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1. Department of Education to receive €646 million to fill budget hole

   Other departments to contribute €446m while €200m drawn from contingency fund

2. Sexual corruption identified in gardaí and education services, survey finds

   DCU Anti-corruption Research Centre examines issue of sex acts requested in exchange for public services

3. Man who jumped over 6ft wall and escaped Garda custody is jailed

   He was pursued by patrol car and air support, but was not captured for two months

4. Independent review ordered into €36m railway IT system amid concerns of cost overruns

   Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien expresses ‘dissatisfaction at the rate of progress’ on project

5. Man who attacked vulnerable brother with hammer and knife committed to Central Mental Hospital

   Defendant had a history of not taking prescribed medication and failed to attend outpatient appointments in lead-up to assault

6. Man struck by bus at Dublin Airport died ‘tragically while living his best life’

   It is understood John Fleming had returned from horse sales in UK when he was struck by a bus

7. Principal who stole more than €100,000 from school has suspension confirmed by High Court

   Teacher’s offending involved more than 380 instances of theft, occurring over two years

8. Enoch Burke’s appeal against dismissal ends after he repeatedly interrupted proceedings

   Burke disrupted panel after he took issue with Wilson’s Hospital School having legal representation

9. Revenue seizes more than €3.1m worth of herbal cannabis at Dublin Airport

   A large proportion of the drugs came from Qatari capital Doha

10. Man charged after two gardaí hospitalised following assaults at Donegal council offices

    A man and a woman in their 30s were arrested at the scene and taken to Letterkenny Garda station