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1. #ARREST: Gardaí have arrested a man in his 30s in connection with the murder of two people in Ballymun last month.

2. #NURSE: Footage has emerged of a nurse in Utah being chased and grabbed by a police officer before she was handcuffed and arrested for refusing to give over a patient’s blood sample.

3. #ELECTRIC PICNIC: Thousands of people are descending on Stradbally, Co Laois for the annual Electric Picnic festival.

4. #HALAWA: The family of Ibrahim Halawa has urged the government to take legal action against Egyptian authorities if the Irish national’s trial is delayed again.

5. #HOMELESS: New figures show there were 2,423 children in emergency accommodation in the Dublin region at the end of July, an increase of 150 children since June.

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