Halappanavar.

7. #SHUTDOWN: Five days before the US faces a financial default, Democrats and Republicans are looking towards the Senate to solve the budget impasse according to the New York Times.

8. #PHAILIN: Cyclone Phailin is beginning to lose strength as it passes over India after displacing a million people along the coast. Fears are now turning towards potential flooding.

9. #KEEP ON RUNNIN’: Over thirty-years after they broke the world record by taking on the New York marathon as a foursome, four Tyrone brothers in their 50s plan to run the Dublin marathon together at the end of this month.

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    Mute Declan Mannix
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    Sep 29th 2012, 11:38 AM

    whoever hit this poor man should hand themselves in. from the paint fragments, not only can the gardai tell what type of car that hit him was, they can determine the year, and the specific batch of cars that was shipped to Ireland, and which dealer got them.. all manufacturers keep a sample of each batch of paint the use to spray maybe 100 white cars, this is analyzed and the results stored on some database which law enforcement agency’s can access.

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    Sep 29th 2012, 12:25 PM

    Horatio mannix

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    Mute Mackie Sanz
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    Sep 29th 2012, 2:01 PM

    I think Declan has been watching to much CSI ….. Are u not exagerating a wee bit?

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    Sep 29th 2012, 10:11 PM

    my freind died due to a hit and run in letterkenny 4 years ago . after 3 week the driver handed himself in. aftervthe courts he got 7 month jail which ironicaly his release date was the 1st aniversary of lauras death.. the system sucks in this country…

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    Mute Declan Mannix
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    Sep 29th 2012, 2:35 PM

    @tony

    ha ha… funny.

    quote from forensic paint analysis site.

    As paint is made up of three main components, the carrier, the binder and vehicle; our forensic paint experts are able to identify the different layers of paint in a hit and run or road traffic accident (RTA) for example. From this point our team will collate the chemical information they collect, allowing them to put together a report of makes, models and year of manufacture of motor vehicles where the paint may have originated.

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    Mute Declan Noonan
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    Sep 29th 2012, 3:05 PM

    Declan, you should ring the police and help with their investigation. Btw great name you have :)

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