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1. Motorcyclist (50s) dies in Co Wexford crash

   Incident occurred on the R738 at Knockeen shortly before 6.15pm on Saturday

2. Man arrested in Dublin after Gardaí seize drugs worth €400,000

   Gardaí say cannabis seizure is part of operation to dismantle drugs gang in Dublin

3. Teachers to avail of cost-rental accommodation to alleviate recruitment shortages in schools

   Minister for Education Norma Foley said she had discussed the issue with the outgoing Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien who agreed to put aside ‘significant accommodation for key local workers’

4. Patrick MacEntee was the ‘outstanding criminal lawyer of his generation’, funeral service told

   Well-known defence counsel was ‘brave to the end’ , retired judge tells large congregation

5. Boy (16) barred from using bicycles, e-scooters or ‘anything on wheels’ as he is accused of supplying cocaine

   Teen charged with possessing cocaine and for sale or supply at Royal Canal Greenway on Friday

6. Two arrested on board cargo vessel in Shannon Estuary

   Gardaí said the men, aged in their 30s and 40s, were arrested on suspicion of facilitating or enhancing a criminal organisation to commit a serious offence

7. Future of many Protestant fee-charging schools ‘at risk’

   Exclusion from State funding undermines guarantees to protect minority faith education, schools say

8. Ministerial and public frustration at driving test delays led to Road Safety Authority break-up review, board said

   Agency claimed it was reducing waiting lists, but Department disagreed, correspondence shows

9. Irish deer populations have become rampant, and the trees are paying a price

   Ella McSweeney: We will not reach our nature restoration goals without urgent action

10. Removal of Road Safety Authority’s advocacy role ‘would be backward step’, chairwoman argued

    Delays to driving tests and NCTs, and rising road deaths, led to Minister’s concern over RSA