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Restaurants and gastropubs will be told to close on Christmas Eve under plans going to cabinet this morning.

The ban on flights from the UK is also being extended until the end of the year. 

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A 76 year old ex-militiaman has been jailed for 15 years for murdering two Irish peacekeepers 40 years ago in Lebanon. 

A military court in Lebanon sentenced Mahmoud Bazzi to life for the murders of 30 year old Private Thomas Barrett from Cork and 31 year old Private Derek Smallhorne from Dublin. 

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Irish shoppers are being reassured there is no fear of supplies running out before Christmas. 

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Shop stewards for former Debenhams stores say they'll be recommending colleagues reject a new proposal aimed at ending their long running dispute over redundancy payments.

 

 

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