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1. Horse manure piles up near Guinness Storehouse after change in council policy

   Bags of waste from carriage horses no longer accepted at Liberties depot due to health and safety concerns

2. Meath County Council not ordered to prepare local area plan due to changes in legislation

   Supreme Court says directing body to act would be futile after appeal by environmental planning non-profit

3. Minister for Education faces committee questions over special needs assistants review

   Hildegarde Naughton asked to facilitate questioning on issue at planned meeting next week

4. Mother and children fled home over serious feud involving ‘guns and petrol bombs’, court hears

   Woman gets barring order against ex-partner after telling court his family is involved in feud

5. Man (28) jailed for nine years over forcing woman to terminate pregnancy

   Adeleke Adelani told former girlfriend ‘either you eat this or I beat that kid out of you’ after locking her in a room

6. Over 150 incidents recorded at courts last year, including assaults and security breaches

   In one case, a member of the public attempted to bring a large knife through an X-ray scanner

7. Man who stored cocaine worth almost €100,000 jailed for four years

   Gardaí say most of haul was seized from a garden shed, along with mixing agents and heroin

8. Gardaí seek help identifying unconscious man following serious assault in Temple Bar

   Victim has tattoo on inside of right forearm depicting blue and white flag accompanied by the words ‘Ceol is Beatha’

9. How to help hedgehogs: Researchers outline ‘simple steps’ in effort to save species

   Populations under pressure across Europe due to traffic, habitat loss and pesticide use

10. Lawyers for company of CEO who allegedly spent firm’s funds on homes for girlfriends withdraw from case

    Move came after a proposed settlement of a dispute with one of the company’s executives was not proceeded with