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1. #JASON CORBETT: The family of an Irish man who was killed in the US are trying to get his children returned to Ireland as they are in the care of his wife – the main suspect in the case.

2. #TEXAS: A man has been charged after eight members of a family were shot dead.

3. #IKEA: Two people were stabbed to death and a third was injured at a store in Sweden.

4. #PLANS: Planning permission for a new National Children’s Hospital on the St James’s Hospital campus was due to be submitted today.

5. #DOBFILMS: People have been having fun on Twitter with this new hashtag.

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