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1. #ASSAULT: Gardaí are investigating after two Dublin women were tied up and beaten after ‘meeting men on Facebook’.

2. #COURT: A father has been jailed for 17 years for sexually abusing and raping his own daughters.

3. #UK: Footballer Adam Johnson has pleaded not guilty to sexual activity and grooming offences with a minor .

4. #RIP: Tributes have been paid by friends and family of Ana Hick, who died after an incident at the Twister Pepper nightclub in Dublin.

5. #OUCH: A prize bull from Cork has apparently ‘broken’ his penis after a fateful romantic encounter.

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