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news wrap 27 march

1. #GERMANWINGS: It has emerged that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz hid a sick note on the day of the tragic French Alps plane crash.

2. #MARGOT SEERY A man has been arrested in Dublin and charged with the murder of Margot Seery, who was killed in 1994.

3. #CORK: There has been a gas explosion in Ballinspittle, county Cork.

4. #STABBING An Irishman has admitted to stabbing his wife to death in Lutry, Switzerland.

5. #RESIGNATION The CEO of the Irish Refugee Council has resigned from the government’s working group on asylum reform.

6. #NO DEAL The latest person to express reservations about selling Aer Lingus to IAG is, er, Donald Trump.

Main image: A sign on the house where Andreas Lubitz lived in Montabaur, Germany. Source: PA Images

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