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WHAT’S THE STORY?

1. The former head of Bank of Ireland has said the bank guarantee was the worst day of his life.

2. Tusla has said it is examining whether 822 unacknowledged garda referrals in Laois and Offaly were acted on.

3. Design plans for the new Children’s Hospital at St James’s in Dublin have been revealed.

4. Going somewhere tomorrow? You better plan your journey - bus drivers are going on strike from midnight.

5. A four-month-old baby and a teenager were found alive under a pile of rubble five days after Nepal’s massive earthquake.

6. Apple may have to repay 10 years of tax to Ireland.

7. A three-foot rat was found swimming in a Tipperary river.

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