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1. #RESCHEDULE: Ryanair said that it will publish contingency plans on next week’s planned strikes on its website on Monday.

2. #SUSPICIOUS MINDS: Ahead of a meeting with the European Council, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that he has absolute confidence in the British government.

3. #THE EIGHTH: Sinn Féin defended the decision for its members on the Eighth Amendment Committee to abstain on a motion relating to abortion in the cases of rape and incest.

4. #MULHUDDART: A woman in her 20s has been charged in connection with a shooting incident that occurred on Monday in west Dublin.

5. #FAIRYTALE ENDING: The Walt Disney Company has reached a deal to buy 21st Century Fox for €44.3 billion in stock, in a significant media sale.

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