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1. #WASTE: Officers from the HSE have told a Dáil committee they cannot investigate some of the overseas trips paid for out of the SKILL training fund, because SIPTU retains some of the documentation the need.

2. #MCCREEVY: Former finance minister and European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has stepped down from the board of a British investment firm after a European committee found it conflicted with his interests as a former commissioner.

The company’s goal is to create a new British bank by acquiring smaller insitutions – but McCreevy played an active part in implementing new legislation on how banks can buy or merge with others.

3. #DELHI BELLY: The Commonwealth Games have hit yet another major snag: some swimmers are complaining of stomach upsets and other digestive ailments which could be attributed to poor water quality at the Games.

4. #SPORT: In other sporting news, Tipperary’s era at the top of the hurling tree could come to a premature end, after manager Liam Sheedy decided to step down – just five weeks after overcoming Kilkenny in the All-Ireland hurling final. Sheedy has attributed his early retirement to family and work commitments.

Meanwhile, Ireland soccer boss Giovanni Trapattoni has named his starting eleven for tomorrow night’s crucial match with Russia – and it’s a familiar side, being the same eleven that started in the last two qualifiers against Armenia and Andorra.

5. #BIEBER FEVER: MTV is understood to be about to revive its ‘Punk’D’ series, formerly hosted by Ashton Kutcher – but with one significant difference. Instead of wise-cracking smart guy Kutcher as the host, it plans to feature teen pop wunderkind Justin Bieber: a boy who famously didn’t know what ‘German’ was.