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#COVERAGE: Sinn Féin has complained that RTÉ News has been refusing to broadcast interviews with Gerry Adams over the last number of days.

#PROTEST: Independent TD Joan Collins has been cleared of a public order charge arising from her involvement in an anti-water charges protest last year.

#GANGLAND: Three men have been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of convicted drug dealer Christy Keane last year.

#TRAPPED: A woman has died after becoming trapped under a car in Limerick.

#HIT BACK: Joan Burton has hit back at critics of her body language, suggesting that comments about the use of her hands are sexist.

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