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1. Men admit terror offences over plot to attack Galway mosque

   One of the men is further charged with the possession of two hatchets, a knuckle duster and a hunting knife in the car

2. Judge urged to consider ‘significant’ change in Paddy McKillen jnr bankruptcy application

   Judge Liam Kennedy last month heard McKillen jnr’s application for dismissal of the bankruptcy summons

3. Leaving Cert day four: Higher-level Irish paper one contains surprising omission

   Second week of State exams begins for more than 140,000 students across junior and senior cycle

4. Man denies attempted murder of three children at Dublin’s Parnell Square

   Trial to open on Wednesday of Riad Bouchaker (52) on charges connected with November 2023 incident

5. Man (40s) to be charged after serious assault in Portarlington

   A man in his 60s has been left in ‘critical condition’

6. Police interviews with Jeffrey Donaldson played during sex offences trial

   Jeffrey Donaldson denied doing ‘anything untoward’ to abuse accuser, court hears

7. Leaving Cert maths paper two gets far more positive response from students

   Jean Kelly, a maths teacher, said that the ordinary-level paper was fair, modern and thoughtfully designed

8. Two men plead guilty to conspiring to murder in west Dublin

   Jason Dunne (35) of Cedarbrook Place, Ballyfermot and Craig Hayes (27), of Cushlawn Park, Tallaght both entered guilty pleas

9. Kinahan lieutenant Sean McGovern jailed for 24 years for directing crime gang

   Forty-year-old pleaded guilty to two charges linked to murder of Noel Kirwan and plot to kill James ‘Mago’ Gately

10. Research raises concerns about impact on justice systems of using AI

    AI ‘judges’ can be ‘very persuadable’, study finds