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1. #NEW YORK: At least 29 people were injured after an ‘intentional’ explosion in a busy New York neighbourhood last night.
2. #OPINION POLL: Fianna Fáil is the most popular party in the country, according to an opinion poll carried out for the Sunday Times.
3. #SUNDAY INTERVIEW: Agriculture Minister Michael Creed spoke to us about his relationship with Taoiseach Enda Kenny, as speculation about another leadership heave in Fine Gael mounts.
4. #KERRY: Gardaí in Kerry are investigating an alleged rape of a woman in her 60s by a medic at the Bon Secours Hospital in Tralee, according to the Sunday World.
5. #PROJECT EAGLE: Former Nama adviser Frank Cushnahan has told the Sunday Independent he didn’t “make a penny” from the sale of the organisation’s Northern Ireland’s loan book, known as Project Eagle, as investigations in the north and the Republic continue.
6. #SYRIA: The US-led coalition has admitted its planes carried out an attack in eastern Syria that the Russian army says killed at least 62 Syrian troops fighting the so-called Islamic State, BBC News reports.
7. #RIO: An Iranian cyclist has died after sustaining head injuries in a crash during yesterday’s Paralympic Road Race in Rio de Janeiro.
8. #FLIGHTS: The US is to supply Ireland with a specialist software system to assist in the advance screening of flight passenger information.
9. #MONEY: A man who gardaí suspect was on the move with thousands of euro in cash just two days after €164,000-worth of cannabis plants were found at a growhouse in Co Kildare has been refused the return of money seized from him by a detective.
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