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1. Man arrested in connection with fatal assault at home in Ardara, Co Donegal

   Gardaí are investigating the death of a man in his 60s in the early hours of Monday

2. School closures in parts of Ireland as Met Éireann forecasts more freezing conditions

   Donegal is most affected but schools elsewhere will start later to allow for thaw

3. Wider cycle lanes and road space for cars to be reduced under next stage of Dublin’s traffic plan

   Cycle routes and traffic calming to be expanded as redesign of city centre continues

4. Litter levels fall nationally with more towns deemed ‘clean’

   Coffee cup litter remains high amid Government ‘prevarication’ on levy

5. Workplace fatalities rise dramatically, driven by deaths in agriculture

   Increase comes despite campaigns by Health and Safety Authority as well as farm organisations

6. Tusla paid private firms €36m to house children in an unregulated system

   Five companies shared more than €25m for special emergency arrangements often used for children seeking asylum

7. A remote workers’ meet-up: ‘I feel I’m lacking that social connection’

   Many employees say they have found a better work-life balance with remote and hybrid working

8. US military monitors oil tanker off Irish coast as it sails towards Russia

   Planes took off in Britain and Iceland to track Marinera, which is set to skirt Ireland’s exclusive economic zone

9. Two men killed in Republic as road crashes claim first victims of 2026

   Third fatality occurs in Northern Ireland where man in his 80s dies in single-vehicle Co Antrim crash

10. Tributes paid to ‘tireless social campaigner’ Sister Brigid Reynolds

    A native of Leitrim, Sister Brigid spent time working in northern Nigeria before returning to Ireland in 1980