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1. Two men in court following seizure of €166,000 in drugs and a gun in Co Kerry

   The men and a woman were arrested in Killarney on Saturday and €5,000 worth of suspected cannabis was discovered

2. An Taisce urges public to object to ‘unlawful’ caps on judicial review fees

   Heritage and environmental charity says Government’s proposal is a ‘significant attack on civil society and public accountability’

3. Clive Rowen, legend of Irish skateboarding scene, dies

   He opened Dublin’s first dedicated skateboarding shop, Clive’s, on Hill Street in 1978

4. Fianna Fáil backbencher laments lack of ‘political leadership’ on Mercosur deal

   John Lahart rues failure to make case for trade deal before Government voted against it

5. Refugees must wait three years for spouse and child reunification under new plans

   The number of unsuccessful asylum seekers who left Ireland was up 89% last year

6. Donnybrook Magdalene laundry survivor faces eviction: ‘I have nowhere to go. I am frightened’

   Nuala Clarke (70) is being evicted over antisocial behaviour when she experienced psychosis three years ago

7. Mother and baby home survivors receive €75.7m in redress, less than 10% of budget

   More than 5,000 people have received compensation to date

8. An Irish woman living in a kibbutz in Israel remembers Jewish life in Dublin

   Trudy Davis’s grandfather settled in Cork in 1903 after a Yiddish-speaking family told him he was in Ireland, not the US

9. Threat of new schools strike action remains as pensions dispute goes to Labour Court 

   ‘Considerable’ gap between desires of two sides, says Fórsa union

10. Weather warning in place for four counties as Met Éireann predicts ‘very windy’ conditions in some areas

    Sunday will be milder than recent days with highest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees