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1. Judge warns criminals could avoid jail after specialist garda stripped from busy court

   Complaints and unfairness will result from removal of sergeant role, he said

2. Fuel price protests to continue for fourth day as organisers say it’s ‘only going to get bigger’

   Live updates with delays on multiple motorway routes as well as significant disruption on Luas and Dublin Bus

3. Fuel protesters’ blockade of Ireland’s only oil refinery to stay ‘until diesel capped’

   Irving Oil’s refinery at Whitegate in east Cork, supplies around 40 per cent of Ireland’s petroleum

4. ‘Out of fuel’: Co Clare garage runs short of diesel as queues form at some petrol stations

   Limerick filling stations reportedly place cap on how much fuel motorists can purchase as residents show support for demonstrators

5. Teachers to demand future pay rises match inflation

   ASTI defers proposal to seek 6 per cent rise until after forthcoming public service talks

6. Have your say: How have home-heating oil price rises impacted you?

   Home-heating oil prices rose by almost 70 per cent in March due to the Iran war, according to the CSO

7. Where are the fuel protests and which roads are closed in Dublin and across Ireland?

   The latest information on the protests, including M50 delays, road closures and public transport disruption

8. Number of migrants seeking help to return home nearly doubles as State spends €1.6m

   Citizens of Georgia accounted for more than 20% of applications under the Government scheme

9. Three Irish cyclists hospitalised after being hit by car in Spain

   Injured trio part of nine-person group from Cork that had travelled to Alicante for cycling holiday

10. Woman alleged to have told Confirmation ceremony she had bomb attached to her is fined in court

    Incident occurred last month at St Mary’s Church in Navan, Co Meath