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1. Preparing to move from primary school to secondary starts now, not in September

   A new school can feel like an alien experience. Everything is different

2. Dublin council to borrow €36.5m to fund additional affordable purchase homes at O’Devaney Gardens

   Move would prevent sale of any private market housing in Dublin 7 development of more than 1,000 apartments

3. World leaders ‘too submissive’ over attacks on international law, says Amnesty International

   Report by human rights group highlights Ireland’s failure to enact law banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements

4. Major dairy processor fined for illegal effluent discharge into Blackwater river tributary

   North Cork Co-operative Creamery pleaded guilty to one count of causing or permitting polluting materials to enter waterway

5. Bid to extradite Daniel Kinahan may be first real test of Ireland-UAE treaty

   Any challenge by Kinahan to 2025 extradition treaty could take several months

6. Including cost-rental homes in private tenancy figures gives ‘false impression of growth’

   When cost rental is excluded from data, increase in private tenancies is actually much lower than claimed, says Sinn Féin

7. ‘Unrealistic expectations’ from parents fuelling teacher burnout, study finds

   Almost half of teachers surveyed in North said they would consider quitting

8. Landscaper defrauded elderly woman of more than €50,000 for poor-quality work in garden, court hears

   Gardaí engaged expert to review work and found cost should have been €20,000 at most

9. Daniel Kinahan arrest gives ‘sense of pride’ to gardaí who policed feud, conference hears

   Gardaí acquitted of allegedly ‘squaring’ penalty points to address GRA conference in Westport, Co Mayo

10. Man sues in High Court claiming State failed to protect his daughter’s right to life

    Woman, who was placed in care as a minor, struggled with addiction and was a victim of abuse, father says