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1. #GE15: Bertie Ahern believes recent announcements by Government indicate it is gearing up for an early general election. Speaking to the Sunday Independent, the former Taoiseach also apologised for the property crash.

2. #DEATH THREAT: Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has been warned of another threat to his life, allegedly by the UFF.

3.#ANSBACHER: A Canadian mining company deposited €320,000 into Ansbacher accounts linked to politicians shortly before opening a plant in Ireland, the Sunday Times reports. The details were contained in the dossier submitted to PAC by former civil servant Gerard Ryan.

4. #GEORGIA: A 13-year-old boy missing for five years in the United States has been found hidden in a false wall in his father’s home.

5. #DATA BREACH: Financial advice group New Beginning has become the subject of a data protection investigation after it allegedly sold details of home owners in mortgage arrears to a US investment fund, the Irish Mail on Sunday reports.

6. #TIMEBOMB: Due to rising property prices, home owners could be hit with property tax bills far higher than expected just before the next general election according to the Sunday Business Post. The situation is under scrutiny by Government.

7. #FERGUSON: Darren Wilson, the US police officer who shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, has resigned.

8. #SYDNEY: The body of a baby was discovered by two children playing on a beach in Australia this morning, Sky News reports.

9. #CYCLING: Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly funded a €4 million greenway in his home county of Tipperary during a by-election, ignoring the advice of experts, the Sunday Business Post reports.