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1. Belfast coach expelled after posting alleged cocaine prices in youth league chat

   The list of prices for ‘proper pure bags’ detailed times and meeting locations and specified cash payment

2. Number of motorists caught speeding fell again last year despite rise in road deaths

   Excess speeding is single biggest factor in many fatal and serious crashes, say safety experts

3. Order granted for Enoch Burke’s attendance by video-link from prison at court hearing

   Teacher was arrested on Tuesday and committed to Mountjoy for fourth term in prison

4. Gardaí renew appeal for Gormanston crash witnesses

   Truck driver and bus driver died in incident on Monday morning

5. Go-slow disruption expected in Dublin from taxi drivers angry at Uber payment scheme

   Company says its fixed-fare system allows for ‘more earning opportunities for drivers’

6. Number of tenancies ended by landlords up by 35% in a year, RTB figures show

   Some 5,405 notices of termination received in third quarter of 2025, up from 3,995 in same period last year

7. Luas Red line reopens after fire as Dublin night service for Christmas announced

   Service is 21 years old and will cater for 55 million passenger journeys this year

8. Asylum seekers sleep rough in freezing temperatures as 3,500 refugee beds lie empty

   Handing out tents and sleeping bags, most of which are then destroyed, a ‘huge waste’, says volunteer

9. Met Éireann issues yellow wind warning for two counties in north west

   Rain, mist, hill and coastal fog, scattered showers and some sunny spells forecast

10. About €400,000 spent on mothballed accommodation centre for asylum seekers in Wicklow

    Residents had to be moved from Newtownmountkennedy site to alternative accommodation last year due to severe weather