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1. #GERMANY: A Syrian man arrested on suspicion of plotting a bomb attack on a Berlin airport was found dead in his cell last night after an apparent suicide.
2. #DONALD TRUMP: Accusations that Donald Trump groped or inappropriately kissed women have emerged, with the Republican nominee denying the reports and his campaign branding them “character assassination”.
3. #ASTI: The results of an industrial action ballot among members of the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland are due today and could lead to school closures next month.
4.#GOAL Barry Andrews has resigned as chief executive of Goal amid a US investigation into the aid agency’s Syrian operations.
5.#FIRST-TIME BUYERS There was a surge in online searches for new homes after the Budget was announced on Tuesday.
6. #SYRIA: Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed as “political rhetoric” accusations that war crimes have been committed in Syria’s Aleppo.
7. DEPRESSION Ketamine is being trialled in Ireland as a treatment for depression relapse.
8.#PAY INCREASE: Ministers are going to waive a €12,000 pay increase due over the next three years after a public backlash, the Irish Independent reports.
9. #DRUGS Paramedics in Dublin attended to a father of five when he was taken into custody after receiving a four-year jail term for transporting €400,000 worth of heroin in his car while accompanied by his one-year-old daughter.
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