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Here’s your quick rundown of the top news stories from The Journal, delivered straight to your inbox.

**Top Stories:**

* **Budget Day Looms:** With less than two weeks until the budget announcement, some key measures remain undecided.
* **Exploding Pagers Probe:** Two Taiwanese nationals were questioned in relation to pagers that exploded in Lebanon, while officials deny the devices originated from Taiwan.
* **Anti-Immigration Activist Acquitted:** A prominent activist accused of inciting hate speech against a creche owner was acquitted of charges related to a breach of the peace.
* **NATO Exercises Off Irish Coast:** NATO ships and an Irish Naval vessel will be conducting exercises this weekend.
* **Abduction Attempt in Dublin:** An Indian man has been charged with attempting to abduct a young boy from an apartment block, with a court-imposed media blackout sparking online controversy.
* **Titan Submersible Malfunction:** The scientific director for the company that owned the Titan submersible revealed a malfunction occurred just before the fatal dive to the Titanic wreckage.
* **Call for Urgent Action on Disability Provision:** People Before Profit have submitted a motion urging immediate action to address disability and special needs provision.
* **Vatican Recognizes Medjugorje Shrine:** The Vatican recognized the shrine in Bosnia-Herzegovina, though without commenting on the “alleged messages” attributed to the Virgin Mary.
* **Drones Used to Monitor Asylum Seekers:** An RTE documentary exposed the use of drones to monitor asylum seekers staying at a site in Newtownmountkennedy.

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