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1. #SWORDS: Two people were arrested after a shooting in north Dublin left two men in hospital.

2. #PADDY HOLOHAN: A Sinn Féin councillor was suspended following comments on Leo Varadkar and women.

3. #CAMERON BLAIR: Tributes were paid to a Cork student killed in a house party stabbing.

4. #AGE ACTION: “Embarrassed” over-65s are forced to sign on the dole, and it’s fast becoming an election issue.

5. #PATRICIA O’CONNOR: A court was told a Dublin grandmother suffered a “violent death” but did not die where any of her body parts were found.

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