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1. Man given suspended sentence after dog suffered ‘extreme and horrific’ facial injuries

   Three-year-old Patterdale Terrier had part of his nose bitten off and face scarred and cut, Clonmel court told

2. Delivery driver forced at gunpoint to take object to police station

   PSNI’s specialist terrorism unit leading investigation into incident in Lurgan, Co Armagh

3. Church of Ireland ‘less likely’ to let vacant rectories due to rent reforms

   Church’s representative body sought meeting with Ministers to discuss ‘possibility of an exemption’ from new rent rules

4. Landlord ordered to pay €5,000 damages to family over mould

   Tenants claimed they suffered major health issues due to seven years of mould

5. Met Éireann forecasts ‘mobile Atlantic regime’ to dominate weather over the Easter weekend

   Met Éireann said a ‘mobile Atlantic regime’ is expected to bring rain and windy conditions at times

6. Insufficient evidence against psychiatric nurse accused of slapping patient

   Fitness to practise committee hears accused removed from UK register following proceedings there

7. Teacher shortages: High cost of living creates Dublin ‘brain drain’

   Urban allowance similar to London weighting could help alleviate difficulties in recruiting staff, figures in profession say

8. How can our education system remain fit for purpose for the next generation?

   Today, Ireland’s education system finds itself at a critical juncture

9. Appeals lodged against Cillian Murphy and Yvonne McGuinness’s cinema refurb plan

   Kerry County Council last month approved the Dingle town centre project

10. More than a dozen cases of money going missing from Garda stations, Dáil committee told

    One investigation relating to sum of €1,100 resulted in criminal proceedings against a garda