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1. #CLASSIFIED INFORMATION: US President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information about Islamic State militants to Russian officials during a meeting last week, The Washington Post reported yesterday, prompting strong condemnation from both Democrats and Republicans.
2. #LOCKED OUT: A snapshot study has found that state housing benefits aren’t helping people get access to the rent market, and that the number of unavailable properties is growing.
3. #CRIME: In the UK, Moors murderer Ian Brady, who killed five children alongside Myra Hindley, has died at the age of 79.
4. #INVESTIGATION: Police in Fermanagh are treating the deaths of a 51-year-old woman and a 55-year-old man as a murder-suicide.
5. #THINK BEFORE YOU CLICK: There have been lots of cyber attacks on Government departments over the years, many of which have not made it into the public domain.
6. #BAPTISM BARRIER: A Bill aimed at eliminating discrimination against non-Catholic children in primary schools will be debated today. An Indian family have described how all the children in the building they live in got places in local schools except their daughters.
7. #BEHIND BARS: Experts say fewer young men in Ireland could be a factor in declining prison numbers.
8. #DEFENCE FORCES: Two of the men who are trying to take cases against the Air Corps over claims they were exposed to dangerous chemicals at Baldonnel Airfield say they have contracted cancer since starting the litigation.
9. #RARE DISEASE: Irish people living with Huntington’s Disease (HD) are to have an audience with Pope Francis in Rome this week and have said they are delighted that the illness is finally being recognised on such a big platform.
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