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1. Leaving Cert day four: students to sit maths paper two and Irish paper one

   Second week of State exams begins for more than 140,000 students across junior and senior cycle

2. Father in Middle East who was ‘completely unaware’ child was taken to Ireland seeks her return

   The mother, who is Irish, has alleged physical and mental abuse, including coercive control, prior to taking her daughter to Ireland

3. Abusers convicted of serious domestic violence to be named on public register for first time

   Domestic Violence (Judgments) Register Bill 2026 to be known as Jennie’s law in honour of murdered Jennifer Poole

4. Kinahan lieutenant Sean McGovern to be sentenced for directing crime gang

   Sean McGovern (40), pleaded guilty to two charges linked to murder of Noel Kirwan and plot to kill James ‘Mago’ Gately

5. Trial to begin of man accused of attempted murder of three children in Dublin

   Riad Bouchaker (52), of no fixed address, charged in connection with Parnell Square attack in November 2023

6. Siblings at exam time: ‘You will be unfairly treated... When it’s your turn the same will apply to you’

   Psychotherapist Colman Noctor would much prefer to see a child approaching the exams in a ‘chilled’ fashion, rather than ‘stressed out of it’

7. Hairdresser to HR, biochemistry to accountant: Choose the career you want, not the one you think you should have

   Afraid you have made the ‘wrong’ choice? Don’t worry – there are ways to change direction

8. A graduate’s story: ‘I led the world’s biggest pilot of the four-day working week’

   From Galway students’ union to Toronto, via New York – I’ve learned so much from working with some of the most innovative people and companies

9. New national litter survey shows best and worst areas

   Anti-litter lobby group says 15 or 25 cent ‘does not appear enough to incentivise some people to return a bottle or can’

10. How can Ireland solve its dismal electric vehicle charging infrastructure?

    Ireland has 4,000 charging points which amounts to less than one third of the EU average