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1. ‘Skill, baby, skill’: Plan to attract global research leaders to Ireland following US trade shock

   Minister for Higher Education says Ireland will lead with ‘talent, science and skills’

2. Civil juries would be abolished if Oireachtas knew about delays, judge says

   Mr Justice Alexander Owens made the comments during a call-over of jury cases awaiting trial dates

3. Three women arrested and XL Bully dogs seized at Dublin property

   Cash, mobile phones and scrambler motorcycles also seized in operation targeting west Dublin gang

4. Tenant who says bed bugs forced him out of apartment is awarded €1,000 in damages

   Landlord unlawfully entered flat, changed locks and removed man’s possessions, tribunal found

5. Man (20s) arrested at Palestine protest during Taoiseach visit to DCU

   Student-led movement describes Garda response as ‘intense’

6. Man who issued threatening letter to TV psychologist Eddie Murphy gets four-month jail sentence

   Paul Mangan delivered ‘shocking, disgusting and despicable’ letter for attention of Operation Transformation expert

7. Man is jailed for 10 years after raping woman he collected from hospital

   Victim tells court she has endured ‘hell’ and cannot forgive attacker who has ‘destroyed her life’

8. Father of five pleads guilty to possessing submachine gun

   Gun possession charge carries a minimum five-year sentence

9. Man (35) jailed for money laundering after gardaí found €1m cash in bedroom

   Oleksandr Strymbu pleaded guilty to handling crime proceeds at his rented house in Dublin in June 2024

10. US tariffs leave Northern Ireland producers facing higher costs and awkward questions

    ‘Huge complexities’ for products produced on a cross-Border basis, says Simon Harris