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1. #INTERVENTION: The United States is planning to get involved in the upcoming peace talks in Northern Ireland, RTE reports.

2. #SEXUAL ABUSE: There has been a significant rise in the number of sex offenders aged under 25 seeking treatment, a charity has said. One in Four said many offenders began downloading images of children being abused when they were adolescents.

3. #LOW PAY: More than one-fifth of soldiers, sailors and aircrew are struggling to make ends meet and are receiving social welfare payments, the association representing Defence Forces personnel has said.

4. #OUTBREAK: The first case of Ebola in the United States has been confirmed in a male patient who had recently travelled from Liberia to Texas. The man is critically ill and is being treated in isolation at a Dallas hospital.

5. #MISSING: Police in London searching for missing teenager Alice Gross have found a body. Investigators said there had been “significant efforts made to conceal the body”.

6. #MENTAL HEALTH: There have been calls for mental health education to be taught in schools after the body of a 15-year-old girl was found on the grounds of a school in south Dublin yesterday. The teenager’s death is being treated as a suicide.

7. #OCCUPY CENTRAL: Protesters in Hong Kong have rejected demands to end the demonstrations which have taken over the city centre, turning out in record numbers to call for free elections.

8. #JOBSWATCH: Some good news on the jobs front this morning: 140 jobs have been announced for Limerick by a Canadian engineering company.

9. #WATER WATER EVERYWHERE: Might want to be careful leaving the tap running while you brush your teeth today: water charges begin today. Here’s our guide to just how much water will cost you from now on.

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    Mar 7th 2021, 8:31 AM

    Well done pope Francis bringing hope and giving attention to those who have very little and whose lives have been destroyed

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    Mute Fionn Darland
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    Mar 7th 2021, 11:02 AM

    10,000 to attend Mass with the Pope at a football stadium today. Why does he think it is ok to put their lives at risk of contracting covid at this mass gathering? Of course Fran has been vaccinated so he is alright Jack!

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    Mute JPM
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    Mar 7th 2021, 11:10 AM

    @Fionn Darland: obviously never been to croke park. 10000 on a large pitch and in the stands is a very small amount with plenty of room for social distancing.

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    Mar 7th 2021, 11:31 AM

    @JPM: Yet our medical advisers are not fine with allowing 10,000 into Croker. Only 200 or so were allowed for the Eid celebration.
    Those attending are likely unvaccinated so they have no protection when mixing, touching turnstiles, using toilets, travelling there on public transport etc. High risk of transferring the disease….no?

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    Mar 7th 2021, 9:30 PM

    It would appear that Pope Francis did not have enough information about the virus…..if he did he would not have travelled. Large crowds banned here to avoid serious illness and death

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    Mute andrew
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    Mar 7th 2021, 10:02 PM

    Huge crowd turned out.

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