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#FRESH FACE: Michelle O’Neill has been named as the new leader of Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland.

#QUESTIONING: Two Aer Lingus employees and an illegal immigrant have been arrested in connection with alleged smuggling of illegal immigrants through Dublin Airport.

#COURTS: Former Anglo Irish Bank executive Willie McAteer will not serve any extra time in prison for receiving a fraudulent loan in order to keep the bank from failing.

#RURAL IRELAND: The government launched a rural development plan – but has come under criticism for hosting it in a soon-to-be staffless Longford library.

#ICELAND: The country is in mourning after a young woman who was missing for eight days was found dead on a beach, in a rare crime that gripped the nation.

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