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1. Record heatwaves caused dangerous conditions across Europe in 2025

   Temperatures exceeded 30 degrees inside Arctic Circle as entire continent suffered extreme weather

2. Rental reform confusion causing landlords to wrongly evict, tenants’ support charity warns

   Threshold says it supported more than 10,000 households in first quarter of year

3. Majority of allegations against six men accused of sexual abuse withdrawn

   Seventh man is no longer on trial in case believed to be one of longest jury trials in history of State

4. Four arrested over Edenderry house fire that killed Tadhg Farrell (4) and Mary Holt (60)

   Three men – two aged in their 20s and one in his 30s – and teenage boy detained at Garda stations in midlands

5. Former attorney general loses legal challenge to Slane bypass planning approval

   John Rogers argued An Coimisiún Pleanála did not have access to sufficient expertise required to examine certain environmental impacts of project

6. New EU rules on harmonisation of laptop chargers come into effect

   New regulations have applied to many smaller devices like mobile phones, cameras and tablets since 2024

7. Bill introduced to abolish ‘patronising and paternalistic’ three-day abortion wait period

   Social Democrats say ‘cooling off period’ lacks scientific basis

8. Narrative verdict in death of woman who arrived to St James’s Hospital ‘in a crisis’

   Oseremen Onolememen, who had sickle cell disease, was in severe pain when admitted to the emergency department in 2023

9. Dedicated nature fund needed to save Ireland’s remaining wildlife, advisory body says

   Committee makes dozens of recommendations for new national Nature Restoration Plan

10. Environmental groups granted leave to challenge data centre policy

    High Court told new rules allowing data centres to use fossil fuel power breach climate law