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1. #DRINK DRIVING: Ahead of the bank holiday weekend, the Road Safety Authority has launched research on drink driving-related road deaths, saying some people will flee crash scenes, leaving people to die, or move bodies to avoid arrest.

2. #JOB FAIRY: Travel software company Datalex has announced it will create 100 jobs in Dublin.

3. #FERTILITY: A fertility centre in Cork has announced the first reported pregnancy as a result of an innovative sperm extraction technique designed to assist men with fertility problems.

4. COURTS: An eight-year-old schoolboy, who missed his First Holy Communion photo session after his right eye was injured by a metal rod in a Dublin clothes shop, has been awarded €11,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

5. #BLOOM: Ireland’s biggest gardening festival kicks off today. Here’s our pick of the best gardens on display.

6. #EIGHTH AMENDMENT: No tender has been issued for a polling company the government says it will contract to source people for a promised Citizen’s Assembly to discuss issues such as the Eighth Amendment.

7. #LIMERICK: A Limerick woman with 102 previous convictions, who punched a disabled man in the face and robbed his wallet, has been jailed for three years.

8. #FLOODING: Five people have died in France and Germany as some areas endure their worst flooding in a century.

9. #TRUMP: Republican US Presidential nominee Donald Trump has hit out at the PGA Tour after the organisation confirmed that the WGC-Cadillac Championship would no longer be staged at his famed golf course at Doral in Florida. The event will be held in Mexico, not Trump’s favourite place, from next year.