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1. #HOMELESSNESS: Latest figures released yesterday show that there are now 3,755 homeless children in Ireland.
2. #TRIAL: The use text messages has been growing significantly in Ireland’s criminal investigations.
3. #GARDAÍ: Gardaí have expressed fears that they do not have the equipment or staff to adequately police the visit of the Pope and potential arrival of Donald Trump this year.
4. #REFERNDUM: A referendum on whether to Repeal the Eighth Amendment of the constitution will take place on 25 May, it was confirmed yesterday.
5. #ESRI: Attitudes to migration in Ireland became more negative during the recession, and are now worse than the western Europe average, a report from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has found.
6. #SAUDI: A US federal judge has rejected Saudi Arabia’s bid to drop lawsuits alleging it helped orchestrate the 9/11 attacks.
7. #TUSLA: The CEO of Tusla has said that dealing with allegations of historical abuse is “one of the most challenging areas” of the Child and Family Agency’s work.
8. #DAMAGES: Siobhan Phillips – the woman shot - by Adrian Crevan Mackin moments before he killed Garda Tony Golden has launched a damages case against the gardaí.
9. #BREXIT: British prime minister Theresa May will visit Northern Ireland today as part of her tour to mark the one-year countdown to Brexit.
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