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1. #JASON CORBETT: The stepmother of the Irishman’s children lodged a late night appeal to the custody ruling that said they should be returned to Ireland.

2. #ASHLEY MADISON: The controversy continues as email addresses linked to Irish government departments and state agencies were found in the database.

3. #DOES IT EXIST?: The investigation into Kevin McGuigan’s murder has kicked off a huge political row about the Provisional IRA.

4. #UNDERSTAFFED: Nurses have hit out at the HSE as 78 jobs in just one hospital are unfilled while the hospital operates at almost full capacity.

5. #OUT OF PRINT: The latest newspaper circulation figures are out and they are bleak reading for some.

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