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1. Michael Noonan has had his say on Greece. He reckons they should negotiate their way out of their financial crisis.

2.  A woman accused of killing her two-year-old son has appeared in court. Hazel Waters will be in court again on 25 March.

3. Payday loan company Wonga announced the cutting of 175 jobs in Dublin 

4. The Health Minister says that “designer babieswon’t be allowed under new surrogacy laws. 

5. Students at NUI Galway are to vote on whether they should support cannabis legalisation.

6. Ireland’s cricket team made it two from two in the Cricket World Cup, pulling out a heart-stopping win over the UAE.

Main image: Edinburgh Zoo gardens team employee Robert Hog looks at a giant animatronic Parasaurolophus part of the Dinosaurs Return! exhibition currently being installed at Edinburgh Zoo. (Danny Lawson/PA Wire/Press Association Images)