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1. ‘Urgent need’ to implement provisions of Official Languages Act

   Absence of mandatory obligation for Government departments to provide services in Irish a ‘significant concern’, language commissioner says

2. Parents in legal battle over whether daughter should receive medical care in Ireland or Poland

   Mother says daughter will not receive care she needs in Ireland due to waiting lists

3. Court hears 13-year-old girl with history of drug use and sexual exploitation needs to switch care unit

   Child with history of more than 200 incidents involving gardaí ‘wants to be part of something, she is lost’, judge told

4. Church services

   Week beginning Saturday, June 28th, 2025

5. Carl O’Brien: ‘What every student (and parent) should know ahead of CAO deadline day’

   Every year hundreds of students don’t get any offer - all because they never spotted a crucial email lurking in their spam folder

6. Woman who allegedly suffered stroke after taking migraine medication sues Boots

   Sigrid O’Meara (63) alleges medication inappropriately sold and failure to advise her that medication was contraindicated for anti-depressant

7. Icelandic police investigating double killing ask gardaí to search Dublin house

   Man, who was aged in his 50s, and his adult daughter were French citizens but had been living in Dublin for about a decade

8. Limerick hospital apologises in High Court for baby’s death at 16 weeks old

   Infant developed meningitis, but family alleged failure to take proper action in response to his condition

9. Man who died from stab wounds after disturbance in Dublin home is named locally

   Deceased, who was in his 50s, died in hospital after incident in Foxdene Drive, Balgaddy

10. ‘€100k a minute, no trespassing’ sign put up on land at centre of row over unlawful peat extraction

    Man has been repeatedly ordered by court not to trespass on 400-acre Bord na Móna midlands bog