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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?
1. An eight-year-old boy has been awarded €13.5 million over brain damage received at birth, RTÉ News reports.
2. Post mortems are due to be carried out on a man and woman found dead in Clare.
3. The Life Institute has commented this morning on the story of a clinically brain dead pregnant woman who is being kept alive despite her families wishes.
4. A motorcyclist in his 70s has died following a road crash in Tipperary.
5. An EU court has ruled that obesity can be considered a disability, BBC News reports.
6. Gardaí chased a naked man around Blackrock this morning.
Main Pic: An Orangutan named “Pacquiao” and zoo owner Manny Tangco, wearing Santa costumes, embrace in front of Brown Philippine Deer while giving school children a tour ahead of the next week’s Christmas celebration in suburban Malabon city, north of Manila, Philippines
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