IRE - The Irish Times

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1. Half of Ireland’s rivers, lakes and estuaries in unhealthy state as standards slide again

   Agriculture, sewage, chemicals and physical damage all threatening nature’s waterways

2. Fota Wildlife Park in Cork to close temporarily over suspected bird flu

   Contagious disease spreads among poultry, wild birds and pet ones, but is rare in humans

3. Bloody Sunday Soldier F trial hears key witness branded a ‘liar and fabricator’

   Defence begins case at Belfast Crown Court

4. High Court grants Gript permission to challenge Press Council over article complaint decision

   Article subject to decision relates to Social, Personal and Health Education diploma course for teachers

5. Teenager died after inhaling aerosol deodorant, inquest hears

   Sarah Mescall collapsed at home and had no pulse, coroner is told

6. Nobel Prize for economics winner to publish book with UCD professors

   Prof Joel Mokyr wrote a book about the Irish famine in the 1980s

7. Photographer describes ‘horrific’ Dublin attack by German soccer supporters

   FC Schalke ‘utterly condemns’ actions of fans and will ‘take appropriate action’ after investigation

8. Government scrapped deal after €6m office revamp for international protection accommodation

   Lonadale Ltd said it agreed to convert 2 sites for 158 people at €90 per day

9. More than 1,100km of coastline to be monitored as part of anti-drug trafficking effort

   Donegal Divisional Coastal Watch encourages public to look out for suspicious vessels and signals to shore

10. Gardai question three people as inquiry into death of Co Cork father upgraded to murder investigation

    Body of 44-year-old man was found at Rockview Terrace, Doneraile, in the early hours of Sunday