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1. #LOTTO: Rehab has dropped a €1.5 billion claim against the State, The Irish Times reports. The charity had alleged it incurred losses due to the dominant position of National Lottery.
2. #NAMA: Property developer Sean Dunne has given up on his attempts to not stand liable for €700 million in debt, according to RTÉ News, but this means he does not have to disclose details about his assets.
3. #TAX EVASION: The Irish Independent reports that Revenue has told the Public Accounts Committee the claims made in the Ansbacher dossier regarding politicians were fully investigated.
4. #AH NO: The AA is warning motorists to take care on the roads this morning as temperatures dropped to -3 degrees overnight. It’s now definitely winter. Sorry.
5. #SPLISH SPLASH: Local authorities have given €424 million to Irish Water to date, new figures reveal. This is water-related expenditure they were previously budgeted for.
6. #CRISIS: A survey by the Irish Examiner has revealed a 500% increase in the number of people sleeping rough in Cork since 2011, from 38 to 230. A vigil was held outside Leinster House last night following the death of Jonathan Corrie.
7. #ANGER: Phil Hogan has been called on by Irish farmers to intervene following a report that predicts a fall in dairy farmers’ profit margin by roughly two cents per litre, RTÉ News reports, potentially plunging rural Ireland into ‘crisis’.
8. EMERGENCY: The HSE may have to introduce longer response times for ambulances in rural areas due to a lack of resources, The Irish Times reports. It follows a damning report on the service yesterday.
9. #SHEARS AT DAWN: Neighbours in Wicklow have taken a dispute about a hedge to the High Court, according to reports today, after one allegedly lost 20 square meters of land after a lane was widened.
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