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IRELAND

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• Garda Tony Golden was laid to rest in the village of Blackrock, county Louth today. 
• A former Dublin Scout leader who sexually abused six young boys on camping trips in the late 70s and early 80s has been jailed for four and a half years.
• The HSE has apologised to the family of a young girl with cerebral palsy who was awarded €6.7 million in damages today.
• These e-mails show why the Web Summit left Dublin. 
• Minister Varadkar has dismissed claims that as many as 10,000 children are being hospitalised each year to have teeth extracted under general anaesthetic.
• Some potentially life-saving medicines, like Epipens, can now be administered by trained members of the public.
• Dublin City Council’s Region Homeless Executive (DRHE) has said that the young man found dead on a Dublin street last weekend was not homeless.

INTERNATIONAL

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#AUSTRIA: A man is in custody after he and three accomplices assaulted a cyclist and carved a swastika into his forehead.

#SOUTH AFRICA: After just one year in jail, Oscar Pistorius will be released on Tuesday.

#ISIS: A British woman who fled the Islamic State group with her five children after travelling to Syria described the experience as “not my cup of tea”.

#REVERSING POLICY: US President Barack Obama has announced that 9,800 troops will stay in Afghanistan next year. [RTÉ]

INNOVATION

• These are Netflix’s plans for new shows and general world domination.
• Researchers are using Siri and Google Now to silently hijack phones from a distance. [Geek.com] 

PARTING SHOT 

Dubliner Darren Farrell roped in 25 Irish celebrities for his best friend’s wedding video.

Gary Barlow, James Corden, Ryan Tubridy, Gay Byrne and Joe Duffy are all in there.

There are best men, and then there are BEST men.