IRE - The Irish Times

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1. What companies are offering competitive, interesting and challenging graduate programmes?

   Private health insurance, pension contributions and life assurance are among the package benefits offered

2. ‘It wasn’t even that we had some business, tech-savvy background ... we just had an idea’

   From Claddagh shirts to repurposed coffee grounds, young business owners offer advise to graduates considering entrepreneurship

3. Teacher says sex with former Leaving Cert student in hotel was a one-off

   Woman met 18-year-old past pupil on night out with her friends, fitness-to-teach panel hears

4. Man (32) appears in court charged with murder of Lee Slattery in Limerick 15 years ago

   Body of Mr Slattery (25) was found in shallow grave in Moyross in 2010

5. Tigh TikTok and the ‘Slurry King’: teenage clicks at the National Ploughing Championships

   Eoin Lynch (18) has been enjoying fame since a video proclaiming his love for slurry went viral last year

6. The Donabate site was suddenly still and silent as a child’s remains were found

   Garda dig at Portrane site brings hoped-for break through in case of Daniel Aruebose

7. An Coimisiún Pleanála approves plan to demolish Dublin’s largest synagogue to make way for 60 flats

   Dublin Hebrew Congregation backs redevelopment, but opponents say area would lose historical landmark

8. Teen accused of petrol bomb attack on Dublin home which caused death of pet husky

   The 15-year-old is charged with arson of the uninsured house on Landen Road, Ballyfermot, which ‘went up in flames’ in May

9. Irish Government to ratify landmark UN high seas treaty

   Meanwhile, Northern Ireland’s first peatland strategy launched in ‘turning point’ for peatland conservation

10. Two sisters to head separate Government departments for first time

    Sinéad McPhillips appointed as secretary general of Department of Agriculture, while her sister Oonagh McPhillips leads Justice