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1. #PUBLIC APPEAL: Gardaí have appealed for the public’s help in finding a man and a teenage boy who have gone missing from Maynooth and Ballyfermot in separate incidents.
2. #HEALTHCARE: More and more Irish people are avoiding hospital waiting lists here by seeking medical treatment in other European countries under the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive.
3. #EGYPT: Eight police officers have been shot dead in an attack south of Cairo, the country’s interior ministry has said.
4. #WIND TURBINES: Denis Naughten, the new Minister for Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources, has called for further public consultation on wind turbines, RTÉ News reports.
5. #CANADA: A huge wildfire in Alberta has doubled in size and now threatens the neighbouring province of Saskatchewan, the Canadian government has said.
6. #SPAIN: Police in Spain are trying to identify children who had been forced to appear in pornographic videos after they arrested the country’s “king of porn”.
7. #MONEY: New research has found that Dublin is one of Europe’s most expensive cities.
8. #NUCLEAR WEAPONS: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said the country will not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty is threatened, BBC News reports.
9. #WHISKEY: The company behind Jameson and Powers wants to sell Paddy to a US firm.
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