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1. Suspended trade union executive member will find out if she can run for re-election on Friday

   Lorna Langan says suspension decision arose out of her attempts to highlight wrongdoing and malpractice

2. High Court quashes shooting range operator’s conviction for allowing unauthorised use

   Garda previously told District Court alcohol and firearms did not belong on the same premises and he found the combination ‘quite frightening’

3. ‘Middleman’ involved in €500,000 Trinity College Dublin hardship fund fraud jailed

   Luke Taaffe (34) pleaded guilty to 11 counts of possessing proceeds of criminal conduct

4. Enoch Burke asks appeal court to allow late challenge to finding he was validly suspended

   In normal course litigants must file an appeal to a High Court decision 28 days after formalisation of relevant order

5. Minister urges housing bodies to engage on finance difficulties for cost-rental schemes

   Most schemes undertaken by approved groups or Land Development Agency due to high debt burden

6. Wildlife experts call for ‘misleading’ timber industry book to be removed from schools

   Foreword by Michael Healy-Rae champions virtues of commercial Sitka spruce without referencing environmental harms

7. Department must pay €30,000 to visually impaired employee over ‘protracted’ discrimination

   Paul Hill ‘humiliated’ by Department of Social Protection’s failure to provide reasonable accommodations for over 12-year period

8. Siptu asks Oireachtas committee to invite childcare employers in to explain stall on pay deal negotiations

   Union warns millions allocated by Government could again be returned unspent if the process does not start soon

9. Fuel costs: NI consumers could face ‘tsunami’ of high energy prices if Iran warn drags on

   Committee told £100 voucher scheme for home heating oil ‘isn’t going to cut it’ with ‘very difficult’ winter ahead

10. Teen facing rape and child pornography charges sent for trial to Central Criminal Court

    Boy, who was 14 when alleged offences occurred, appeared at Dublin Children’s Court, which does not have jurisdiction to hear case