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1. #COLORADO: The ‘Batman’ cinema shooter James Holmes has been spared the death penalty.

2. #TAIWAN: Typhoon Soudelor has killed four people in Taiwan and is now heading for China.

3. #FATAL: A 61-year-old man has died after the van he was driving overturned in Kildare.

4. #DROGHEDA: Gardaí are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing missing teenager Leigh Leech.

5. #MYSTERY: Gardai have resumed investigations into the mysterious disappearance of Connemara woman Barbara Walsh, three decades ago.

6. #DEFAMATION: A Thai man was jailed for 30 years for “insulting” Thai royals on Facebook.

7. #INCOME: Airbnb has to start telling Revenue how much its hosts make.

8. #YOUTH CAMP: Young Norwegian activists are back on Utoya in defiance of Anders Behring Breivik.

9. #SNAPPED: This is the first ever pictures of a Arctic beluga whale in Irish waters.

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