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1. Train services in north Dublin delayed after vehicle strikes bridge

   Passengers can expect delays of up to 30 minutes following the incident, Irish Rail says

2. Preparing to move from primary school to secondary starts now, not in September

   A new school can feel like an alien experience. Everything is different

3. World leaders ‘too submissive’ over attacks on international law, says Amnesty International

   Report by human rights group highlights Ireland’s failure to enact law banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements

4. Dublin council to borrow €36.5m to fund additional affordable homes at O’Devaney Gardens

   Move would prevent sale of any private market housing in Dublin 7 development of more than 1,000 apartments

5. Including cost-rental homes in private tenancy figures gives ‘false impression of growth’

   When cost rental is excluded from data, increase in private tenancies is actually much lower than claimed, says Sinn Féin

6. Major dairy processor fined for illegal effluent discharge into Blackwater river tributary

   North Cork Co-operative Creamery pleaded guilty to one count of causing or permitting polluting materials to enter waterway

7. Bid to extradite Daniel Kinahan may be first real test of Ireland-UAE treaty

   Any challenge by Kinahan to 2025 extradition treaty could take several months

8. ‘Unrealistic expectations’ from parents fuelling teacher burnout, study finds

   Almost half of teachers surveyed in North said they would consider quitting

9. Landscaper defrauded elderly woman of more than €50,000 for poor-quality work in garden, court hears

   Gardaí engaged expert to review work and found cost should have been €20,000 at most

10. Daniel Kinahan arrest gives ‘sense of pride’ to gardaí who policed feud, conference hears

    Gardaí acquitted of allegedly ‘squaring’ penalty points to address GRA conference in Westport, Co Mayo