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Today's top stories in 6 seconds

Don’t have time to mull over the news? Here’s everything you need to know.

WHAT’S THE STORY? 

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1. There was a bomb threat called into the Minister for the Environment’s office this morning.

2. Gardaí were not heavy-handed at the weekend’s water charge protests, according to the Justice Minister. However, this video has sparked much debate.

3. A Polish worker was awarded €12,000 at the Equality Tribunal because of unfair treatment by his employer, Tesco Ireland.

4. There has been an outbreak of bird flu at a duck farm in England.

5. Two people have died in separate incidents on the roads. A woman in her 80s was killed as she crossed the road and a teenager died in Roscommon when the car he was a passenger in struck a wall.

6. Rents are still on the up, says Daft.ie’s latest report.

7. Band Aid 30 has been released – and raised £1 million in the first ‘four or five minutes’.

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Main image: Mount Pleasant Cottage in Ceinws, Wales, former home of Mark Bridger, who murdered April Jones goes under demolition, following the purchase of the property by the Welsh government.

Here’s the rest of today’s news > 

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