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1. Traveller feuds: How family pride and social media are driving extreme violence

   In the wake of attack on Scarlett Faulkner in Co Tipperary, actor John Connors says Traveller feuding is worsening rapidly – ‘You can’t blame discrimination on this’

2. Labour Court issues guidance on use of AI in preparing cases

   Use of AI ‘not wholesale but is definitely creeping in’, Labour Court sources say

3. Farmers push for suspension of carbon charges on fertiliser as prices soar due to Iran war

   Minister says supply of fertiliser may only be enough to last country’s farmers until mid to late April

4. Government spent €1.77m on private eyes to look into legal claims against the State

   The work was done for the State Claims Agency, which paid out €388.58m in damages in 2024

5. Tipster is warned it is ‘bad idea’ to publish further criticisms of professional gambler

   Rob Heneghan – the ‘most followed racing pundit in world’ – gets High Court injunction against Cork tipster over death threat claims

6. Check passport before booking summer holiday, cautions Minister

   Helen McEntee appeals to parents of children getting first passport to apply online, with minimum of 20-working day wait

7. The black guillemot looks completely different at this time of year

   Eye on Nature: Your notes and queries for Eanna Ní Lamhna

8. Ireland’s skylarks were disappearing but this simple solution could bring their song back

   A new project will involve skylark plots on farms along the south coast from Kinsale to Wexford

9. Russia-bound cargo ship seen dropping anchor near subsea cables off Irish coast

   Vessel, named Arne, regularly transports alumina from Co Limerick’s Aughinish plant to St Petersburg

10. Man’s body discovered in Cookstown, Dublin on Friday afternoon

    Gardaí say postmortem examination will determine course of investigation