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1. Government urged to use EU presidency to ensure support provided for Ukrainian soldiers returning to workplace

   Unions need to use influence and skill to be part of rebuilding process in countries hit by conflict, Dublin conference hears

2. Teenage cyclist fatally injured in Co Waterford road traffic incident

   Boy, whose bicycle crashed into parked lorry, was pronounced dead at scene of collision on N72 near Lismore

3. Hospital apologises for failings in care of woman whose death was linked to drug side effect

   Dymphna Dykes (68) died from multi-organ failure due to acute liver failure associated with Isoniazid

4. Leaving Cert chemistry a ‘fair but testing exam’ with ‘familiar topics’

   Higher-level paper had a ‘few fresh angles that required students to think’, says teacher

5. Bloomsday: Ringsend reclaims its Joycean heritage but, alas, no ‘superior tawny sherry’

   More than most places in Dublin, Ringsend is pivotal to Ulysses, as the focal point of the first date between James Joyce and Nora Barnacle

6. ‘Highly discourteous’: Judge critical of silence around proposed withdrawal of solicitors

   Paul McDermott called on the Law Society of Ireland to inform the courts of solicitors’ intentions

7. Ex-TD Jim Glennon described convicted child abuser as ‘friend’ with ‘infectious energy’

   Indian Embassy representative, HSE project manager and co-founder of children’s charity among those who gave references for Daniel Ramamoorthy

8. ‘No reason’ why women who claim Jeffrey Donaldson sexually abused them would ‘lie’, court told

   Prosecution barrister delivers closing arguments at former DUP leader’s sex offences trial in Newry

9. Hearing of Teaching Council inquiry into Enoch Burke allegations set to be postponed

   High Court judge tells jailed teacher he will not ‘bow’ to his demand during a lengthy and repetitive over-and-back

10. Man gave Riad Bouchaker ‘dig to the jaw’ after seeing him ‘trying to cut up kids’, court hears

    Woman, who was attending separate Stardust fire inquest, says she ‘jumped’ on Bouchaker during ‘chaotic’ 2023 incident at Parnell Square