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Today's top stories in 6 seconds

Don’t have time to mull over the news? Here’s everything you need to know.

WHAT’S THE STORY?

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1. A woman has been charged with the murder of her 11-year-old daughter, Emily Barut, in 2012.

2. A post-mortem has revealed that a viral infection caused a 2-year-old boy to die in Limerick.

3. It has now emerged that the AirAsia plane ‘exploded’ as it hit the sea.

4. Speaking about the Paris attacks, the Pope has said that people become ‘enslaved to deviant forms of religion’.

5. Nurses working in the emergency department of Galway’s University Hospital have voted unanimously in favour of  industrial action.

6. Seven people were arrested in Athlone after firearms were seized during searches as part of an operation into feud-related violence.

Main pic: Members of the public leave hundreds of pens in Trafalgar Square in London as a tribute to the victims of the Paris terror attacks. (PA)