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1. #LOUISE O’KEEFFE: Sexual abuse victim Louise O’Keeffe has accepted Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s apology and told him to act on his words with legislation.

2. #GUARDIANSHIP: The General Scheme of a new bill was published today containing provisions to allow civil partners to jointly adopt a child.

3. #CHILDREN: Health Minister James Reilly has confirmed that an investigation will be carried out into the deaths of a number of babies at Portlaoise hospital.

4. #BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: The Public Accounts Committee has questioned a serving garda about the penalty points controversy in private. They will keep an audio recording, but no transcript.

5. GARTHMANIA: 240,000 tickets to three Garth Brooks concerts in Dublin this summer sold out in 90 minutes. That’s just one for every 25 people in Ireland.

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