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1. #REHAB: The PAC has referred a letter to gardaí containing “serious allegations” against individuals linked to Rehab.

2. #ANGLO: The former financial regulator told a court he “didn’t think it was appropriate” to ask Sean Quinn about his stake in Anglo.

3. #GOING DOWN: The Irish economy shrank by 0.3 per cent last year because of declining profits for pharmaceutical companies – but Michael Noonan isn’t worried.

4. #MISSING: The missing Malaysia Airways plane may have flown for four hours after it lost contact and could have been diverted to an unknown location.

5. #OUCH: Police in England have arrested one person after a man was found at the side of a dual carriageway with his penis chopped off.

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