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Alan Kelly wants to introduce something that sounds like rent control. But what term does he prefer?
Quality Control
Rent Certainty

Rent Allowance
Rental Contract
Caitlyn Jenner made her debut this week on the cover of which magazine?
Vogue
Cosmo

Harper's Bazaar
Vanity Fair
Sepp Blatter stepped down as FIFA president on Tuesday. Where's he from?
Germany
Austria

Switzerland
Belgium
Archbishop Eamon Martin said that Catholics were feeling a sense of what after the passing of the same-sex marriage referendum?
Loss
Sadness

Bereavement
Despair
This ad was banned for using a model that is "unhealthily underweight". Which brand is it for?
Yves St Laurent
Givenchy

Dolce and Gabana
Armani
The flying of an Irish tricolour over which building caused a storm this week?
Buckingham Palace
The Pentagon

Stormont
Leinster House
The Siteserv write down was how much more than originally thought?
€8 million
€9 million

€10 million
€11 million
Ireland's first automated red light camera launched this week. On which line of the Luas is it?
Red
Green
A union for doctors joined a union for which other profession this week in recommending a rejection of the Lansdowne Road pay deal?
Teachers
Nurses

Firefighters
Civil servants
What is the name of the Alton Towers rollercoaster on which four people were seriously hurt this week?
Nemesis
The Smiler

Oblivion
Air
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Top Dog!
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Fintastic!
A decent display.
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What are ewe doing?!
Not great.
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Turtle-y awful
Terrible.
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