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1. How a PLC course can forge your path in education after the Leaving Cert

   Post Leaving Cert courses can act as a stepping stone to university and the world of work

2. ‘It’s going nowhere’: Irish abroad complain of long waits for passports after UK rule change

   Since February, all Irish or UK citizens must have a valid UK or Irish passport when travelling to the UK, regardless of dual citizenship

3. Holiday operators record slump in bookings despite airfare reductions to sun spots

   Between April and May, July fares fell for 27 popular Mediterranean routes

4. Department of Housing proposes fewer beds in Oliver Bond flats complex in Dublin

   Fewer people would be housed in inner-city complex than proposed by city council

5. ‘I don’t have to prove to anybody how Irish I am’: Dublin Rose taken aback by racial abuse

   Medical scientist Suad Mooge (25) was chosen last week to represent Dublin at Rose of Tralee festival in August. Photograph: Zara Feeley.

6. Bray Boxing club shooter says jury should not have been shown photos of him holding a gun

   Gerard Cervi is advancing a total of 14 grounds in his appeal against murder conviction

7. Doctors can refrain from invasive care of man despite ‘likely’ early death, judge rules

   Patient (78) with severe depression has long refused to engage with clinicians, High Court hears

8. ‘You might end up on TV’: An Garda Síochána launches €345,000 recruitment drive

   Dog handlers, frogmen and officers on horseback drafted into publicity campaign to attract officers

9. Drug dealer threatened ‘to get junkies to rape woman’s son’ over €157k debt, court hears

   He also told her he would give her a month to pay up or ‘her son would be shot’

10. PTSB seeks court approval for €1.6bn sale to Bawag amid minority-shareholder opposition

    Three shareholders oppose bank’s process of approving the acquisition scheme