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The Government is drawing up plans to house more than 5,000 refugees fleeing the Mediterranean crisis in empty State-owned properties to ensure they are not thrown into the already over-crowded direct provision system.

The Scottish courts system has given special permission for journalists to cover the sentencing of Karen Buckley’s killer Alexander Pacteau live on Twitter.

More than 260 individuals based in Munster are identified as paid subscribers of the dating website Ashley Madison on a list leaked as part of an international hacking scandal.