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1. #JAMES REILLY: The under-fire Health Minister is… well… under fire again as he is currently answering questions in the Dáil about the criteria used to decide where primary care centres should be located. Earlier today, he said he isn’t a bully.

2. #TROIKA MADE US: Education Minister Ruairi Quinn – taking Leaders’ Questions today while Enda and most of the Cabinet are off in Brussels – has said that the government had no choice but to repay €1bn from AIB in unsecured debt this week because the bailout troika insisted that they couldn’t burn the senior bondholders.

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    Mute Peter Fechter
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    Jul 18th 2016, 9:29 PM

    Hardly a fight if its 1 against a gang…

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    Mute Dave Murray
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    Jul 18th 2016, 9:43 PM

    And left the man on the side of the road? Bunch of spineless cowards.

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    Mute Peter Fechter
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    Jul 18th 2016, 9:48 PM

    They’ll be got….they could turn themselves in now..do themselves a favour…give their free legal aid brief some diamond extenuating circumstances….or 1 could rat the others out….and get the probation act while the others get some serious suspended sentences.

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    Mute selfsustainable
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    Jul 18th 2016, 9:28 PM

    Ah jasus, is that the lad that was missing? saw a post on FB from his family looking for him. Poor fella.

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    Mute RICHARD Paul
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    Jul 18th 2016, 9:42 PM

    Both incidents unconnected.

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    Mute Nick Caffrey
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    Jul 18th 2016, 10:47 PM

    “…an altercation with a group, made up of both men and women, on the footpath…” And we musn’t say what we know, must we….

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    Mute Peter Fechter
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    Jul 18th 2016, 10:53 PM

    We dont know…but we can suspect….

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    Mute Mrs parrott
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    Jul 19th 2016, 12:03 AM

    Oh yes it took me a while but I’m there now.

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    Mute Michael Clinton
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    Jul 18th 2016, 10:59 PM

    A fairly rough spot on Saturday and Sunday night’s. Stag & hen central.

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    Mute Alois Irlmaier
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    Jul 19th 2016, 2:13 AM

    We live in an age of violence, gossipers and liars. So anything can happen from anything and this tells you whoever is caught for it will blame drugs or drink and that seems to work? Strange time indeed?

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    Mute Patrick O Shea
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    Jul 19th 2016, 2:17 AM

    No surprise

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    Mute Mrs parrott
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    Jul 19th 2016, 12:02 AM

    Is this really not connected to the missing man?

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    Mute Peter Fechter
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    Jul 19th 2016, 12:18 AM

    Mrs parrott…you might be quite popular here…

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