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1. The Burkes are back in town (again) – and they insist the judge won’t win

   Brian Cregan boldly went where many judges have gone before him and tried to reason with Mammy Martina

2. Special-needs assistants protest outside Leinster House demanding ‘job security’

   Government got review of SNA allocation at schools ‘wrong’, Simon Harris says

3. Search connected with disappearances of Deirdre Jacob and Jo Jo Dullard concludes

   Further assessment of site at disused quarry on Kildare/Wicklow border is ongoing

4. ‘What happened to you was wrong’: Survivors of institutional abuse receive State apology

   Move comes as direct result of 51-day hunger strike outside Leinster House by four survivors in 2025

5. Former partner of Natalie McNally ‘peddled false alibi’ about live gaming stream, court hears

   Stephen McCullagh, who denies murder, admitted the YouTube video was pre-recorded

6. State apologies may come easier with time, but practicalities of following them up may get harder

   There have been warnings within Government about cost of what will likely be biggest redress scheme in country’s history

7. Minister for Justice faces backlash from solicitors over District Court fee proposal

   Minister for Justice says payment plan will mean ‘great efficiencies’ and fewer adjournments

8. Postmortems being run on ‘wing and prayer’, with delays for grieving families

   Incoming president of Coroners Society of Ireland says pathologists’ fee has not increased in 20 years

9. Two judges nominated for appointment to Supreme Court

   Judges Niamh Hyland and Brian O’Moore to be promoted from the Court of Appeal

10. Woman arrested by police in Northern Ireland investigating disappearance and murder of Lisa Dorrian

    Co Down woman (25) was last seen alive in February 2005