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1. #SNOOPING: Nine gardaí face official disciplinary action over the misuse of the Pulse computer system, TheJournal.ie has learned.

2. #CONCUSSION: Sports Minister Shane Ross has told TheJournal.ie that society needs to “face up” to the fact that sport is getting more rough and people are getting hurt.

3. #NORTH KOREA: The US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has warned that a war with North Korea would be “catastrophic”.

4. #CORBETT: Lawyers for Molly Martens-Corbett and Thomas Corbett have begun the appeals process against their 20-25 year sentences for the murder of Irishman Jason Corbett in the US.

5. #CHINA: At least 36 people have been killed in a bus crash in China.

6. #LABOUR COURT: The Labour Court has told logistics giant DHL to pay over €70,000 to an accident-prone van driver in an unfair dismissal action.

7. #DUNDROD 150: A competitor has been killed in a motorcycle race in Antrim.

8. #PORTUGAL: Residents have been evacuated as wildfires threaten towns in central Portugal.

9. #EAST LINK: Dublin City Council will reduce the toll on the East Link Bridge, following a ruling on VAT.

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