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EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, The Journal brings you five of the biggest stories of the day.
1. #SEAMUS CULLETON: The Taoiseach said that the government has “consistently” been raising the issue of an Irishman who has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials with US authorities.
2. #STARDUST: A scheme of payments to survivors who were injured in the Stardust fire in north Dublin in 1981 has been announced by Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan.
3. #LIMERICK CORRUPTION: The trial of a Limerick car dealer accused of allegedly paying a garda in return for information about a Criminal Assets Bureau investigation into his business has collapsed.
4. #COURTS: A US national described “in detail” how he strangled his 66-year-old father with his bare hands, putting a “full fist into his throat”, just hours after arriving at a five-star midlands resort, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.
5. #DUBLIN CHILDREN’S COURT: A Somali male accused of murdering Ukrainian teen Vadym Davydenko in Dublin has been sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court amid ongoing doubts over his age.
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