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The top four things you need to know - Friday June 3rd

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06:55 3 Jun 2022


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Today is the 100th day of the Ukraine war, which has killed over 4,000 civilians.

Russia's full-scale invasion started on February 24th and has continued relentlessly since then.

Nearly 34,000 Ukrainian refugees have fled to Ireland - with 72% in state accommodation.

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Marquees are in place outside Dublin Airport this morning - in a new measure to deal with overcrowding.

It means people won't have to queue in the rain over the bank holiday weekend.

52,000 passengers will fly out of the airport today - and nearly 200,000 over the next four days.

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Over 64,000 ambulances spent over an hour at a hospital last year, before offloading a patient and getting back on the road.

It's nearly one in every four ambulances that arrived at hospitals.

According to freedom of information figures, the 'turn-around time' was over five hours in 165 cases. 

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Over 4,000 children are expected to descend on MTU this morning for the Cork Primary Schools Sports event

Participants from over 300 schools are taking part in the annual event which runs from 10am -5pm

Listeners are advised that traffic is expected to be very heavy in the area as a result 


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