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1. #RIOTS: At least nine police officers were injured last night in Belfast riots during Orange Order parades.
2. #CORK: RTÉ News reports that the four-year-old boy who got into difficulty at a swimming pool in Cork yesterday remains in critical condition.
3. #GREECE: Greece missed its second debt payment to the IMF in two weeks last night, according to AFP, despite agreeing to new bailout deal earlier in the day.
3. #WAITING LISTS: The Irish Times reports that over 42,000 people, including almost 16,500 children, are now waiting for social housing from Dublin City Council.
4. #VICTIMS: Legislation due to be presented to cabinet today will give victims of crime the right to question the decision of authorities not to prosecute suspects, according to The Irish Independent.
5. #DRUNK AND DISORDERLY: The Irish Daily Star reports that GSOC has told gardaí not to imprison intoxicated individuals – and make sure they’re brought to hospital instead.
6. #CONCERN: A potentially cancer-causing pesticide is being used on the streets of Dublin.
7. #SUPERMARKET WARS: New figures show that Irish customers are most likely to do their main weekly shop in Tesco.
8. #I CAN’T BREATHE: New York officials have confirmed that a $5.9 million settlement has been reached with the family of Eric Garner, a black man who died after being placed in a chokehold by police.
9. #ALTERCATION: A couple from Meath was verbally abused in a church car park for refusing to remove a marriage equality sticker from their car, according to The Herald.
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