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1. #TURFED OUT: Anti-racism protesters were thrown out of the launch of a new anti-immigration party this afternoon.

2. #RACISM: There has been widespread condemnation of racist graffiti sprayed on the front of a family home in Dublin.

3. #DESTINY CHILD: A mother and baby are ‘doing well’ after the infant was delivered aboard the LÉ Niamh yesterday.

4. #CLEARED: The Garda Ombudsman says there was no wrongdoing by gardai in the case of a woman who claims officers snatched her child from her.

5. #HIGH RENTS: Mothercare Ireland has been placed in examinership

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