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1. Farmers are holding a 48-hour protest outside meat factories around the country.

2. Dolores O’Riordan, the lead singer of The Cranberries, has reportedly been arrested.

3. A second burial ground has been found at the Tuam mother and baby home.

4. Journalist, academic and broadcaster Brian Farrell has died at the age of 85.

5. The constituency office door of a Labour junior minister was vandalised overnight.

6. Recovered after last night? Here are 11 questions we still need answered after the Love/Hate finale.

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