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1.#READY OR NOT: The agencies charged with handling an Ebola case in Ireland will have a practice run today.

2.#NASA: An unmanned NASA rocket exploded late last night, shortly after take-off. The rocket was built by a private company and there were no injuries.

3.#INQUEST: The Irish Times reports that an inquest into the death of a 71-year-old man at Midlands Regional Hospital was told yesterday that two doctors refused to help after the man fell because they were on their lunch.

4.#WATER: Irish Water has told TheJournal.ie that water will be slowed down for people who don’t pay, you can’t change your mind and the household allowance won’t end in 2016.

5.#PAC MAN: Junior Minister Simon Harris has defended the Public Accounts Committee after party colleague Jerry Buttimer suggested the Health Committee should investigate Hepatitis C support group Positive Action.

6.#CAN’T GET THE HELP: There were no suitable candidates for the €170,000 a year post at the head of the Department of Justice, today’s Irish Independent reports.

7.#MCNULTY: The Irish Times reports that the appointment of John McNulty to the board of IMMA was made within two days of a request being made to the Department of Arts.

8.#TEMPLE BARRED: Residents of Temple Bar have said that they don’t necessarily want a complete ban on buskers, but they do welcome plans to regulate the performers.

9.#WATER GUN: Gardaí seized a gun which was reportedly pulled on an Irish Water worker yesterday.