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1. #HOUSING: House building in Ireland is not expected to meet demand until 2020, according to stockbroker and asset management firm Davy.
2. #ANGLO: The jury in the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick on charges of misleading the bank’s auditors about millions of euro in loans will return today.
3. #ASTI: Ahead of tomorrow’s planned school closures, a poll has found that 46% of people support the ASTI teacher strikes on the issue of pay scales for teachers who qualified after 2011.
4. #US: Donald Trump has said he’d ‘love’ to fight the US Vice President after Joe Biden said he wanted to ‘take’ Trump over remarks he made boasting about sexual assault.
5. #AER LINGUS: A man who says he witnessed a fellow passenger being removed from an Aer Lingus flight over his behaviour towards Muslims has thanked the airline for taking action.
6. #TXFM: Peter McPartlin, former CEO of TXFM and Today FM, says Ireland still needs an alternative music radio station as TXFM closes down.
7. #CANCER: The Irish Cancer Society has highlighted the link between alcohol and breast cancer in a bid to get the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 implemented in Ireland.
8. VACANT HOUSES: A detailed analysis based on data from Census 2016 has revealed that there are over 10,000 vacant houses in 17 of the larger provincial towns across Ireland – many of which are within commuting distance of Dublin and other cities.
9. #CETA: A small region in Belgium could put an end to a historic free trade deal between the European Union and Canada.
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