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1. #MATERNITY: Simon Harris has said that he will need a month to assess all the options, including public ownership, for the new national maternity hospital.
2. #WEATHER: On Mayday, summer looks to have arrived on time as we’re set for a warm, sunny week.
3. #OVERDOSES: A potentially lethal batch of heroin which was being prepared in a city centre flat complex is responsible for a number of recent overdoses in Dublin.
4. #WATERFORD: A post-mortem is due to take place today on Samantha Walsh, the woman who was found dead in Waterford on Friday afternoon.
5. #NUMBER 10: A poll carried out on behalf of Claire Byrne Live and TheJournal.ie shows Theresa May is closely favoured by Irish people to remain as Prime Minister after the upcoming election.
6. #GREEN RIBBON: New research shows almost half of people under 35 would conceal a mental health problem ahead of the Green Ribbon awareness campaign.
7. #PAY RISES: Crane drivers are the latest workers to push for major pay rises.
8. #RACISM: A Monaghan man has been told to pay compensation to the business owner he abused.
9. #SAD: A deal was reached to fund the US government through to September, but with no funds available to build Trump’s Mexican border wall.
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