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1. Met Éireann forecasts no sign of sunny weather over next ten days – but storm fears recede

   Rain showers to continue as normal patterns return

2. Dramatic decline in social homes bought second-hand by councils in 2025

   Figures ‘demonstrate’ Coalition ‘slashed funding for vital homeless prevention schemes’, says Sinn Féin

3. Mobile phone use behind the wheel worsens: ‘We’ve seen motorway drivers watching Netflix’

   Gardaí detected wrongful usage of phones by drivers more often than any other road offence last year

4. Man arrested for questioning about murder of Co Kerry sheep farmer Michael Gaine

   Detectives arrested the suspect in Tralee shortly after 8am on Tuesday

5. Man (22) and girl (9) injured in petrol bomb attack on house in Cork city

   Man in intensive after after helping sister escape burning house

6. Man raped ex-partner and threatened to take her eyeball out with a spoon, court hears

   Man (36) was jailed for nine years for sexual assault, rape, and threats to kill

7. Extra €19m allocated for special needs assistants this year

   Government last week paused controversial review of SNA allocations following widespread criticism

8. Life at Ireland’s biggest boarding school: ‘I have so much more independence’

   At Kilkenny College, a co-educational school under Church of Ireland patronage, student boarders are given a voice

9. Hit-and-run driver who killed Mia Lily Keogh O’Keeffe (16) was unaccompanied learner, gardaí believe

   Vehicle was found at driver’s family home so badly damaged gardaí were surprised it could be driven from scene

10. Record number of people convert to Catholicism in Archdiocese of Dublin

    St Mary’s Cathedral welcomes 129 at this year’s ceremony, up from 14 converts in 2022