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1. Jury sworn in for sexual offences trial of former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson

   Prosecution to open case on Wednesday, with trial of facts of Eleanor Donaldson, accused of aiding and abetting, to run concurrently

2. Appeal for information following suspected arson attack on Garda station in Wexford

   Incident took place at Blackwater shortly before 3am on Tuesday

3. Met Éireann issues status yellow high temperature warning for eight counties

   Temperature of 28.6 degrees was recorded at Shannon Airport on Monday

4. Gardaí renew appeal on 35th anniversary of Edward Fullerton murder

   Donegal Sinn Féin councillor was shot dead at his home in Buncrana in 1991

5. Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson’s sexual offences trial due to get under way

   Trial of the facts of wife Eleanor Donaldson to run concurrently

6. Shotguns, helicopters and ‘airburst’ ammunition to guard against rogue drones during EU presidency

   Defence Forces details ‘layered’ security against potential drone incursions during EU presidency and in operations at home and abroad

7. Jeffrey Donaldson: consequential figure in four-decade political career before arrest

   Former UUP man led Belfast Agreement walkout, broadening DUP’s support base

8. The ‘Taj Mahal of dereliction’: A ghost estate on the outskirts of Castlebar, Co Mayo

   Twenty years after the Waterways estate was granted permission, it remains an unfinished, unresolved memento of the Celtic Tiger

9. Inside a Quaker-ethos secondary school in Ireland: ‘There is a high expectation of good behaviour’

   There are currently 86 boarders in Newtown School in Waterford City, with more than half from abroad

10. Drone wars: Irish Defence Forces watching the skies as EU presidency set to begin

    Lessons learned from Ukraine and Middle East are informing Ireland’s strategy for developing defence systems