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1. #KIMMAGE: Gardaí have appealed for witnesses after a three-year-old boy died in a stabbing incident.

2. #KILDARE: Two men died in a house fire in the Tully East area of Kildare.

3. #LIMERICK: A man was shot at a halting site in the south Limerick city this afternoon.

4. #ISRAEL: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has posted a criticism of “Ireland’s traditional stance” on Facebook after meeting Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney.

5. #TRUMP JR: Reports suggested that the son of US President Donald Trump was told that a meeting with a lawyer was a Russian attempt to help his father’s campaign.

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