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1. #SCHENGEN: EU ministers are to hold emergency talks on tightening border controls today. The meeting comes after French officials raised fears that suspects in the Paris attacks were able to take advantage of Europe’s migrant crisis to “slip in” unnoticed from Syria.
2. #GERRY FEENEY: Beaumont Hospital has apologised to the family of an 81-year-old man after an independent investigation found there was a failure to protect his dignity, according to RTÉ. A photo of the late Gerry Feeney taken in the hospital last year showed him sitting in a dirty gown pulled up to his hips.
3. #FATAL STABBING: Four men have been arrested in connection with the death of Lorcan O’Reilly in Dublin on Halloween night.
4. #LGBT ROW: The Irish Times reports that the St Vincent de Paul Society has stood down a Galway fund committee after the Bishop of Galway Martin Drennan raised objections to money being allocated to a local LGBT support centre.
5. #BANKRUPTCY: Businessman Tony O’Reilly is expected to apply for bankruptcy in the Bahamas later today, according to the Sunday Business Post.
6. #HOUSING CRISIS: A major new European report claims that Ireland has the second highest rate of rent and mortgage arrears across Europe.
7. #IFA TURMOIL: Top officials in the Irish Farmers’ Association are meeting today to discuss the shock resignation of the organisation’s general secretary, Pat Smith, following allegations about his salary, the Irish Farmers’ Journal reports.
8. #NAVAN: A man in his 20s remains in serious condition after an assault in Meath yesterday afternoon.
9. #REFUGEE CRISIS: US presidential candidate Ben Carson has been criticised for comparing Syrian refugees to “rabid” dogs.
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