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1. #FINGLAS: A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a woman in north Dublin.

2. #PARAMEDICS: The National Ambulance Service paused a recruitment campaign for paramedic supervisors after receiving anonymous letters raising claims about the way the competition process being run.

3. #UH OH: Avian flu has been detected in a wild bird found in Galway, the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine has confirmed.

4. #GALWAY: A number of residents at the Direct Provision centre in Salthill have claimed they are served meals in plastic bags.

5. #AUSTRALIA: Police in Australia have charged a 36-year-old man with the abduction of four-year-old girl Cleo Smith, hours after they released an audio recording of the touching moment she was rescued.

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