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1. Man who raped neighbour as she recovered from surgery jailed for six years

   Assailant, who was next-door neighbour, gained entry to victim’s home by pretending to have lost his keys

2. Man who used e-bike to assault garda during Covid lockdown restrictions jailed for 20 months

   Garda suffered eye injury in attack outside Monkstown

3. Man convicted of trying to strangle woman in park says DNA evidence should not have been introduced at trial

   Slawomir Gierlowski’s legal team tells Court of Appeal case against him was ‘fragile’ and ‘circumstantial’, involving ‘weak forensic evidence'

4. Coast guard rescue crews working 24-hour shifts but only 16.5 hours recorded, TD claims

   Sinn Féin’s David Cullinane warns safety being put at risk as practice breaches EU working time directives

5. Businessman jailed over State’s largest crystal meth haul faces forfeiting part of house sale

   Former garden centre operator Nathan McDonnell pleaded guilty to importing €32m of drugs into Cork in 2023

6. Funding announced for almost 1,500 new apprenticeship places in critical skill areas

   Minister Lawless highlights €20.5m funding to tackle skills shortages

7. Murder trial hears father stabbed man outside his house to protect family

   Patrick Murphy admits stabbing Jordan Ronan (20) and causing his death but has pleaded not guilty to his murder

8. Electronic tags for released prisoners to be trialled again at cost of €1.6m

   Devices will be used to ensure subjects abide by curfews and stay within certain areas

9. Man who sought to delay gardaí responding to pub robbery receives suspended sentence

   Ross Kenny pretended he had been assaulted by robber and officers stopped to assist him

10. Nikita Hand welcomes Supreme Court decision to reject Conor McGregor’s appeal bid

    Court refuses to hear appeals from fighter and his friend James Lawrence