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1. #REFUGEE BAN: A federal judge has issued an emergency order temporarily barring the US from deporting people from nations subject to President Donald Trump’s travel ban, saying travellers who had been detained had a strong argument their legal rights had been violated.

2. #HOLOCAUST: President Michael D Higgins has spoken out against politics of fear and hatred while marking Holocaust Memorial Day.

3. #CORK: A man in his 20s has died after the car he was driving collided with a bus in Mallow, Co Cork.

4. #COMMERCIAL RATES: Businesses in urban hubs across Ireland face commercial rates hikes of up to 5% this year as many councils try to shore up their balance sheets with the extra revenue.

5. #HOSPITALITY: Workers in the hospitality industry have shared their experiences of harassment, no holidays and low pay.

6. #OPINION POLL: The latest Sunday Business Post opinion poll has seen support drop for Fine Gael (minus one to 24%) and Sinn Féin (minus two to 14%) and rise for Fianna Fáil (plus three to 27%).

7. #MMA: Upcoming meetings on regulating mixed martial arts will determine whether the sport needs its own governing body – something that could significantly delay the process.

8. #TRAINS: A ‘ghost station’ on the Dublin to Cork line will lie idle unless Irish Rail is given €2 million to open it.

9. SS LAURENTIC: A century on, the 354 victims of the ship which sank off Donegal in January 1917 are being remembered.

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