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1. Storm Bram live updates: Met Éireann extends weather warnings as some schools close and Dublin Airport flights cancelled

   Heavy rain could lead to localised flooding, hazardous travel conditions and outdoor events being impacted

2. Sentencing of former TD Colm Keaveney for driving under the influence of cocaine adjourned

   Keaveney (54) pleaded guilty to the charge as well as to two counts of driving with no insurance

3. Claims that Enoch Burke is jailed for his beliefs are ‘lies’, judge rules

   Judge comprehensively rejects claims by schoolteacher that there were ‘errors’ in earlier judgment

4. Bob Vylan issue defamation proceedings against RTÉ over Glastonbury controversy

   Band courted controversy at the festival this summer when they led chants of ‘death, death to the IDF’

5. ‘No evidence’ of British collusion with loyalists over Dublin and Monaghan bombings

   Review under Operation Kenova finds it ‘cannot be categorically excluded’ that security forces worked with UVF in plotting 1974 attacks that killed 34 people

6. Video advising young people how to move back in with parents is ‘tone deaf’, TD says

   Clip shared online by Department of Housing shows two young people offering advice to anyone moving back in with their parents

7. Parents upset after school declined hall request for secular event on first Communion day

   Co Wicklow school later gave permission for use of hall, but parents involved have not decided whether to use it

8. Four arrested after ‘cocaine worth €7.2m’ seized in counties Dublin and Wexford

   Gardaí also seized €47,000 in cash after searches in Gorey and Shankill

9. Storm Bram Ireland: Full list of weather warnings by county as Met Éireann warns of dangerous conditions

   Met Éireann warns of flooding of low-lying coastal areas, wave overtopping, difficult travel conditions, flying debris and potential power outages

10. Environmental and climate crises present ‘growing peril’ for humanity, UN report warns

    Urgent action needed to prevent millions of deaths and trillions in damages