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Lunchtime Fix: 6 things you need to know
Catch up as you refuel.
WHAT’S THE STORY?
1. THE body of a man in his 30s was found in a pond at a park in Dublin this morning.
2. THE government has told developers that they need to either use their planning permission or risk losing it in a new social housing plan. New laws will also force builders to provide 10% of units for social housing and impose fines for leaving a site vacant.
3. IN some rare good news for Waterford, 150 new jobs will be created at a pharmaceutical factory in the city.
4. POLICE have said they are looking at a 67-page document detailing the abuse that has been levelled at Maddie McCann’s parents by Internet trolls. Sky News tracked down one woman who was sending threatening messages.
5. PHIL Hogan swatted away any inkling of a ‘big grilling’ at his European Commission confirmation hearing this morning, delivering a political ‘smackdown’ to Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy.
https://soundcloud.com/todaysor/matt-carthy-phil-hogan-exchange-in-brussels
6. AN unexpected development today: Ryanair is discontinuing its bikini calendar.
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