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1. #POLL: Sinn Féin is now the second most popular party in the country, according to a new Sunday Times Behaviour & Attitudes opinion poll.
2. #KINAHAN: A TheJournal.ie investigation has found that the Kinahan cartel has lost at least €42 million in the last 12 months as gardaí have cracked down on the gang’s activities.
3. #NETHERLANDS: Dutch police used water cannon to break up pro-Turkey protests in Rotterdam yesterday as s the city expelled a Turkish minister, amid an escalating diplomatic row with Ankara.
4. #KENNY: Enda Kenny has raised the issue of undocumented Irish in a speech last night, saying that highlighting their plight was a top priority for him on his US visit, RTÉ reports.
5. #ARREST: An intruder with a backpack was yesterday arrested after breaching the White House grounds while US President Donald Trump was there, the Secret Service confirmed.
6. #TUSLA: Victims of abuse in childhood who gave statements to gardaí were sent letters by child and family agency Tusla 16 years later, reports the Irish Mail on Sunday.
7. #PRAYERS: Prayers for the victims of the Clondalkin fire which claimed four lives will be held in Wicklow this afternoon.
8. #FENNELLY: A draft report by Nial Fennelly – who investigated whether recordings of garda phone calls in Cork showed wrongdoing by officers during the investigation into the 1996 murder of Frenchwoman Sophie Toscan du Plantier – accuses some gardaí of wrongdoing, the Sunday Times reports.
9. #MCCANN: Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have been granted £85,000 to continue the search for another six months. (BBC)
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