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1. Millions earmarked to tackle Northern Ireland’s ‘epidemic’ of violence against women

   Next phase of Stormont initiative will address misogyny as North’s femicide rates continue to rise

2. ‘Anonymous cowards’ found threatening gardaí will face full force of law, says Minister

   Convictions would be strong deterrent to abuse, says Jim O’Callaghan at Garda rank-and-file conference

3. Picture perfect: Texaco Children’s Art Competition 2026 winners revealed

   Girl’s portrait based on a phone selfie is hailed as ‘masterful’ and takes overall prize

4. Group charged over pro-Palestine protests in Derry say law governing parades ‘defective’

   Legislation was created to deal with contentious Orange Order marches, argues barrister for protesters

5. High Court appoints provisional liquidators to Born Clothing group

   Companies are insolvent with debts of €7.8m, judge hears

6. Teacher ended up in car chase with gardaí after ‘unwittingly’ eating cannabis-laced cake

   Marta Burns (47), who drove in reverse for 800m up Dublin road, given road ban and fined €700 over April 2025 incident

7. Mandela Foundation reviewing links to University of Galway over Israeli partnership

   University vows no further research projects with Israel but says it is contractually locked into current one

8. Rapist who tricked woman into car fails in bid to have 19-year-sentence reduced

   Offence planned, carefully executed and of the most serious kind, says judge

9. Student who sued UCD on study issue after alleged rape loses bid for costs

   Court application dealt with reporting restrictions during High Court action

10. Tenant who assaulted his landlord and another man is jailed for 12 months

    He also brandished a knife, but fled from a window after armed gardaí were called, court hears