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1. #GROUNDED: Ryanair will fly fewer aircrafts during the winter in a move expected to hit up to 400,000 passengers with cancellations.

2. #OUCH: Referring to when the Daily Mail published 14 pages criticising the Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn said that “never have so many trees died in vain”.

3. #WHISTLEBLOWER: The partner of a garda whistleblower has told the Charleton Tribunal how she felt she had no choice but to go to Letterkenny Garda Station when she was contacted by a garda inspector in October 2013.

4. #NEW OPTION: Mortgage holders in arrears will now have the option to avail of a mortgage-to-rent scheme under a new joint initiative announced today.

5. #OPEN ROAD: A new motorway, the M17/18 Gort to Tuam, will be opened today.

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