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1. Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson’s sexual offences trial due to get under way

   Trial of the facts of wife Eleanor Donaldson to run concurrently

2. Jeffrey Donaldson: consequential figure in four-decade political career before arrest

   Former UUP man led Belfast Agreement walkout, broadening DUP’s support base

3. The ‘Taj Mahal of dereliction’: A ghost estate on the outskirts of Castlebar, Co Mayo

   Twenty years after the Waterways estate was granted permission, it remains an unfinished, unresolved memento of the Celtic Tiger

4. Inside a Quaker-ethos secondary school in Ireland: ‘You have to get out of the boat if you want to walk on water’

   There are currently 86 boarders in Newtown School in Waterford City, with more than half from abroad

5. Shotguns, helicopters and ‘airburst’ ammunition to guard against rogue drones during EU presidency

   Defence Forces details ‘layered’ security against potential drone incursions during EU presidency and in operations at home and abroad

6. Drone wars: Irish Defence Forces watching the skies as EU presidency set to begin

   Lessons learned from Ukraine and Middle East are informing Ireland’s strategy for developing defence systems

7. First search for Seamus Maguire, one of the Disappeared, to begin in Armagh

   Maguire went missing in 1970s, but was not added to list of Disappeared until 2022

8. May temperature record broken at Shannon Airport with more hot weather to come

   Thermometer hit 28.6 degrees on Monday, breaking a spring record in place since 1997

9. Deportations to continue for EU citizens who commit serious crimes in Ireland, says Minister

   It comes as 12 Polish and 22 Lithuanian nationals deported because of the serious crimes

10. McEntee expresses ‘deep regret’ over non-renewal of EU Mediterranean naval mission

    Operation Irini, mandated by UN Security Council, focused on enforcing an arms embargo on Libya