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1. #WATER CHARGES: Irish Water has said that new figures showing less than half of customers have paid their bills so far represent “a solid start”.
2. #GROWING UP IN IRELAND: Children from working-class and immigrant backgrounds have poorer self-image than their peers, according to the latest ESRI report.
3. #GREECE: The BBC reports that the IMF has criticised EU plans for a third bailout of Greece.
4. #NAMA: The Belfast solicitor at the centre of allegations about Nama’s Northern Ireland property portfolio has claimed that no politicians were to be paid for its sale to US firm Cerberus, according to RTÉ News.
5. #BANNED: The Herald reports that Facebook banned a photo of Dublin’s Molly Malone statue for being “overly sexual”. The image, posted by a Dublin writer promoting his new novel, was removed for breaching the social network’s ad policies.
6. #MIGRANTS: A new poll show that the majority of Irish people support giving undocumented people the right to live and work here.
7. #COURTS: A man jailed for life after luring a teenager to his death by pretending to be a girl is to appeal his conviction.
8. #BUSTED: Gardaí are investigating whether two men arrested with a loaded handgun in north Dublin on Monday were on their way to carry out a gangland hit, according to The Herald.
9. #BREASTFEEDING: Penneys has denied allegations that a security guard in one of its stores forcibly removed a baby from her mother’s breast while she was breastfeeding.
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