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4. #WARNING: Gardaí fear a return of Hutch/Kinahan violence after Patrick Hutch walked free from court yesterday morning.

5. #RUNNING DRY: Dublin’s Lord Mayor has defended flying through 120 kegs of Guinness in six months.

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