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1. #BANKING INQUIRY: Discussions are set to resume this morning in an attempt to reach an agreement on a final report, RTÉ reports.
2. #STORM DESMOND: Weather warnings remain in place for most of the country as we enter our second day of treacherous weather.
3. #GARDAÍ: The Garda Inspectorate has called for major changes to how An Garda Síochána is run, the Irish Times is reporting.
4. #TIGER KIDNAPPING: The chief suspect in the tiger kidnapping that happened this week at Dublin Airport may have previously been involved in a number of other similar crimes, the Irish Independent is reporting.
5. #FALLEN THROUGH: Residents in Raheny and Clontarf who paid to object to a planning application for 400 houses are to be paid back after a clerical error by the developer involved.
6. #CALIFORNIA: The FBI has said that it is now officially investigating the shooting attack in San Bernardino as an act of terrorism.
7. #INDIA: 18 patients have died at a hospital in Chennai, southern India after generators at a hospital were knocked out as the result of flooding.
8. #JAILED: A Dublin businessman who was addicted to playing blackjack and used false invoices to claim €100,000 in VAT has been jailed for 18 months.
9. #NEW YORK TIMES: The newspaper has written its first front-page editorial in 50 years calling for greater gun control.
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