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2. #EXPLOITED: Illegal workers are most common in care and catering work, a new report has found.

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4. #CENSORED: A row has broken out in the Dáil after Ruth Coppinger raised the case of a US-based academic who was stopped by gardaí in connection with a blog post that criticised Minister Regina Doherty.

5. #SHELVED: Rape claims made by a woman took 11 years to be passed by gardaí to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

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