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1.#RIP: Gavin Glynn, the “superhero” four-year-old who sparked a wave of charity earlier this year, has died.
2.#MAIRIA CAHILL: The woman who claimed that she was raped by a member of the IRA will meet the Taoiseach today. Maíria Cahill says that the crime was tried in a republican “kangaroo court”. The Irish Independent reports that a second victim has come forward.
3.#IRISH WATER: Environment Minister Alan Kelly says that Irish Water CEO John Tierney “should be facing the public”.
4.#IRISH WATER (AGAIN): One Fianna Fáil TD has said that he’s not giving Irish Water his PPS number because of the semi-state’s “incoherent gibberish”.
5.#JOBBRIDGE: The government says that there are 24 JobBridge interns in their departments at the minute, which Joe Higgins calls “cynical”.
6.#NAMA: The National Asset Management Agency has said that it is aiming to shut within three years. In a statement ahead of its first-half results for this year, the agency says it will be done with its business by mid-2018.
7.#HIV: A lack of contraception for women is causing unintended pregnancies, HIV and STIs, new research suggests.
8.#EBOLA: The World Health Organisation says that a cure for Ebola, using the blood of people who recovered from the virus, could be ready within weeks.
9.#ASSAULT: Gardaí are appealing for information on an attempted sexual assault in Castleknock last weekend. A woman was threatened and assaulted by a lone man on Saturday morning.
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