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1. #MARREF: The High Court has rejected two applications seeking permission to challenge the result of the same-sex marriage referendum. One applicant said  it “is not an anti-gay issue, it’s a failure of the referendum process”.

2. #WAITING LISTS: Tallaght Hospital has apologised to a 102-year-old woman who spent more than a day on a trolley earlier this week.

3. #HAND OF GOD: Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said the multi-million euro payment made by FIFA to the FAI was “extraordinary”, and said questions needed to be answered. [RTÉ News]

4. #NORTHERN IRELAND: Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a married couple in Antrim. They were found by their son last night.

5. #ALTON TOWERS: The Smiler Rollercoaster, which was involved in a major accident in the United Kingdom on, is set to be closed for “the foreseeable future”.

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