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1. #PARIS ATTACKS: At least two suspected jihadis have died in a police raid targeting an apartment in a northern Paris suburb this morning.
2. #BOMBS: French and Russian airstrikes in northern Syria have killed a minimum of 33 IS militants in the last 72 hours, AFP reports.
3. #RIP: Tributes have been paid to former New Zealand rugby legend Jonah Lomu, who died yesterday at the age of 40.
4. #BARNEY: Thousands of homes are still without power this morning after Storm Barney swept across the country yesterday.
5. #PHONE RECORDINGS: The Irish Independent reports that the Fennelly Commission, established to investigate the recording of phone calls in garda stations, will not be reporting back until September 2016, after the general election.
6. #OVERCROWDING: The Mater Hospital in Dublin is to spend €320,000 next year on transferring excess patients from its emergency department to private hospitals, according to The Irish Times.
7. #HEALTH INSURANCE: The Irish Examiner reports that the introduction of the government’s long-awaited universal health insurance plan would require families to pay as much as €5,000 a year.
8. #LEGAL HIGHS: A senior garda has told RTÉ’s Prime Time that a high burden of proof means the force lacks the powers necessary to prosecute for the sale and possession of some legal highs.
9. #CONTROVERSY: The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, has been criticised for joking about the possibility of a female minister being a lesbian, BBC reports.
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