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1. #MULLINGAR: Doctors caring for a clinically dead pregnant woman recommended her life support be switched off before HSE lawyers intervened, The Irish Times reports.

2. #PROTESTS: Tánaiste Joan Burton has said she was worried about “the parallels with fascism” when she was trapped in her car by protesters in Jobstown last month.

3. #LEAKS: Irish Water will spend as much as €130m less on infrastructure next year than Government did on average for the past decade, according to documents seen by RTÉ News.

4. #FRANCE: A driver shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ struck a dozen people at five different locations in Dijon last night.

5. #CLONDALKIN: Gardaí are investigating a shooting last night in Dublin.

6. #BRAIN DRAIN: New figures from the Higher Education Authority reveal a rise in the number of graduates finding work abroad rather than in Ireland.

7. #SOUTH KOREA: Nuclear plant operators are to hold a cyber-attack drill after sensitive schematics were leaked online, BBC News reports. The hackers warned of further attacks.

8. #TRAFFICKED: A woman has told The Sun details of how she was trafficked into Ireland and ‘kept as a slave’ by two doctors. A garda investigation is being called for.

9. #BACK AGAIN: The Irish Independent reports that Sean Quinn is back working with his former business, now called Quinn Business Retention Company. However, he will not be a shareholder, senior executive, or director.