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1. #HE’S BACK: Fianna Fáil in Dublin central are to set to ask former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to rejoin the party, the branch chairman has confirmed.
2. #ECONOMY: The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council has warned of a “loss of momentum” in the country’s economic growth.
3. #COLOMBIA: A plane that crashed in the mountains of Colombia killing 71 people may have run out of fuel, according to a Colombian military source.
4. #WINTER: Temperatures will drop to as low as -5 degrees tonight, as severe frost persists across Munster and much of Leinster.
5. #ENDA: Taoiseach Enda Kenny is setting off for a three-day trip to the US, with a meeting with President-elect Trump potentially on the cards.
6. #WATER CHARGES: Simon Coveney has said that people who paid their water charges will not get their money back, after a report recommended that water should be paid for through taxation.
7. #HOMELESSNESS: A homeless camp has sprung up on a south Dublin green area and the number of people staying there is slowly increasing.
8. #OPERATION CLAVE: A further 10 people have been arrested in a huge crackdown on drugs in Carlow and Kilkenny.
9. #BRAY: Gardaí are seeking the public’s help in finding 16-year-old Cian Cleary who has been missing from Bray since 25 November.
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