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1. Belfast unrest likened to the ‘worst of the Troubles’ before quieter Thursday night

   PSNI chief blames ‘racist thugs’ for disorder as protests on Thursday limited to small, isolated groups blocking roads in the east of city

2. ‘Mexico never leaves your heart’: football-mad expats gather in Dublin as World Cup kicks off

   Hundreds congregated on the Button Factory for the opening match of the tournament against South Africa

3. Belfast latest: Stabbing victim ‘improving’, DUP leader says

   Twenty-seven people have been made homeless as a result of the unrest, which broke out following protests over a knife attack that left a man seriously injured

4. Former Cork City manager Ger Nash ‘smelled of alcohol’ after crashing car, says garda

   Nash, who now lives in Sweden, charged with dangerous driving and drink driving in Midleton last November

5. Orthopaedic surgeon accused of trashing hotel and assaulting guests found not guilty by reason of insanity

   Trial of Dr Emmett Cullen, who specialised in hip replacement surgeries, lasted three days at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court

6. Occupiers of former pub in Dublin’s Liberties have three days to leave

   Court order already issued, directing no invite or admission to other people into Ardee House, Chamber Street

7. Leaving Cert construction studies paper praised for accessibility

   ‘Paper contained questions on household extensions and adapting them for... disabled or elderly people’

8. Truck driver acquitted of careless driving charge after death of woman (78)

   Prosecution argued manner in which Justinas Marinskas (41) had taken left turn made him guilty of offence

9. Taxpayers ‘sick and tired of waste’, says Committee of Public Accounts chief

   Education spending, electric bus fleet and Children’s Sciene Museum among issues rounded on by committee

10. Witness ‘afraid’ to give evidence due to intimidation by State fisheries agency, WRC told

    Inland Fisheries Ireland says there is ‘absolutely no substance whatsoever’ to claims of witness intimidation