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1. Inside the Dublin data centres consuming an unknown amount of energy

   Software giant Microsoft’s electricity demands remain a source of contention, in particular when it comes to powering AI

2. School board want to be joined in Enoch Burke dismissal appeal challenge

   Judge made matter returnable to Friday when Enoch Burke is due before the court

3. Man pleads guilty to allowing his German Shepherd to attack garda sergeant in Co Longford

   Sharon Stokes, wife of Edward ‘Blondie’ Stokes, admitted producing a slash hook during dispute in Granard in 2018

4. Live: Met Éireann says some counties could face 50mm of rainfall with multiple warnings in place

   The forecaster has predicted more heavy rain across the country today

5. Nurse killed in Limerick crash had ‘incredible caring nature’, funeral hears

   Death of Áine O’Reilly (33) left a ‘huge cloud of gloom’ over community, priest says

6. Five Travellers settle €75,000 defamation claims over refusal of entry to Howth restaurant

   Group from Swords made booking at Howth Railway Refreshment Rooms, but claimed they were told they were ‘not getting in tonight’

7. Aer Lingus extends 10kg carry-on policy to all regional flights

   Policy will be rolled out across the carrier’s regional network from March 3rd

8. Ex-officer tells of ‘horrendous’ conditions in tunnel during Noah Donohoe search

   Inquest into death of 14-year-old schoolboy is in its fourth week

9. Devotees mark start of Lent and Ramadan

   It is Lent, Ramadan, and the Chinese Year of the Horse

10. Two people injured in hit-and-run incident in Co Cavan

    A woman in her 20s and the passenger in the vehicle were injured, as the driver left on foot