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1. #HOW THEY DO IT: Hospitals across the country are hiding patients from trolley watch counters by clogging up other wards, it has been claimed.

2. #RIP: The President and the Taoiseach have lead the tributes for influential economist and civil servant TK Whitaker, who passed away age 100 yesterday.

3. #CASH FOR ASH: With the resignation of Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness as Deputy First Minister, Northern Ireland is being fast-tracked to a new round of elections.

4. #JOLO ISLAND: A powerful earthquake has hit the Philippines in the past few hours.

5. #CALAIS: A memo will be brought to cabinet today to start the process of bringing children who were previously based in the Calais refugee camps in France to Ireland. [RTÉ]

6. #FUNERAL COSTS: Over €1,000 has been donated to cover the cost of Tallaght stabbing victim Reece Cullen’s funeral following an online appeal.

7. #EGYPT: A cross party delegation from the Dáil will meet with Ibrahim Halawa today in an Egyptian jail.

8. #YORK: A 15-year-old girl has been arrested following the death of a seven-year-old girl in England, police have said.

9. #CLICK AND  BUY: Online shopping surged by 15% last month but shop sales suffered.