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1. #WATER CHARGES: Alan Kelly has told the Dáil that the scrapping of Irish Water will be “political, economic and environmental sabotage”.

2. #KILDARE: A man has died after the car he was driving entered the canal in Naas this morning.

3. #SEANAD: There is a major nail-biter in the battle for the third Trinity seat in the Seanad.

4. #O’HIGGINS: Former Justice Minister Alan Shatter said that Enda Kenny gave him “no choice” but to resign.

5. #HILLSBOROUGH: The Times of London admitted it should have put a story about yesterday’s Hillsborough verdicts on today’s front page.

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