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1. #BREXIT: The final day of campaigning in the Brexit campaign starts today, with polls still too close to call.

2. #PERU 2: Melissa Reid, the Scottish woman jailed alongside Michaella McCollum for drug smuggling in Peru, has been released from prison.

3. #NORTH KOREA: North Korea has taken a major step towards nuclear armament after test-firing two missiles.

4. #FATAL FOETAL ABNORMALITIES: A number of papers report that members of the Independent Alliance want a free vote on a bill on fatal foetal abnormalities.

5. #COURTS: A Brazilian student was paid between €1,000 and €3,000 to smuggle drugs into Ireland, a court has heard.

6. #DATA PROTECTION: A bus company was found to have “unfairly obtained” CCTV footage of a driver using their mobile phone, the Data Protection Commissioner found.

7. #PRIDE: The Dublin Pride festival kicks off today.

8. #JOE BIDEN: The US Vice-President Joe Biden continues his visit to Ireland today, going to his ancestral home of Mayo.

9. #BERKELEY: The mother of one of the Berkeley balcony collapse victims has said her daughter should still be alive today.

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