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1. #DISCIPLINARY: Garda whistleblower Superintendent David Taylor was sent a letter yesterday informing him an internal disciplinary investigation into his case is still underway, after the DPP last month said it would not be pressing any charges.     

2. #TUAM BABIES: Catherine Corless – who was instrumental in uncovering the mass child grave at Tuam – received a standing ovation on the Late Late Show last night.

3. #FAMINE: The UN has warned that the world faces the worst humanitarian crisis since 1945 as famine looms in a number of countries.

4. #TRAVEL BAN: A federal judge in the US has refused to rule on Trump’s latest travel ban.

5. #PATRICK’S DAY: St Patrick’s Day parade organisers in Boston have reversed a decision not to allow a group of gay army veterans to march (AFP).

6. #INJURED: A cyclist was seriously injured in an incident in Blessington yesterday.

7. #BREXIT: Enda Kenny has expressed his impatience with the British government over the lack of clarity on its future relationship with the EU, RTÉ reports.

8. #ATTACK: A married man accused of killing a woman he had an affair with broke down and told gardaí he had beaten her with a hammer, a court heard yesterday.

9. #FRAUD: AXA Insurance has said it is investigating “organised rings” of people staging car crashes around the country, with potential claims of €3 million in two counties, the Irish Examiner reports.