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1. #MARTA HERDA: A 29-year-old woman has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a man by driving him into a deep harbour, where he drowned.

2. #FAKE GOODS: A garda raid in Cavan has turned up €700,000 worth of counterfeit DVDs.

3. #INFECTIOUS: A person infected with measles travelled from Dublin and then onto Galway earlier this month.

4. #CONSOLE: Court proceedings around the liquidation of scandal-hit charity Console have been deferred for three months.

5. #TRUMP: Republican party nominee for the US presidential race Donald Trump has been accused of treason after calling on Russia to hack rival Hillary Clinton’s emails.

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