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1. Chronic absenteeism twice as prevalent in Deis schools, report shows

   Over one-third of students in the most disadvantaged schools missed 20 or more days in 2023-24

2. Leading Irish drug dealer with ‘Family’ gang arrested in anti-gangland Garda operation

   Man (40s) suspected of leading the Family drug gang, with operations in Ireland and Spain, arrested as he tried to leave Republic

3. Girl (14) dies following incident involving scrambler in Dublin

   Girl died in hospital on Sunday evening following incident in Scribblestown area of Finglas

4. Polish and Lithuanians with criminal history removed on chartered flight costing €122,000

   Flight left Dublin Airport at 12.30pm for Warsaw, Poland, before travelling on to Vilnius in Lithuania

5. Taoiseach criticises ‘shocking’ level of ignorance about Holocaust

   Department of Education working on plans to ensure schoolchildren are educated about the murder of six million Jews in second World War

6. Cameras to detect motorists breaking traffic lights may be rolled out within year, says TD

   National strategy on issue is due in coming months

7. Man (80s) dies in stormy water off Dublin coast, while woman (60s) dies in Co Down lake

   Emergency services were called to the Great South Wall in Poolbeg on Saturday afternoon

8. Met Éireann issues yellow weather warning for nine counties amid wintry showers and possible snow

   Waterford, Wicklow and Wexford, along with Northern Ireland, expected to see heaviest rain on Tuesday with a chance of snowfall on higher ground

9. Woman claims €98,000 found in luggage at Dublin Airport is inheritance

   Rawan Hassan (41) told gardaí she was in Dublin for just one day of sightseeing

10. Rural Ireland residents enduring power cuts one year after Storm Éowyn

    ESB Networks apologies to customers in Co Galway left without power on numerous occasions over last 12 months