IRE - The Irish Times

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1. Number of apartments under construction in Dublin rises, but house building slows

   Decisions on planning applications awaited for 13,600 housing units, down from backlog of 34,400

2. Hear and Dare: Your questions answered at this stage of CAO process

   Hear and Dare connect students to supports including financial assistance, academic guidance and orientation

3. Pork sausages served on flight deporting 24 men from Ireland to Pakistan

   Human rights monitor understood halal food would be available on flight but it was ‘not specified in the flight brief’

4. Tusla hires security guards due to staffing shortages at centre for very vulnerable children

   ‘Close protection personnel’ being deployed in addition to existing social care staff as a result of unexpected rise in sick leave

5. Man hospitalised after being found unconscious on road in Dublin

   Gardaí appeal for witnesses to serious assault in Blanchardstown

6. Irish film student with ‘incredible talent’ and girlfriend killed in Thailand road crash

   Max Hendrickson (20), from Cabra, was a second year film student at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology

7. National Biodiversity Week offers 300 events outside, online and in armchairs

   The annual focus on nature has workshops, talks, walks and exhibitions taking place across the country

8. Two challenges to ‘super junior’ ministers attending Cabinet meetings to be heard

   Sinn Féin’s Pa Daly and People Before Profit’s Paul Murphy lost separate High Court challenge seeking to ban practice

9. Minister urged to strengthen new law restricting disclosure of counselling notes

   Attorney General has advised a ‘blanket ban’ on disclosure would be unconstitutional

10. Local authorities to set social housing targets for people with disabilities

    Norma Foley says plan provides reassurance to disabled people and their families about ‘housing at right time in their lives’