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1. #CONNORS FAMILY: The second funeral service of the Carrickmines tragedy took place in Dublin.

2. #APOLOGY: The HSE apologised to the parents of a baby who died at a Portlaoise hospital, saying staff had failed to recognise signs of foetal distress.

3. #BAILOUT: Taoiseach Enda Kenny claimed he was warned at the height of the financial crisis that the army might be needed to protect banks and ATM machines.

4. #ROSCOMMON: A man who was critically injured in a fall from a ladder as he prepared for his mother’s funeral died in hospital.

5. #COURTS: The Anti-Austerity Alliance said it was “strongly considering” launching High Court proceedings against the constitutionality of a pending decision regarding political donations to the party.

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