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1. #NICE ATTACK At least 84 people have been killed after a truck ploughed into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice last night. The driver of the truck, said to be a 31-year-old French-Tunisian man, was killed in a hail of bullets.
2. #NICE ATTACK Witnesses said that they at first thought the truck had lost control, before it ploughed into the crowd. The situation was described as “horrendous” by one onlooker.
3. #NICE ATTACK Irish people in Nice have described their experiences after getting caught up in last night’s terror attack. One man said he had “never seen” such fear. There have been no Irish fatalities reported to date.
4. #CONSOLE The HSE is to appear before the PAC today to speak to it about the Console controversy.
5. #HOUSING The figures used by the Housing Agency in a report given to a government committee as part of its effort to tackle the housing crisis were five years out of date, it has emerged.
6. #USA Donald Trump has delayed the announcement of his running mate following last night’s terror attack in Nice.
7. #URGENT MEETING Minister of State with responsibility for disability, Finian McGrath, is to meet the HSE over revelations in a leaked review on the care of adults who had intellectual disabilities.
8. #WAR ON DRUGS A major new international study says that the ‘war on drugs’ is driving a global epidemic of HIV, TB and hepatitis.
9. #BANNED South Dublin County Council has taken the first steps towards restricting election posters in the constituency. The councillor who proposed it said that it will be a positive move for the environment.
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