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1. Leaving Cert: French paper had well-flagged topics – except for one ‘odd’ question

   State Examinations Commission apologises for error in higher level biology

2. Family of Belfast knife attack victim appeal for calm; angry scenes as Dublin protesters reach Leinster House

   Man charged with attempted murder over Belfast knife attack

3. Murder of solicitor Pat Finucane was ‘catastrophic for rule of law’ in North, tribunal hears

   Public inquiry demanded by Belfast family has finally gotten under way two years after it was announced

4. Girl injured in Parnell Square stabbing now non-verbal and in a wheelchair, mother tells court

   Riad Bouchaker, who denies charges including attempted murder, told gardaí he was ‘not in his right mind’ and did not intend to kill

5. Violence that followed Belfast knife attack widely condemned

   Unrest follows anti-immigration demonstrations in wake of incident that left victim seriously injured

6. ATM stolen in overnight front-loader raid on Bank of Ireland branch in Cork

   Gardaí examine CCTV after thieves remove cash machine from Little Island premise

7. Man (30) appears in court charged with attempted murder after Belfast stabbing

   Hadi Alodid also charged with threats to kill an NHS radiographer and possession of a knife

8. Gardaí renew appeal for information about brawl at Portlaoise cemetery

   Four people were arrested after violence broke out at mass last month

9. Man’s home ‘destroyed, top to bottom’ by fire in Belfast violence

   Cars and homes were set alight in disorder that followed a knife attack in the city on Monday

10. Victims of Bill Kenneally performed ‘major public service’, says Children’s Rights Alliance

    Children’s Rights Alliance chief Tanya Ward says failure to investigate abuse earlier led to more victims