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1.#BY THE BY: Two men are waking up as the country’s newest TDs. Here’s what yesterday’s by-elections taught us.
2.#REPOSSESSIONS: New figures show that there were two repossession orders made for homes every day in the first half of 2014.
3.#EBOLA: One of the world’s busiest airports, JFK in New York, has begun screening passengers arriving from Ebola-hit west African countries.
4.#THE FOG: Motorists are being urged to take care today, as fog settles around the country.
5.#GONE: The Tory minister who stepped down after it emerged he sent explicit pictures to a reporter has told David Cameron he will leave politics.
6.#BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER: The remote control for the Sean O’Casey Bridge in Dublin has been replaced after being missing for years, at a cost of €1,800.
7.#BUDGET 15: With just two days to the Budget, there is speculation that cigarettes and petrol will both be hit with increases. Here’s how they have been treated in previous years.
8.#TURNED AWAY: People are being turned away from emergency accommodation in the Midlands “every week”, the CEO of the Midlands Simon branch says.
9.#TYPHOON: Japan is bracing for what has been described as the largest storm so far this year. 35 are reported to have been hurt as Typhoon Vongfong batters southern islands.
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