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1. Weather warnings still in place for eight counties as temperatures surpass May record

   Temperatures of 30.5 degrees were recorded in provisional data on Tuesday

2. Cavan GP leaves fitness-to-practise inquiry to round of applause

   Doctor allegedly posted tweets critical of Covid-19 public health policy during pandemic

3. Returning Irish troops tell of ‘extremely challenging’ mission in Lebanon

   About 160 troops from 127th Infantry Battalion return home from six-month deployment with Unifil

4. Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions to fall by just half of the amount pledged

   Drop from agriculture sector might be as low as 4 per cent, environmental agency says

5. ‘There’s no way I’m going to the US now’: Irish students choose Europe over J1 for summer jobs

   Many Leaving Cert and third-level students plan to seek work on the Continent, not the United States, this summer. What are their options?

6. ‘Really disappointing’: Institutional abuse survivor advocate ‘hugely frustrated’ by redress scheme

   Patricia Carey says €15,000 is ‘the price for forcible removal of a child from their family’

7. Names of Defence Forces officers involved in sensitive operations published online

   Several officers within Naval Service raise concerns that publication of list could be compromising

8. Mother fears daughter with dyslexia being ‘left behind’ as specialised reading class full

   Support classes provide targeted help for pupils for two years, but are heavily oversubscribed

9. Number of Catholics in PSNI has stalled and likely to fall further, MPs say

   Threat from dissident Republicans blamed, with officers unable to tell family or friends about job

10. Investigating culvert where Noah Donohoe was found dead ‘not a priority’, inquest told

    Inquest into death of schoolboy in Belfast in 2020 now in its 17th week