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1. WATER ‘BOUT the water charges? (Sorry – it’s no laughing matter). The Government has finally revealed estimates for how much it will cost you annually – eg, €248 for a family of four; €138 for a single person living alone. And if you don’t pay? They’ll slow your water pressure “down to a trickle”. See more details here.

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2. THE Boston College tapes will be returned to the former paramilitaries who were interviewed on them, if they so desire. The college made the promise today as Gerry Adams denied he had warned Jean McConville’s son of a “backlash” were he to name names.

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3. AN investigation has been launched by the HSE into the death of a baby at Cavan General Hospital following a “clinical incident” on 26 April last.

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4. HUNDREDS of Irish soldiers were exposed to asbestos while working in East Timor on a peacekeeping mission – and were only informed of this fact 10 years later. Read more from Nicky Ryan’s exclusive story here.

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5. FORMER minister Mary Hanafin is definitely running in the local elections (she told us in a one-word text: “Running”, so there) – but without the backing of Fianna Fáil. With that in mind, you might want to be prepared for her – or any local election candidate’s – arrival on your doorstep with TheJournal.ie’s handy local election candidate questionnaire….

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6. AND what do you think of this idea? Those of you who run a Small to Medium-sized Enterprise might be interested by a suggestion that a €90bn funding pot be released to SMEs in an SSIA-style scheme.

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