IRE - The Irish Times

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1. Bank of Ireland warns of surge in text scams targeting customers

   Fraudsters posing as bank staff use fake transaction alerts to trick victims into transferring money

2. ‘Paula Meehan number one’: Students pin hopes on ‘accessible’ poet appearing in English paper two

   Teachers say English paper one was a good exam ‘for all levels and abilities’

3. Man accused of attempted murder of PSNI officer remanded in custody

   Officer ‘seriously unwell’ in hospital, court told

4. Twenty-nine houses built without planning permission must be removed, High Court rules

   Judge notes ‘unbelievable chutzpah’ of developers who ignored warning letters and intensified construction at south Dublin site

5. Data centres’ energy use being ‘managed appropriately’ by Government, Darragh O’Brien says

   Minister for Energy and the Environment has responded to UN report that described Ireland as ‘cautionary tale’

6. Teenager ‘addicted to stealing cars’ pleads guilty to 11 charges

   Court hears boy has not been provided with services to meet his needs

7. Man wanted in connection with Qayyum Balogun stabbing believed to have fled country

   Two people arrested following death of student (21) on Clarendon Street after gig on Grafton Street

8. Irishman who died on hunger strike during War of Independence honoured in US birthplace

   Joe Murphy was 25 when he died on the 76th day of hunger strike, the same day as Terence MacSwiney

9. Schoolteacher sent poison pen letters alleging colleague’s sexual misconduct, committee hears

   Teacher (40s) convicted in District Court of two offences, regarding two grossly offensive letters he posted

10. Ex-business student who exposed himself to women given 16-month sentence

    Judge says man offended against solitary women, locating vulnerable victims including a woman working alone at night