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1. #DOMAHANE: A man in his 40s has died after the motorcycle he was riding struck a ditch in Co Cork yesterday evening.

2. #REDRESS SCHEME: A religious order was “adamant” with the government that women seeking redress did not work in a Magdalene Laundry after 1980, despite their claims and testimony. 

3. #POLLAGH: A nine-year-old boy is in a serious condition in hospital after he was struck by a car while cycling in Co Offaly yesterday afternoon. 

4. #EMERGENCY CARE: There have been calls for the new Paediatric Outpatient and Urgent Care Centre at Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown to be open until midnight.

5. #RACISM: US president Donald Trump has been called “racist” and “xenophobic” after telling progressive Democratic congresswomen to “go back” where they came from.

6. #BEEP BEEP: The average cost of running a family car for a year has dropped compared to 2018 but some drivers are still facing “inordinately high” insurance costs, according to a new report by AA Ireland. 

7. #ERWAN FERRIEUX: Human bones found on the Australian coast last month are believed to be those of a French backpacker who went missing near a surf beach in February, police have said.

8. #IRAN: European foreign ministers will discuss how to convince Iran and the United States to reduce tensions at a meeting in Brussels today amid fears that the 2015 nuclear deal is close to collapse.

9. #BLUE-RINGED OCTOPUS: An Irish tourist in Australia has said he had no idea at the time that an octopus he put on his arm for a photo was one of the most venomous marine creatures in the world. 

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