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1. Met Éireann forecasts a bright, cold weekend once early rain clears

   Frost and possible ice expected later as clear night leads to chilly conditions

2. Car hits pedestrians in Foxrock after mounting footpath

   Two boys in their mid-teens and driver of vehicle (20s) taken to hospital after incident

3. Rent for former commissioner’s Phoenix Park home paid by Garda during his term of office

   Force paid €1,750 a month for Drew Harris’s use of property between 2018 and 2025 to Office of Public Works

4. The life cycle of a judicial review: how legal and planning challenges have delayed a key Dublin project

   Judicial reviews and delays in the planning system have stalled the Dublin drainage scheme for years – a project crucial to future housebuilding

5. Spate of deaths brings road safety into sharp focus amid national shock

   More than 160 people have been killed on Irish roads so far this year

6. Candidate Hutch: Why Cab, the Spanish police and a State watchdog cannot stop his Dáil run

   Gerry Hutch plans to run in Dublin Central byelection and mobilise first-time voters after tapping academics for advice

7. ‘There’s a seismic change looming’: Social housing bodies come under increasing scrutiny

   Bigger not-for-profit AHBs have operations on a par with large companies, with assets worth billions of euro and monthly rental income of €10m

8. An extraordinary find in the Irish Sea left experts gobsmacked

   Ella McSweeney: Is a once-common species returning to the Irish Sea thanks to overspill from marine protected areas elsewhere?

9. Michael D Higgins rounds on Trump for ‘piggy’ remark and lack of courtesy

   At Other Voices festival in Kerry, former president warns of ‘anti-intellectualism’ threat to peace

10. Next spring these swans will be driven away by their formerly loving parents        

    Eanna Ní Lamhna on an extremely tiny plant feeder, a heated standoff on the Dodder and a rare presence in Wicklow