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1. Leaving Cert: Student who left school in second year now aiming for maximum points

   Kayleigh Quinn says a comment from a psychiatrist pushed her to do the Junior Cycle exams, which has now led to tackling the Leaving

2. My Leaving Cert: The school secretary took me to lost property and kitted me out with a new uniform

   Author Liz Nugent sat her Leaving Certificate in 1985 and still has nightmares about it

3. University staff say €4.55bn research fund ignores arts and humanities

   Letter to Min Higher Ed

4. ‘Kill quickly and cleanly’: How culling can help manage Ireland’s rising deer population

   Reintroducing wolves and promoting venison are among other suggested ways of achieving deer prudence

5. Dyslexic students should get extra points for the disadvantage they face, mother of LC pupil says

   Extra 10 minutes given in each exam to students with special educational needs is ‘insulting’v

6. Road traffic incidents involving deer on the rise

   RSA and insurers report growing number of incidents amid concerns over expanding deer population

7. Uncertain Dolphin House regeneration leaves residents with ‘a sense of powerlessness’

   Prolonged uncertainty should be recognised as ‘a form of social harm’, notes Trinity College Dublin research

8. Irish far-right figures join gathering in Portugal to push idea of ‘remigration’

   Remigration feature

9. Man charged over driving incidents that saw PSNI officer hit by stolen police car

   Incidents unfolded early Sunday morning in Downpatrick when blue VW Jetta failed to stop for officers

10. Man (21) tried to flee killer before being stabbed in Dublin city centre

    Deceased named as Qayyum Balogun as gardaí seek CCTV footage from Grafton Street, Clarendon Street and Coppinger Row