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1. #MIGRATION CRISIS: Nearly 30 people are feared dead off the Greek island of Lesbos in the latest boat sinking in the Aegean Sea.
2. #RIP: British novelist Jackie Collins has died of breast cancer at the age of 77.
3. MCDONALD’S: The Equality Tribunal has ruled against two Polish workers who claimed their employer’s English-only policy discriminated against them on the basis of race.
4. #EIR-BORNE: Newly rebranded Eir have defended the use of a drone to capture images of the Skellig Islands for a TV ad, according to The Sunday Times.
5. #HERE WE GO AGAIN: Voting has begun in Greece’s general election, the country’s fifth in six years. It’s a tight race according to BBC News.
6. #ABORTION: The HSE and the Irish Family Planning Association are among 11 organisations being sued by an asylum seeker following the Miss Y case, reports The Sunday Independent.
7. #PEOPLE’S RAILWAY: UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has announced a plan for the renationalisation of Britain’s railways, reports The Independent.
8. #DOPING:The Sunday Times reports that a study has found that 7.7% of Champions League players tested for steroids had potentially suspicious results.
9. #HIGH SEAS: A fisherman made a health and safety complaint to Met Éireann saying his crew can’t understand forecasters with foreign accents
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