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    Israel and Hamas agree unconditional 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

    Israel and Hamas agree unconditional 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza
    Paul Mason, Channel 4 Correspondent, brings us the latest from Gaza
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    Gaza ceasefire period begins

    Gaza ceasefire period begins
    Rupert Colville, United Nations spokesperson, discusses a call by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, for Israel to be held to account for some of its actions in Gaza
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    Talks on more permanent truce in Gaza under way in Cairo

    Talks on more permanent truce in Gaza under way in Cairo
    Fawaz Gerges, Professor of Middle East Relations at the London School of Economics discusses opportunities arising from the ceasefire for an end to the conflict in Gaza
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    Questions raised over whether Israel and Hamas have committed war crimes

    Questions raised over whether Israel and Hamas have committed war crimes
    Fergal Gaynor, an Irish lawyer who has acted at UN War Crimes tribunals and International Criminal Court war crimes trials, discusses issues of international law and war crimes allegations in the Gaza conflict
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    Human leg discovered in Ballyfermot

    Human leg discovered in Ballyfermot
    RTÉ's Crime Correspondent, Paul Reynolds, reports on the discovery of human remains at a recycling plant
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    HSE says generic drug prices are being driven down

    HSE says generic drug prices are being driven down
    Shaun Flanagan, Chief Pharmacist for the HSE, discusses the price of pharmaceuticals in Ireland
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    New 'N' plates for newly qualified motorists

    New 'N' plates for newly qualified motorists
    Denis Mahon reports on the introduction of the new 'N' plate for motorists when they pass their driving test
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    ESRI says there's been a 15% drop in loans in negative equity in the last year

    ESRI says there's been a 15% drop in loans in negative equity in the last year
    David Duffy, Senior Research Officer, ESRI, discusses new research showing the increase in house prices is reducing negative equity
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    Commonwealth Games end in Scotland as independence vote approaches

    Commonwealth Games end in Scotland as independence vote approaches
    Fiona Mitchell reports from Scotland where voters are gearing up for the forthcoming independence referendum
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    Special report on the testimonies of some of the 200,000 Irish men who served in World War I

    Special report on the testimonies of some of the 200,000 Irish men who served in World War I
    Shane McElhatton presents a special report on some of the Irish men, who served in World War I as the centenary approaches. A web-based project to list Ireland's World War I veterans has 31,000 names listed so far. Contact details can be found on their website, Worldwar1veterans.com.
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    7:10am It Says In The Papers

    7:10am It Says In The Papers
    Presented by Valerie Cox
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    8:10am It Says In The Papers

    8:10am It Says In The Papers
    Presented by Valerie Cox
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    Oscar nomination for NI short film

    The director of 'Boogaloo and Graham' welcomes the film's nomination in Best Live Action Short category

    Are paperbacks fighting back? The return of the traditional book

    Sinead Crowley, Arts and Media Correspondent, reports on the fightback of traditional publishing despite the rise of digital media

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