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1. #CHILD ABUSE: An interim care order was made for a young boy who was found in a car at night as his parents prepared to smoke heroin.
2. #CARE: Re-inspections at care centres at the Áras Attracta home in Swinford, Co Mayo, revealed there are still a large number of failings and residents are being put at risk.
3. #RAMPING UP: Minister Frances Fitzgerald announced 250 new gardaí will be recruited in the next six months.
4. #OOPS: Two Ryanair planes clipped each other while taxiing at Dublin Airport this morning and passengers had to be moved to replacement aircraft.
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Unemployment falling yet again didn’t make it as a top story?
Not sure if this is a good sign about how normal and expected this is, or whether it was withheld to avoid upsetting Shinners.
The England/Italy game didn’t make it either, Tom.
Nor did the fact that health insurance companies are scaremongering. It’s as if they’ve taken a page out of Elizabeth Arletts book of how to get things done
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