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[22:09] Dublin teen wins Young Filmmaker award at Fresh Festival

Emma Whelan, 18, from Finglas in Dublin has been crowned Ireland's Young Filmmaker of the Year for her film 'Abhaile' at the annual Fresh Film Festival.

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#EmmaWhelan #18 #Finglas #Dublin #Ireland #YoungFilmmakeroftheYear #Abhaile #FreshFilmFestival



France's new high-speed train has Americans asking: Why can't we have that?
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[17:13] Man jailed for 8 years over Sean McCarthy manslaughter

A 38-year-old man who said he shot and killed a drug dealer in his apartment in Dublin after he had threatened to kill him over a €5,000 drug debt has been jailed for eight years for manslaughter.

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#38_year_old #Dublin #eightyears



[22:06] Helicopter crashes into New York's Hudson River - police

A helicopter has crashed into the Hudson River near lower Manhattan, the New York City Police Department said on social media.

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#theHudsonRiver #Manhattan #NewYorkCityPoliceDepartment






[07:42] Famine-era Belfast burial ground to be officially marked

The graves of thousands of people in a famine-era Belfast burial ground are finally set to be officially marked.

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#thousands #Belfast



[16:44] Irish housing no excuse for IPA accommodation failure

Ireland as an EU Member State cannot avoid responsibility for providing adequate reception conditions even in cases where there is a large influx of people seeking international protection, according to the European Court of Justice's Advocate General.

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#Ireland #EU #theEuropeanCourtofJustice's











[08:31] SIPTU calls for more investment in ambulance services

SIPTU will hold a delegate conference for its health division in Wexford today with privatisation, outsourcing and staffing levels among the topics to be discussed.

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#SIPTU #Wexford #today



[07:50] Devices seized in child sexual abuse images investigation

Gardaí have searched nine locations across Ireland and seized 18 devices as part of an international investigation into the distribution of child sexual abuse images.

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#nine #Ireland #18







SNAKISTS: twenty Snake variations from Pippin Barr, a sequel to SNAKISMS from 2017 pippinbarr.com/SNAKISTS/info/




[12:49] Man jailed on human trafficking and prostitution charges

A pensioner who exploited vulnerable young women by supplying them with heroin in exchange for them working as prostitutes has been given a seven-year sentence.

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#seven_year



[13:26] Woman says MacCormack made her dependent on him for drugs

A victim of a man who exploited vulnerable young women by supplying them with heroin in exchange for them working as prostitutes has described how their life was upended overnight to become manipulated, controlled and dependent on drugs.

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#overnight