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1. Homes evacuated as police attend security alert in Lisburn

   Sinn Féin councillor says alert in Hillview Avenue area causing ‘serious disruption’ for residents

2. Tattle Life: Couple vow to ‘fight for justice’ after losing £300,000 damages against gossip website

   Entrepreneurs Neil and Donna Sands had their libel damages set aside by a High Court judge in Belfast on Tuesday

3. Defence for three men accused of familial abuse ask jury to examine reliability of evidence

   Six men face combined total of 20 charges – 16 of which pertain to the main complainant, who is deaf

4. Giving €30m more to early education sector could create 3,000 childcare places, group says

   Campaign alliance wants Government to pay wages of childcare sector as way to cut costs to parents

5. Patricia King to replace Jim Gavin as chair of North East Inner City Initiative

   Long-time trade union official served as vice-president of Siptu before becoming general secretary of Ictu

6. Anglican cleric accused of sexually abusing girls in England before serving in Wicklow

   Kesh Govan, who worked in Ireland from 2004 to 2007, is alleged to have abused girls in a UK youth group

7. Senior garda ‘photographed associates of whistleblower in court’, judge told

   Superintendent asked about identity of person with Chief Supt Brian O’Reilly, High Court hears

8. ‘We’re absolutely devastated’: Regeneration of Dublin’s Oliver Bond flats scrapped

   Ninety-year-old complex has been plagued with social and structural problems for decades

9. Student teachers will be taught to deliver ethical education under new framework

   Programme to be delivered in multi-denominational primary schools as survey finds growing desire for non-religious run schools

10. About 1.6m barrels from State oil reserve to be released on to market

    National Oil Reserves Agency says move will leave it holding enough fuel to last 80 days rather than 90 at present