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1. #WATER CHARGES: The Troika is a bit concerned about the government’s sudden shift with the plan for water charges and the delay in moving from a flat rate to metered charges, The Irish Times reports.
2. #IMMIGRATION: Undocumented Irish migrants in the US have been offered protection from deportation – but only if you have a US citizen child or arrived there before you were 16.
3. #ROAD DEATH: A 31-year-old woman has died after her car struck a lamp post in Clondalkin.
4. #CHILDREN: A review of foster care standards in three counties found over 100 children have no social worker.
#CORK: A tech support company will create 120 jobs in Cork. The official announcement by Enda Kenny later will see another anti water charge protest stationed outside.
6. #CANCER: Some 200 cases of bowel cancer have been detected since 2013 by the country’s bowel cancer screening programme.
7. #WESTMINSTER: UKIP now has its second elected MP in the British parliament as Mark Reckless has won a by-election seat in Rochester, BBC reports.
8. #SAVAGE MOUTH: The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has rejected three complaints that RTÉ’s The Savage Eye is ‘foul mouthed’.
9. #SON OF BOD: Brian O’Driscoll and Amy Huberman welcomed a baby boy named Billy into the world yesterday and everyone in the country is just delighted for them.
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