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1. Man in critical condition following New Year’s Day assault in Co Roscommon

   Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to the Barrack Street incident

2. Drugs worth over €2 million found in Co Westmeath growhouse raids

   Investigations ongoing after cannabis plants and herb discovered during Operation Tara searches

3. Fire damage to Luas bridge was so severe €7m rebuild deemed cheaper than repairs

   Transport Infrastructure Ireland said a ruptured gas pipeline ‘was apparently the source of the flames’ at George’s Dock

4. Jo Jo Dullard’s sister appeals for information 30 years on from suspected murder

   Young woman was last seen in village of Moone, Co Kildare, in November 1995

5. New record high of almost 17,000 homeless, including 5,321 children

   Majority of homeless adults and families are based in Dublin

6. Cavan man who drowned in Australia is named as tributes paid

   Police preparing report for coroner after death of Sean Keaney (35)

7. Met Éireann forecasts snow and ice as weather warnings issued for all of Ireland this weekend

   Met Éireann warns of potentially dangerous driving conditions due to wintry showers in many areas

8. Enoch Burke legal saga set to continue as courts grapple with teacher’s ‘moral universe’

   Dispute is due before High Court, Supreme Court and legal costs adjudicators in new year

9. Healy-Rae urges ‘serious rethink’ of planned short-term lets crackdown

   Minister of State tells Taoiseach this should happen ‘before irreparable damage is done to rural Ireland’

10. Campaign for soldiers killed by IRA will continue until answers found, says relative

    Brothers John and Joseph McCaig, who were 17 and 18, and Dougald McCaughey (23) were shot dead in Belfast in March 1971