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Hacking ruled out as cause of air traffic control failure A photograph from Flightradar24 showing empty skies over Ireland during last night’s system failure

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Hotel pleaded the bride, by throwing the bouquet, was the ‘wrongdoer’ and case should have been brought against her

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