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1. #PRESIDENT TRUMP: Donald Trump has been elected president of the United States of America.

2. #CRASH: Five people have died and 50 were injured after a tram crash in London.

3. #GRA: The general secretary of the Garda Representative Association has survived a motion of no confidence against him.

4. #ALL TOGETHER NOW: The neonatal unit at University Maternity Hospital Limerick (UMHL) has said it is the first time the unit has cared for sets of quads, triplets and twins at the same time.

5. #LIQUIDATOR: The High Court has appointed a provisional liquidator to American Apparel clothing retailer in Dublin city centre.

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