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1. MetroLink: Bidding process for construction contracts worth €7.9bn begins

   Each agreement will bear responsibility for tunnelling, track alignment, stations, and bridges along route

2. Brian Grendon given suspended sentence for failing to pay tax on €27,000 cash found in home

   Car dealer (48) denies being part of organised crime group and that money found in envelopes represented proceeds of crime

3. Decision to refuse permission for Laois wind farm to be quashed after court judgment

   Supreme Court ruling says climate obligations were ‘real, effective, and if necessary enforceable’

4. Met Éireann issues orange and yellow rain warnings for several counties amid flooding risks for southeast and Dublin

   Orange rain warnings in place in Waterford and Wicklow for Thursday with ‘spells of very heavy’ downpours forecast

5. Man who fraudulently used property developer’s bank details to buy BMW SUV jailed

   Barrister for Gareth Delaney (25) said his client’s use of more than €30,000 of Jerry O’Sullivan’s funds ‘lacked sophistication’

6. Two resignations from panel convened to hear Enoch Burke appeal, court told

   Jailed teacher says he had not seen correspondence on resignations and sought adjournment to allow consideration of issue

7. Enoch Burke informed of resignations from panel that heard appeal over his dismissal

   Resignations come after jailed teacher challenged panel’s conduct of appeal hearing

8. I Wish Festival targets gender gap in construction and applied Stem subjects

   Nearly 4,000 women students expected to attend RDS event in February

9. Schools to tell parents how much is collected in voluntary contributions and how money is spent

   Minister to bring to Cabinet proposals for new statutory charter to strengthen accountability in schools

10. Plans for new ballroom at Trump Doonbeg should support ‘both people and snails’

    Several mentions of protected Vertigo angustior snail included in submissions to Clare council, with many locals backing proposed development