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1. Retired judge seeks to strike out lawsuit alleging sexual assault at book launch

   Claim relates to two alleged incidents at Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney in 2017

2. Bruna Fonseca told accused relationship was over and to get help, trial hears

   Miller Pacheco (32) charged with murder at Central Criminal Court trial in Cork

3. Tusla’s efforts to recruit secure care unit staff result in just one extra bed, court told

   Kate Duggan ‘apologised unreservedly’ to families of two children for failure to comply with orders on placement of minors

4. Dublin City Council suspends use of X as State agencies leave amid Grok controversy

   Country’s largest local authority undertakes review of social media platform use as others sign out for good

5. George Nkencho continued to ‘swing wildly with knife’ after being shot, inquest hears

   Sisters Grateful and Gloria describe efforts to tell gardaí their brother had mental health issues

6. Settlement in case of CEO spending firm’s money on girlfriends could break down, court told

   Judge previously told dispute had been settled and was adjourned repeatedly so settlement could be implemented

7. Three people discharged from hospital after chemical spill at Trinity College Dublin

   Incident took place at Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute on Tuesday morning

8. Ruling on whether alleged Parnell Square attacker fit to stand trial due next month

   Riad Bouchaker (51) charged with attempted murder of three children in November 2023

9. Surgeon guilty of professional misconduct after teen dies three days post-operation

   Jessica Sheedy (18) had to gone to University Hospital Limerick to remove benign tumour from abdomen

10. ‘I have to urge you to get on if you can’, judge says to jurors after ‘discord’ among them

    Jury are hearing case of seven men accused of familial abuse, mainly against a relative who is deaf