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1. House fires during Belfast unrest left 27 people homeless; DUP calls for Border to be closed

   People were forced to flee their homes and multiple cars and homes were set alight in the Belfast disorder that followed Monday’s knife attack on Stephen Ogilvie

2. Leinster rugby player avoids criminal conviction for assaulting woman in Copper Face Jacks nightclub

   Alan Spicer (21) was at Copper Face Jacks celebrating latest appearance for club when he became involved in row

3. Virgin Media TV has removed episode featuring man’s body, High Court hears

   Episode taken down from streaming service and social media pending resolution of dispute, court hears

4. Girl injured in Parnell Square stabbing now non-verbal and in a wheelchair, mother tells court

   Riad Bouchaker, who denies charges including attempted murder, told gardaí he was ‘not in his right mind’ and did not intend to kill

5. Four men convicted of sexually abusing deaf relative, ending State’s longest-ever criminal trial

   Jurors unable to reach verdict on two other men accused of sexual abuse, in trial that began last October

6. Leaving Cert history paper was ‘very challenging’; Junior cycle French ‘an absolute horror show’

   State Examinations Commission apologises for error in higher level biology

7. Irish Rail has no confidence contractor can deliver multimillion euro IT project

   Company asked why millions continued to be spent on management system despite long existing concerns

8. Leaving Cert French exam gets mixed reaction from teachers: ‘Odd, challenging, balanced’

   Some feel the higher-level paper was accessible and fair, but others think it contained tricky vocabulary

9. Murder of solicitor Pat Finucane was ‘catastrophic for rule of law’ in North, tribunal hears

   Public inquiry demanded by Belfast family has finally gotten under way two years after it was announced

10. Violence that followed Belfast knife attack widely condemned

    Unrest follows anti-immigration demonstrations in wake of incident that left victim seriously injured