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1. ‘I don’t think he’ll be the silent one’: Pope Leo XIV‘s brother reflects on his values and roots

   John Prevost said that his brother was ‘simple, really. He’s not going to go out for a 19-course meal’

2. Former MEP Clare Daly alleges defamation in article published weeks before 2024 European elections

   Sunday Times article referred to alleged links with Lithuanian diplomat convicted of spying for Russia

3. Landlord ended lease of tenant who worked from home after ‘massive increase’ in electricity bill

   Residential Tenancies Board says notice of termination was invalid, but rules out compensation

4. Dublin city centre’s only public toilets to be closed

   Reduced demand cited by city council in closure of Grafton Street toilet

5. Shellfish dredging wiping out key carbon-catching seagrass meadows, Coastwatch warns

   Environmental group calls for increase in shellfish diving and ban on ‘licensed damage’ after destruction in Co Mayo

6. ‘It comes from fear’: Aoife Daly on parents’ battles to get autistic children into schools

   Inspectors find ‘almost all’ schools in study had criteria which could limit enrolment of pupils with learning difficulties

7. Pope Leo XIV: First US-born pontiff addresses the faithful in St Peter’s Square

   Cardinal Robert Prevost from Chicago unlikely choice as 267th pope, but seen as champion of migrants and poor

8. Higgins wishes Pope Leo XIV well as he takes on role ‘at a time of great challenges for the world’

   Political and religious leaders react to election of Pope Leo XIV

9. ‘It’s like our Olympics’: Irish priests among stunned faithful in St Peter’s Square as Pope Leo XIV emerges

   Many were surprised at choice of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, but hoped he would carry on legacy of Pope Francis

10. Teaching union urges members to back new Leaving Cert reform package

    Changes due to roll out from September have sparked threats of industrial action