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1. #PROJECT EAGLE: The £7 million at the centre of the controversial sale of Nama’s Northern Ireland loan book was discovered by a group of special investigators hired by Nama debtors, the Irish Independent reports. More ‘concerning’ information is due to emerge in the coming weeks, a source told the paper.
2. #ADDICTS: Dublin’s new Lord Mayor has backed the introduction of medically-supervised injection centres for drug addicts in the city. Críona Ní Dhálaigh said that having worked on the issue of drug addiction in the inner city for many years she would support such an initiative.
3. #THIRD LEVEL: Arts and social sciences courses have proved to be the most popular CAO courses this year. The reply date for first round offers has now passed.
4. #GREEK CRISIS: Eurozone officials are preparing for weekend talks that could decide Greece’s future in the single currency, hours after Athens’s parliament approved a reform package to save the country from financial collapse.
5. #CRACKDOWN: The Irish Daily Mail reports that fraudsters are charging €200 for the chance to sit in a car that is crashed as part of aninsurance scam. Gardaí and insurance companies are cracking down on these schemes.
6. #ASLYUM: More people have applied for asylum in Ireland so far this year than in the entire of 2014, new figures reveal. The direct provision system is now “virtually full”.
7. #MORE MONEY: The Irish Sun reveals that the Taoiseach’s salary will rise to €200,000 by the start of 2018, up €14,650. This is another pay boost linked to the recently agreed public sector pay deal.
8. #ON THE UP: With the highest birth rate and second-lowest death rate, Ireland is grappling with a population boom, according to the Irish Independent. Experts are concerned of the effect this will have on housing and childcare.
9. #HOLLES STREET: St Vincent’s University Hospital says relocating the National Maternity Hospital to its Elm Park campus “carries a risk of compromising our patient care”, RTÉ News reports. The hospital has written to the Minister for Health.
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