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1. #ROAD DEATHS: There has been another fatality on Irish roads, after a 38-year-old man died when his motorcycle collided with a car in Co Wexford last night.
2. #SYRIA: Scores of people have been killed as bombs continue to fall in Syria ahead of temporary ceasefire due to begin tomorrow.
3. #SUNDAY INTERVIEW: Housing Minister Simon Coveney spoke to us about how his style differs from Alan Kelly’s, his thoughts on the leadership of Fine Gael and why Fianna Fáil will bring down the Government.
4. #NAMA: Nama has made a formal complaint to gardaí that Belfast businessman Frank Cushnahan may be guilty of corruption in the Republic as well as in Northern Ireland, the Sunday Times reports. During the week, BBC Spotlight aired a recording of the former Nama adviser accepting £40,000 (about €47,250) from a property developer in a car park in 2012.
5. #BURNING BRIDGES: Junior minister John Halligan has accused three Fine Gael ministers of “dirty politics” in an ongoing row over cardiac care facilities in Waterford, in an interview the Sunday Independent.
6. #ORALS: The Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) has banned teachers from preparing Junior Certificate students for their oral exams, according to the Sunday Business Post. The union’s position is that Junior Cert oral exams should be carried out by the State Examinations Commission, as is the case for Leaving Cert exams.
7. #OLYMPICS: Several papers are reporting that Pat Hickey could be back in Ireland this week if a Brazilian judge allows him to leave the country. Hickey temporarily stood down as president of the Olympic Council of Ireland following his arrest in Rio de Janeiro last month. He and nine others are charged with criminal organisation, ticket touting, ambush marketing, larceny, money laundering and tax evasion.
8. #15 YEARS ON: Today marks the 15th anniversary of the 11 September attacks in the US, in which 2,977 people were killed.
9. #SKYDIVING: A 49-year-old woman has died after her parachute failed to open during a skydive in east Durham, England.
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