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1. #FATALITY: A man in his 50s has died following a single-vehicle collision in Carrick East, Co Galway.
2. #BOMB DISPOSAL: The Army Bomb Disposal Team has made safe two viable explosives in Roxboro, Co Limerick.
3. #HEALTHCARE: A Union representing GPs has written to the HSE to demand a process to deal with violent and abusive patients.
4. #SOCIAL WELFARE: The Department of Social Protection has said there has been no change in its position on providing exceptional needs payment despite a court case against it.
5. #POLITICAL CRISIS: Talks between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin aimed at resolving the political crisis that threatens an election are expected to continue today.
6. #FODDER SHORTAGE: Severe weather conditions since August have left farmers on the verge of a serious fodder crisis. However, the government says that there’s no shortage.
7. #CHINA: At least two have been killed and dozens more injured in an explosion in the Chinese port city of Ningbo, the BBC reports.
8. #BRUSSELS: Fifty people have been arrested in Brussels after a protest over the revelations of slave markets in Libya.
9. #CARTEL: Drug raids carried out by gardaí in the last month suggest that the Kinahan cartel is losing its influence in Ireland.
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