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1. Hearing date set for Kenny Jacobs’ High Court action against DAA

   Case to start in early February

2. Dublin City Council’s use of X to stop ‘with immediate effect’, says chief executive

   Council’s presence on all social media platforms to be reviewed

3. To free or not to free Enoch Burke? That is the question haunting judges

   Restraining the serial protester from litigating until his contempt is purged could be one way of making him comply

4. Global trade developments to shape Government’s St Patrick’s Day schedule

   ‘We must focus on what is within our control,’ Minister says before Government Trade Forum meeting

5. Rain and unsettled weather ahead as low pressure settles in

   Met Eireann sees little respite in conditions through weekend and into next week

6. Flood defences for one of Ireland’s most at-risk areas now not expected until 2033

   Clontarf flood scheme will have taken 30 years ‘if all goes well’

7. Tusla ‘failed to show lawful basis for processing whistleblower’s data’, watchdog finds

   Ciarán Kenneally resigned from role with agency in 2019 after making protected disclosure

8. Church services

   Week beginning Saturday, January 24th, 2026

9. Frontline gardaí yet to fire Tasers one month after issue

   Pilot project fast-tracked in response to concerns about increasing attacks on officers

10. The Irish civil servant walking barefoot from Istanbul to Mayo

    Eamonn Keaveney has taken a career break from his job as a civil servant to break a world record for the second time