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1. Man hospitalised after being found unconscious on road in Dublin

   Gardaí appeal for witnesses to serious assault in Blanchardstown

2. Irish film student with ‘incredible talent’ and girlfriend killed in Thailand road crash

   Max Hendrickson (20), from Cabra, was a second year film student at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology

3. National Biodiversity Week offers 300 events outside, online and in armchairs

   The annual focus on nature has workshops, talks, walks and exhibitions taking place across the country

4. Two challenges to ‘super junior’ ministers attending Cabinet meetings to be heard

   Sinn Féin’s Pa Daly and People Before Profit’s Paul Murphy lost separate High Court challenge seeking to ban practice

5. Minister urged to strengthen new law restricting disclosure of counselling notes

   Attorney General has advised a ‘blanket ban’ on disclosure would be unconstitutional

6. Local authorities to set social housing targets for people with disabilities

   Norma Foley says plan provides reassurance to disabled people and their families about ‘housing at right time in their lives’

7. Hundreds take part in protest demanding action on Lough Neagh environmental crisis

   Lake, which supplies 40% of NI’s drinking water, has been blighted by noxious blue-green algae in recent years

8. ‘If I didn’t do it now, I would be too old’: Skellig Michael opens to first summer weekend visitors

   World Heritage monastic island opened to the first tourists of the summer season last week

9. Dublin city centre playground damaged by fire for the second time

   Blaze began at Diamond Park playground, on corner of Gardiner Street and Sean McDermott Street, on Saturday

10. Four dead following road incidents in Co Donegal and Co Dublin over weekend

    Three men died in two separate incidents in Co Donegal, while a pedestrian has died in a crash in Co Dublin